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THE JAINA GAZETTE
the great sea of pearls; and the Ganga, whose waters sprinkle tirthas on the burning sand :
Chamundappai the wife of the merchant Nannappayan who lives at Perumbanappadi (alias) Karaivarimalliyur gave a tirunanda lamp to the temple (called) Sri Kundavaijinalaya (on) the holy mountain (tirumalai) (at) the Pallichandam of Vaigavur in Mugai-nadu a division in the middle of Pangalanadu (which forms part) of Jayankonda Solamandalam.
Post script. Twenty kagus were given for one (lamp) and ten kasus for the sacred food. " SMACO.COOOoo
IN MEMORIAM. Magan Ben is no more. She has not taken long in journeying to the high Empyrean to join her father, the illustrious Justice of the Peace, and a true and large-hearted benefactor of the Jain community.
A pioneer worker for the uplift of Mabila Mandala, she was truly a Jaina Mabila Ratna, which title was conferred upon her by the All-India Jaina Association at its brilliant Session on the occasion of the Syadvad Mahotsava at Benares in 1913.
Her benevolent labours and self-sacrificing devotion to the cause of female education and emancipation were recognised by Government and the high distinction of Justice of the Peace was conferred upon her.
was the only Jaina lady so honored by the British Government.
To Jaina womanhood she was a comforter, a helper, a supporter and a protector. A widow in her teens, she never grieved for herself. The tender sentiment of love had its full scope in a mother's devotion to her baby daughter Kesar Ben (a long and prosperous life may she have), and she extended her affection further SHOISSONSUMOC
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