Kalikal Sarvagna Hemchandracharya

Author(s): Anandsagarsuri, Sagaranandsuri
Publisher: Manav Mangal Bombay

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After becoming an Acharya, his fame spread all over the country. Gradually he was given more and by his guru,
more
responsibilities
Acharya
Devchandrasooriji.
The outlook of the new Acharya was very broad. His dealings with everyone were rational. He became popular and well respected among people because he was practical and not dogmatic. He was always surrounded by people from different walks of life. Even very prominent pandits and famous learned persons used to visit him often. This was the main reason why Gurjar Naresh Samrat Siddharaj Jaysimh was also attracted to him.
After his guru went to his heavenly abode, Acharya Hemchandrasoori visited Patan, the then capital of Gujarat, for the first time. A mammoth procession was taken out and all the citizens joyfully joined in according him a grand welcome and reception.
On the one hand was this grand procession approaching. On the other hand was Siddharaj Jaysimh, a political ruler, a great king; the other was a spiritual leader, a great saint. There was a mammoth
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