Mahavir Prince Of Peace

Author(s): Ranchor Prime
Publisher: Mandala Publishing

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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsur Gyanmandir
gold and silver, ranks of royal guards and palace attendants bearing banners. All around musicians played. people sang, groups of dancers performed, children ran alongside, women swooned and men gazed in awe as the prince passed by. With the air resounding to cries of "Victory!" the spectacle moved slowly through the streets toward the edge of the city, where it halted in the gardens surrounding a sacred ashoka tree. Here was to take place the final act of renunciation