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Home Minister of the State. Then followed generous donations from innumerable Philanthropists. The Ashram is situated on a beautiful hill facing the Tungabhadra and is connected with a motorable road with main Hampi Road. The Ashram at this moment consists of a 'Gupha Mandir' (cave temple), several renovated caves, a bhakti hall, common resting and waiting halls, ladies' hall, dining hall, a cows' shelter . (goshala) and about a dozen buildings erected by the devotees and given over to the Ashram.
On the site of the Samadhi of the great monk, 'Guru Mandir' is constructed. This is having an image of the great monk installed on the ground floor, and another of Srimad Rajchandra on the first floor in addition to the latter's statue standing in KAYOTSARGA outside. A Dadabari dedicated to the celebrated Jaina monk Yugapradhan Sri Jinadatta Suri is also constructed in the neighbourhood. The Ashram has a plan for setting up a publications centre, Jain Darshan Vidyapith and a girls' school, a Jaina temple and single guest rooms. In these, after the passing away of the great monk, the source of inspiration and guide is the Holy Mataji, who has participated in great spiritual exercises with the monk and is well advanced on the spiritual path, is at this moment the Head of the Ashram.*
("Jain Journal" July72)
-Pratapkumar J. Toliya.
*Mataji, “JAGATMATA” Dhandevji has also left the body in 1992 and her Matru Mandir is also erected next to Dadabai later.
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