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श्रमण, वर्ष ५९, अंक ३/जुलाई-सितम्बर २००८
Jaina temples of Tīrthankara Pārsvanātha, Süpārsvanāatha, Chandraprabha and Śreyāmśanātha. It is worth to mention that Varanasi is the only city where sixteen Kalayāņkas- Garbha, Chyavana, Dīkņā and Kevalajñāna of four out of twenty-four Tīrthankaras held. They visited Sarnath, the birthplace of Śreyānšamātha and the place where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon to his Pañcavargiya Bhikkhus. They also visited Chandrapuri, the birthplace of Chandraprabha, which is 22 Kilometers for from the city
On 12-08-08 except Mr. Michael A. Gollner, all left for Delhi by train. Mr. Michael Gollner stayed two days more in order to complete his project on Jaina Rituals. He visited few Jaina temples where a special Aștamangala Pūjā was being performed. He very minutely observed the whole process of Pūjā and got clarified some of the doubts he had.
On 13-07-08 Dr. S. P. Pandey also managed Mr. Michael A. Gollner to visit houses of some householders to watch the rituals being performed there. Mr. Gollner left for Delhi on 14h July 08 evening. Comments of Mr. Michael Gollner about the ISSJS Program
1. Regarding my stay at PV as part of ISSJS 2008, let me begin with the good points.
1. The accommodations were comfortable,
2. The food was very good.
3. Dr. S. P. Pandey was very helpful in arranging specialists in
our respective fields. 4. The opportunity to practice Yoga in the morning was very
welcoming Now some negative points: 1. Not being informed of costs related to food and transportation
from the railway was very disappointing. This point has left
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