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dras, Chennai. Prof. M.N.P. Tiwari delivered his lecture on Jaina Art and Iconography while Dr. Priyadarshana Jain gave her talk on Jaina Āgama Uttarādhyayana, Ratnakaranda-śrāvakācāra and Sallekhanā. Prof. Tiwari highlighted the main features of Jaina Art and Iconography with help of more than two hundred visuals. Dr. Priyadarshna beautifully elaborated the contents from the verses of Uttarādhyayana and Ratnakaranda-śrāvakācāra with the help of Power Point Presentation putting into a lot of parables and stories.
The group also visited Jaina Temples, Ghats and enjoyed the Ganga Arti, sight-seeing and beautiful morning of Benaras. They also participated in Jaina Puja organized at Naria Digambara Jaina temple. On 11th June they left for New Delhi by Air. In first group following students and scholars completed their study:
1.Ms. Prof. N. Vallely (Faculty member), Ontario, Canada, 2. Ms. Julie Anne Weaver, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 3. Ms. Balbir Helen Gorrie, 4. Ms. Nina Kuchuk, Ontario, Canada; 5. Ms. Cameron Mary Helen, Montgomery, Ontario, Canada; 6. Ms. Collete Genevieve St. Onge, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 7. Mr. Bradly Michael Leo J. Boileau, Ottawa Ontario, Canada; 8. Ms. Marie-Josef Blanchard, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 9. Ms. Stephaine Machabee, Wooler, Ontario, Canada,; 10. Mr. Guy Dondo, Gatineau, Ontario, Canada; 11. Ms. Alison Rose Mackenzie, Dandas, Ontario, Canada; 12. Mr. Andrew William Moores, Ontario, Canada, 13. Mr. Jakson Charles Byers, Woodlawn, Ontario, Canada.
The second Group of 16 students arrived PV on June 14th morning. During their stay from 14th June-17 June, 2010 they worked on their project allotted by ISSJS. They attended special lectures delivered by Prof. M. N. P. Tiwari, Dept. of History of Art, Banaras Hindu University on Jaina Art & Iconography and Dr. Kamla Jain, Former Associate Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Jesus & Mary College, University of Delhi, on Aņuvratas, Pratikramaņa, Six Essential Duties' and 'Penance.' Dr. Jain
