Vijaydharmasuri

Author(s): A J Sunavala
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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WESTERN SCHOLARS
the festoons, the flowers, the scattering of rice, and the Je Je's of the entire population, and have made with him the pilgrimage to the sanctuary on the top of the hill, without omitting to visit the ancient Buddhist caves which adorn the sides of the mountain.'
The rains over, Vijaya Dharma Sūri left Shivganj, proceeded with his monks towards Mewar, and thence, passing through almost all the villages and towns of Gujarat and Kathiawar, preaching everywhere, and causing schools and libraries and other institutions of public utility to be opened in those places where they were most needed, he at last reached Bombay on June 13, 1919.