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MADURAI: The state government told the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday that the ancient stone pillar or 'deepathoon' located atop the Thiruparankundram hill belongs to Jains and not Hindus. The state also told a bench of Justices G Jayachandran and KK Ramakrishnan that the relief sought in the petitioner's plea is in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation but was styled as a private petition in an attempt to do 'forum shopping'. The averments were made by senior counsel N J ...Read More >
Madurai: The stone pillar situated atop Thiruparankundram hill near Madurai was built by Jain saints and does not belong to Hindus, Tamil Nadu govt told Madras high court on Monday, quoting books by archaeologists.There are similar pillars on other hills in Madurai district, including one at Samanar hills -- an ancient Jain heritage site in Keelakuyilkudi -- and at Shravanabelagola, a Jain pilgrimage site in Karnataka, the senior counsel for the joint commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitab ...Read More >
BJP MP and junior aviation minister Murlidhar Mohol is locked in an unexpected controversy over the Jain land deal in Pune following sensational disclosures made by Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Dhangekar.Apparently, when scribes asked deputy CM and Sena chief Eknath Shinde about the row, he did not take the question seriously, saying the matter will end soon. In view of Dhangekar's fresh salvo, it appears unless CM Devendra Fadnavis and Shinde step in, an end will not be in sight. In the past too, ...Read More >
Pune: A group of people under Sakal Jain Samaj on Friday carried out a long march to oppose the sale of Seth Hirachand Nemchand Smarak Trust's property, located in Model Colony. Akshay Jain, one of the agitators, said the hostel's land, which also has a temple, was disposed of by the trustees without following due process. "Options such as reaching out to the community for fundraising were available, but trustees sold the land," he added. Raju Shetty, a farmer leader and a former member of Parli ...Read More >
PUNE: Thousands of members of the Jain community on Friday rallied against the sale of the Seth Hirachand Nemchand Digambar Jain Boarding (SHND hostel) property -- a 3.5-acre plot in Model Colony housing a Jain temple and hostel. The protesters accused the Seth Hirachand Nemchand Smarak Trust of "betraying the (Jain) community's faith while selling the trust land in Model Colony to a Pune-based developer". At the centre of the controversy is a high-value transaction between the trust and Gokhal ...Read More >
"This space has been provided by the Digambar Jain community. My expectation is that each ward should have an authorised kabutarkhana. Every administrative ward must have one such facility. Since Mumbai has faced issues related to this, we have begun from here," Lodha said, according to the PTI. He said the community came forward to start the enclosure on its land when pigeon feeding stations across the city were being shut down. "The Digambar Jain community owns nine acres inside the national ...Read More >
Mumbai: Mumbai suburban guardian minister (joint) Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Sunday inaugurated a pigeon feeding spot at Teen Murti, Podanpur on the periphery of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). The spot is located inside the SGNP, Lodha claimed, but forest officials said it was located outside the boundary of the national park. A row over pigeon-feeding spots or kabutarkhanas erupted after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sealed all kabutarkhanas in the city over health concern ...Read More >
Bijnor (UP), Sep 14 (PTI) A 35-year-old woman was mauled to death by a leopard on Sunday while cutting grass in a forest near her village here, police said. Station House Officer of Najibabad, Rahul Singh, said the incident took place in Issopur village, where the woman, Meera, was working with her husband, Mahendra, when the leopard attacked her. Hearing her cries, her husband and other villagers rushed to the spot, but the leopard fled before they could intervene. Meera was taken to Samipur ...Read More >
Ayodhya: Expressing his gratitude for being able to bow before Ram Lalla, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said people who have witnessed the making of Ram temple should consider themselves fortunate as for 500 years saints and Ram bhakts had to struggle to fulfil this dream.Speaking at a programme on the 17th death anniversary of Shrimad Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Pujya Swami Haryacharya Ji Maharaj at Digambar Akhara in Ayodhya, the CM said it took 500 years to build a permanent temple f ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 20 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant any relief to Jain community members seeking closure of slaughter houses in the city for 10 days during their Paryushan Parv festival. A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne said it respects the community's sentiments but questioned from where it derives the right to ask for slaughter houses to be kept shut for 10 days. The petitions had challenged an August 14 order passed by the Brihanmumbai Muni ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday described India as the world's most ancient living civilisation. Speaking at the centenary celebrations of Acharya Shri Vidyanand Ji Muniraj, he said, "India is a service-oriented country, a humanity-oriented country, and our government has granted Prakrit the status of a 'classical language' while also running a campaign to digitise India's ancient manuscripts." "To further enrich our cultural heritage, more such significant works need to be ...Read More >
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 8 (ANI): As the commencement date for the 2025 Maha Kumbh nears, popular seers and saints are joining the crowd in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. Amid celebrations, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj on Wednesday demanded that cow be given the status of 'Rashtra Mata'. He said that one of the biggest problems was cow slaughter and it must be stopped. The seer said that they would organise a 'maha yagya' to press their dema ...Read More >
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