Mysuru: The 11th Acharya of Terapanth Samaj, Sri Mahashramanji, who is undertaking a Tri-Nation Ahimsa Yatra since 2014, will arrive in city on Nov.19 on a three-day visit.

The last Acharya to visit Mysuru was the 9th Acharya Sri Tulsiji, who visited the city in the year 1969 and after a gap of 50 years, the 11th Acharya is visiting Mysuru.

On Nov.19, the Ahimsa Yatra will be taken out from T. Shetalli to JSS Medical College at Bannimantap. On Nov.20, the Yatra will be taken out from JSS Medical College to Adishwar Vatika in Siddarthanagar. On the last day (Nov. 21), the Ahimsa Yatra will begin from Terapanth Bhavan on M.G. Road and reach Brahma Kumaris in Yelwal. All the Yatras will commence at 6.45 am.

Mahaveer Derasriya, President of Terapanth Yuvak Parishad, said that on Nov.20, an Ahimsa Rally, organised by Sri Jain Shwethambar Terapanth Samaj, will be taken out from St. Philomena’s Church Circle to Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of Mysore Palace at 7.30 am in which hundreds of Jain community leaders and members will participate. 

Vikas Gugliya, Member of Terapanth Yuvak Parishad, said that the Tri-Nation Ahimsa Yatra started from Red Fort, New Delhi, in the year 2014, Nepal – 2015, Guwahati – 2016, Kolkata – 2017, Chennai – 2018, Bengaluru – 2019.

The Objective of the Yatra is to promote harmony, to escalate morality and movement towards de-addiction. Ahimsa Yatra covers three nations, 20 States and 15,000 kms journey on foot.

About Acharya Sri Mahashramanji

Acharya Sri Mahashramanji is the eleventh Acharya of the Jain Terapanth Religious Order. His external and internal personality is encompassed with charisma.

His personality is integration of brilliance and forgiveness, spiritualism and leadership, ethicality and pragmatism.

His work and actions reflect his ocean of knowledge, intellectual wisdom, atomic perception and far-reaching insight. 

Despite being an Acharya of a religious order, his views are liberal and secular. He has a firm conviction to promote non-violence, moral values and principles and derives satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment only from diligent work. 

The Acharya is also a Voyager, who inspite of having walked for more than 46,000 kms, is still on the move blowing the bugle of humanity with enthusiasm; an Orator whose preachings are accepted with respect by all race, class, region and community; a Yogi whose spiritual practice sustains the tradition of Indian sainthood; a Social Reformer who strikes vehemently against social evils, superstitions and orthodox religious practices; a Writer who is enriching the literary world by creating new works of literature and a Spiritual Leader under whose able leadership, lakhs of people have dedicated themselves for the upliftment of the society.