Mysore/Mysuru: Members of various Jain Associations jointly celebrated Mahaveer Jayanti by taking out a procession in city this morning. The procession of Bhagwan Mahaveer statue, which began from Sumathinatha Temple in Halladakeri, passed through Ashoka Road before culminating in front the Silver Jubiliee Clock Tower in front of the Town Hall. As the procession passed…
Wheelchair, stretcher, walkers provided to needy people
April 21, 2024On occasion of Mahaveer Jayanti, Sri Mahaveer Divya Jyothi Mahila Mandal, Mysuru, provided wheelchair, stretcher, walkers and other materials to needy people of Mysuru and surrounding places. On this occasion, Jago India Organisation Chairman Chetan, Mysore Pinjarapole Joint Secretary Ramesh Jain, Mahaveer Divya Jyothi Group President Padma Vasanth Jain, Secretary Sadhana Jain, Fancy Jain, Geeta…
Colourful procession marks Mahaveer Jayanti in city
April 4, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: It was indeed a colourful morning with hundreds of Jain community people dancing and singing bhajans on city streets marking the 2622nd Jayanti of Bhagawan Mahaveer this morning. The procession was organised under the aegis of Mysuru Jain Sangh, Bhagavan Mahaveer Janam Kalyanak, Yuvaka, Yuvathi and Mahila Mandals along with other Jain Organisations. A…
Mahaveer Jayanti celebrated in city
April 14, 2022Shwethambar Jain Samaj and Mahaveer Mandali along with other Jain Organisations celebrated Mahaveer Jayanti in city this morning by taking out processions in and around Halladakeri. Jain Munis Sri Amarakeerthy Swamiji and Sri Amogha Keerthy Swamiji, MLA L. Nagendra, Industrialist Suresh Kumar Jain and others took part in the programme.
Jain youths feed sweet dish to cows at Pinjrapole Society
April 25, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: On the occasion of Bhagwan Mahaveer Jayanti today, city’s Sri Sthankvasi Jain Yuva Sanghtan members fed the cows housed at Pinjrapole Society at the foot of Chamundi Hill, with 2,620 kgs of ‘lapsi’ (sweet dish made of whole wheat and jaggery). Society President Sumati Pagariya, Vice-President Kiran Patwa and Secretary Vinod Khabiya, who spoke…
Jain Yuva Sanghatan celebrates Mahaveer Jayanti by distributing grocery to needy
April 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The members of city’s Sri Sthankvasi Jain Yuva Sanghtan celebrated Mahaveer Jayanti by distributing grocery kits to the needy across the city on Monday. The first phase of the programme was launched by MLA S.A. Ramdas at CITB Choultry in Siddarthanagar. The MLA expressed his gratitude to the volunteers serving at this crucial time….
Colourful procession marks Mahaveer Jayanti
April 17, 2019Jain Youth Association distributes food to about 8,000 people Mysuru: Marking the 2,618th jayanti of Bhagawan Mahaveer, a colourful procession was organised in city this morning under the aegis of Sri Digambar Jain Samaj in association with Mahaveer Mandali, Sameeksha Milan and Mahaveer Seva Sangha. About 1,000 members of the community participated in the…
Four festivals in a row
March 31, 2018By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Once the festival season begins, they come with a bang and these festivals are celebrated all over the country with devotion. The methods adopted may look different but the inner motto is to remember the divinity. This actually happened…
Mahaveer Jayanti celebrated with pomp, gaiety
March 29, 2018Mysuru: The two main sects of Jainism — Digambaras and Shwetambaras — celebrated Mahaveer Jayanti with pomp and gaiety by taking out separate processions in city this morning. The Digambara Jains took out a procession carrying the idol of Lord Mahaveer in a chariot from the Digambara Temple in Halladakeri and it passed through Dodda…
As Siddarameshwara Jayanti, netas skip Mahaveer Jayanti too
April 26, 2017Mysuru: On the lines of Siddarameshwara Jayanti (that was held yesterday), Mahaveer Jayanti too, organised by District Administration, Department of Kannada & Culture and Jain Associations, this morning at Kalamandira here turned a damp squib with none of the netas listed in the invitations turning up for the function except MLA Vasu who made a…
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