He said Vijayanand was an autorickshaw driver in Harihar, he was a Commerce graduate. The antique idol of Chandranatha weighed 17 kg and two-foot tall and Parshwanatha weighed 15 kg and was 1.5-foot tall. 30 lakh and the value of these antique pieces in the international market could be much higher. Gupta said the idols of Chandranatha and Parshwanatha were estimated at Rs. Bhatkal taluk has some ancient Jain temples administered by the Archaeological Survey of India. He said Vijayanand Sambanna (48) of Harihar in Davanagere district was arrested in this connection and the other accused Nasrulla, alias Munna of Harihar and Ashok Joshi of Hospet were reported to be absconding. Raman Gupta, Superintendent of Police, showed presspersons here on Tuesday the recovered idols. They were stolen from Padmavathi temple (a Jain temple or Basadi) at Haduvalli village in Bhatkal taluk in August last year. Karwar: Ancient antique panchaloha idols of Chandranatha and Parshwanatha were recovered by the Bhatkal police. This community needs a psychological support from Jain community. I am regularly in touch of activists from this community. There was a positive response from some of them. I have talked about this subject with many Jain monks and Acharyas. It will also affect the political and social scenario of Maharashtra. This revolution will change their lifestyle. In near future, their will be a socio-religious revolution in this community. But now the intellectuals and activists from this community have found their origin. In last few decades many people of this community have got converted to Christianity and Islam. This community is poor and their literacy rate is lower. I myself am writing a book on their Jain tradition and their history, which will be published soon. As this community was staunch Jain, and even savior of Jainism, the Brahmanical forces banned it and declared it as untouchables after decline of Jainism. Not just follower, but it gave many monks, great Acharyas and even a Teerthankar! We can find many literary proofs in Jain canonical texts and elsewhere about it. I want to connect my people with Teerthankar Mahaveer”.Īn interesting fact is that this Dalit community was follower of Jainism in ancient times. Babasaheb Ambedkar connected his people with Gautam Buddha. A renowned journalist and writer from this community is presently writing a novel on an ancient Jain Acharya, who belonged to them.Ī leader of this community, who is a professor with Doctorate, said to this author, “Dr. In a latest development, activists from this community have started to put picture of Teerthankar Mahaveer on their letterheads, posters etc. In marriage ceremony rituals in this community, they have started to remember Teerthankar Suparshwnath and Mahaveer in the Mangalashtakas. This number is larger than the official number of Jain population in entire India! Interestingly, its population in Maharashtra alone is about 65 Lakhs.
It has a good population in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh also. The Jain monk, who had lakhs of followers both in India and abroad, was honoured with several awards including Agam Diwakar (Shining Sun of Scriptures) in 1968, Gujarat Saint Shiromani in 2002 and Bahushrut in 2005.Ī Dalit caste in Maharashtra, which is in search of a new religious identity, is looking towards Jainism! This caste is second largest one in Dalit community in Maharashtra. His profound knowledge of the Jain scriptures is evident in his books. He took diksha at Veraval in Junagadh under the influence of his religious preceptor, Saursashtra Kesari Shri Pranlalji Maharaj Saheb.Īfter taking to monastic life, he went to Rajasthan for further study of the Agam, became a scholar of the Jain scriptures and wrote many books. He renounced worldly life at the young age of 18. He was keenly interested in the significance of Jain Agam (scriptures). Janakmuni was born on the 13th of August, 1933 in the Pransva village in Junagadh district. He was taken to Asiad Hospital in Mumbai a month back after he suffered a massive heart attack in Rajkot," said Dinesh Doshi, secretary of Rajkot Sthanakvasi Jain Sangh. "Maharaj Saheb was suffering from a heart ailment for the last couple of months. He died at 9.09 am at Hingwala Upashray in Ghatkopar, in the presence of a large number of followers. Jain saint Janakmuni Maharaj Saheb passed away in Mumbai on Thursday morning after prolonged illness.
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