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Digambar Jain Mahasabha or Shri Bharatvarshiya Digamber Jain Mahasabha is the oldest organisation of lay Jains in India.


History

The Digambar Jain Mahasabha was founded in 1894 in
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...
. It is considered a
traditionalist Traditionalism is the adherence to traditional beliefs or practices. It may also refer to: Religion * Traditional religion, a religion or belief associated with a particular ethnic group * Traditionalism (19th-century Catholicism), a 19th–cen ...
organisation. Its two main branches are ''Dharm Sanrakshini Mahasabha'' and ''Teerth Sanrakshini Mahasabha''.


Awards

;Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar was started in 2019 with
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becoming the first recipient of the prestigious award. This award carries a cash prize worth Rs. 2.51 Lakh as well.


Publications

* ''Jain Gazette'', a weekly publication of Dharm Sanrakshini Mahasabha, has been published regularly for the last 103 years. It claims to be the oldest Jain periodical in the world. * ''Jain Mahiladarsh'': a weekly women's magazine published since 1922, founded by Pandita
Chandabai Pandita Brahmacharini Chandabai (1880–1977) was a Jain scholar and a pioneer of women's education in India. She was the founder of the oldest women's publication in India that is still published, '' Jain Mahiladarsh''. Family The daughter ...
of Arrah and Magan Bai of Mumbai. *''Prachin Jain Tirth Jirnoddhar'': A monthly devoted to Jain history and archaeology since 2003. Prachin Jain Tirth Jirnoddhar, Nov 2018, p.1
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See also

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Mula Sangh ''Digambara'' (; "sky-clad") is one of the two major schools of Jainism, the other being ''Śvētāmbara'' (white-clad). The Sanskrit word ''Digambara'' means "sky-clad", referring to their traditional monastic practice of neither possessing n ...
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Kashtha Sangh Kashtha Sangha (काष्ठा संघ) was a Digambar Jain monastic order once dominant in several regions of North and Western India. It is considered to be a branch of Mula Sangh itself. It is said to have originated from a town named K ...
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Chandabai Pandita Brahmacharini Chandabai (1880–1977) was a Jain scholar and a pioneer of women's education in India. She was the founder of the oldest women's publication in India that is still published, '' Jain Mahiladarsh''. Family The daughter ...
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Vishwa Jain Sangathan Vishwa Jain Sangathan (VJS) is a religious and social service organization of Jains in India. Amongst other things, it was involved in the Jain minority campaign. History The organization was founded in 2005 in Delhi. It organizes various co ...


References


External links


Jain Gazettee website

Prachin Jain Tirth Jirnoddhar website
{{Authority control Jain organisations Religious organizations established in 1894 Jainism in India Religious organisations based in India Conservatism in India Jainism in Uttar Pradesh Organisations based in Uttar Pradesh Organisations based in Maharashtra 1894 establishments in India