The John Ritblat Gallery has the subtitle ‘Treasures of the British Library’ will soon have a representation of Jain manuscripts on display in this Gallery in the Sacred Text section. The gallery contains a permanent display of some of the British Library’s greatest objects and artefacts, arranged by theme.
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The V&A Museum will be hosting the long waited and ambitious JAINpedia display to be exhibited in the prestigious Nehru Gallery of Indian Art. This gallery houses some of the Museum’s highlights such as Tipoo’s Tiger and Ranjit Singhs Golden Throne. It is also home to a rare selection of Jain manuscripts which will be[…]
Following the successful tour of the Far East last year, Dr Sanghrajka went on a more ambitious tour of almost two months this year. A summary of his tour report is given here. Photos from this exhaustive tour will b e uploaded in coming days. Please feel free to make comments or observation on the[…]
The popular on line children’s book reviewing site, Write Away recently reviewed the Institute’s recent publication. Following is an extract from their web site at http://www.writeaway.org.uk/component/option,com_weblinks/Itemid,23/ Discover JainismNew! Featured For teachers and pupils wanting to learn more about Jainism, an ancient faith of non-violence, resources have been limited. Although RE teachers are now being[…]
San Fransisco becomes the first city in the US and second City after Ghent in Belgium one day every week as a veg day.
World’s first Vegan Ayambil festival (Chaitra Oli) took place at the Oshwal Centre in Potters Bar, London. Though, those observing the Oli do not consume any dairy products, the organisers and volunteers who provide all the backup services would normally consume some dairy products through sweet meats and tea had observed a complete abstinence from dairy products.[…]
Jainpedia Project Team has been working closely with V&A South Asian Section. A tentative schedule has been developed for the current year as listed below. As the dates are firmed up we shall announce those. Month/Date Event Audience Details May 14th 2010 – 31st Dec 2012 JAINpedia display opens to public in Nehru Gallery All[…]
Jainpedia Project Team is delighted to announce that our first Gallery Talk ‘Jain Art from India’ will take place at the V&A in the Nehru Gallery of Indian Art, please see below for details. All are welcome to attend this interesting and educational event with Asia Curator Nick Barnard on 20th May 2010 at 13.00[…]
Institute has built up a good rapport with the Office of His Holiness the Pope over the past several years. It has now become customary for the Institute and the Vatican to exchange greetings on each other’s festive days. Vatican has since then taken to sending greetings to major Jain organisations elsewhere as well to build wider relations.[…]
JAINpedia Project Manager Job Description and Person Specification The Institute of Jainology is looking to employ a full time Manager for supporting its £800K investment in the development of JAINpedia a unique on line resource for Jainism using contextualised Jain scriptures – see http://blog.jainpedia.org/?p=3#more-3 and http://www.jainology.org/2009/12/23/progress-on-jainpedia-project The role includes supporting the management of relationships with[…]