Ahmedabad Tuesday, 25th August 2015 A symposium to highlight the life, personality and achievements of the torch bearer of Bharitya culture, Shree Virchand Raghavji Gandhi (VRG) was held at the Gujarat Vidyapith on this day to celebrate his 151st birth anniversary. The program commenced with prayers by Smt Falguniben Shah at 9.30am. Ahmedabad’s well known Jain[…]
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August 12th 2015 will prove to be a unique and historic day for the study of Indic Religions. Three Academic Chairs were established on this auspicious day, namely the Chairs for Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism at the University of California at Irvine (a suburb of Los Angeles). August 12, 2015 was both a[…]
Indian Gymkhana London Sunday 16th August 2015 Indian High commission, London had co-ordinated the celebration of Indian Independence Day at the Indian Gymkhana at Osterley. All Indian organisations in London had been invited to participate in the celebrations. The objective was to create an event where the Indian community can spend a day out for[…]
BUENA PARK, Calif. — A historical celebration of the establishment of three endowed chairs– Shri Parshvanath Presidential Chair in Jain Studies, Dhan Kaur Sahota Presidential Chair in Sikh Studies and Swami Vivekananda-DCF (Dharma Civilization Foundation) Presidential Chair in Modern India Studies – in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine was held[…]
Institute of Jainology, which has been spreading the awareness of Jain history, art, culture, philosophy, and practices at international level had organised a talk by the Yug Divakar Rashtra Sant Shree Namra Muniji on ‘Mantra Shakti’ on Saturday 1st August 2015 at Chinubhai Chimanlal Sabhagraha, H K College, Ahmedabad.. Shree Ambrish Shah, the secretary of[…]
The IoJ is a member of the Animal Interfaith Alliance. Their mission is “to create a united voice for animals from all of the world’s faiths and spiritual beliefs, based on their founders’ teachings, to bring about the humane treatment of animals.”
The Institute of jainology’s Education Team in association with Oshwal Association of the UK’s North West Area held a interactive workshop on ‘Practical Jainism’ on Sunday 19th July at the EKTA Centre, Kingsbury NW London. This five hour program had been well publicised and was attended by over 150 people ranging in age from 6[…]
Tibet House with support of Institute of Jainology and Shree Vinod Tailor, has arranged a lecture by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at London Coliseum on 20th September. The lecture is titled Ahimsa – India’s Contribution to the World Ahimsa is a subject very close to His Holiness’s heart and few names are so immediately[…]
On Sunday, 28th June 2015, the IOJ Education Team drove to Leicester at the invitation of Shri Smrutiben Shah, Religious Portfolio Holder, OAUK Leicester Branch. A two hour inter-active session on Jiva and Ajiva had been arranged at the Coleman Neighbourhood Centre. The session was attended by 40 people who, after initial hesitation, participated well[…]
THE OBJECTIVE: Most of the Faith Organisations s in the UK and Europe are airing programs through various TV channels either owned by them or chartered. Currently there are no Jain faith programs being aired in the UK or Europe except one or two from India targeted mainly to Jains communities in India. At the[…]