Religious Education Council of England & Wales (REC) is planning a a month long event to celebrate and publicise the value and importance of RE for every child and young person. The celebration will take place in March 2011. An opportunity to shine a spotlight on excellent RE work that is being done. All those involved[…]
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IoJ JAINpedia Consultant, Mr Rajiv Anand presented a paper titled ‘The Role of community Heritage’ discussing the relevance of JAINpedia project to the community in the UK and world at large.
Young Jains 8th International Convention will be held in the Summer of 2010
Oshwal Association of the UK (OAUK) and the Institute of Jainology had jointly initiated a visit by His Grace, the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams for 7th May 2010. This was the first visit by the Archbishop to a Jain place of worship. He was driven across London from Lambeth Palace to the Oshwal[…]
Jain Network UK has purchased a property in North West London. Part of the property will be used as a temporary temple whilst planning permission is being sought to build a 12,000 sq ft temple.
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.
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[…]
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.[…]