This article provides an overview of the two major Jain sects: the Digambara sect and the Svetambara sect. Jains are divided into two major sects; the Digambara (meaning sky clad) sect and the ...

A Digambara Muni’s only clothing is the atmosphere itself, such is the degree of renunciation among the Jain monks. And yet, while the man on the street rarely ridicules excess, this form of ...

Temple worship is of more importance to lay Jains than to Jain monks and nuns. Many lay Jains focus their everyday religious life more strongly on devotional activities and temple worship, than on ...

A group representing Digambara Jains has approached the Madhya Pradesh government seeking exemption for their monks to defecate in the open, which they say is the ascetics’ way of life. A group ...

The Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court that a stone pillar atop Thiruparankundram hill was built by Jain ...

Muni made the appeal while speaking as the chief guest at a literary event held at Balotsav Bhavan on Sunday. VIJAYAWADA: Digambara poet Nagna Muni has urged Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu to ...

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Digambara poet Nagna Muni urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to build a memorial ‘stupa’ to honour the farmers who willingly donated their lands for the construction of Amaravati ...

Jains are divided into two major sects; the Digambara (meaning sky clad) sect and the Svetambara (meaning white clad) sect. Each of these sects is also divided into subgroups. Both groups accept the ...

VIJAYAWADA: Digambara poet Nagna Muni has urged Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu to construct a commemorative stupa to honour the farmers who voluntarily contributed 30,000 acres for Amaravati’s ...