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India’s pilgrimage business is booming, with choppers for the rich and dorm beds for the poor. But the days of wooing foreigners to the Taj, Jaisalmer, and Palace on Wheels are over.
These UNESCO-listed temples, dedicated to Hindu and Jain deities, celebrate life, love, and spirituality in stone. Shaped like a colossal chariot, the 13th-century Konark Sun Temple is a tribute ...
Designed by Diana Kellogg, the Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School in the Thar desert in Jaisalmer is part of a complex ... including a series of rock-cut reliefs of Jain monks, a 30-metre-high 9th ...
Melbourne is poised to inaugurate Australia's first Jain temple, a testament to the dedication of its Jain community. Constructed with 1,500 tonnes of Makrana marble from Rajasthan, the $15-18 ...
By the end of next year, it's hoped the pieces will come together, and finally make real the Victorian Jain community's long-awaited dream of having their own temple. Jainism is an ancient Indian ...
BELTSVILLE, Md. (RNS) — The new temple, say Jain leaders, will dually serve the community's growing needs while also sharing what the Jain religion is all about with the larger DC community.
the inauguration ceremony of its new Jain temple in Beltsville, MD. The fundraising event, Patrika Lekhan, took place on March 15 and 16, bringing together members of the Jain community in a show ...
Mumbai, India - April 22, 2025: Minority commission Chetan Dhodiya visited the Jain temple at Vile parle in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times ...
Mumbai: In a significant relief for the Jain community, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation gave permission to erect a temporary shed above the Digambar Jain Temple in Vile Parle, exactly a ...
A Jain temple in Melbourne, built with 1,500 tonnes of marble from Rajasthan, is set to be completed next year. A Jain temple being constructed in Melbourne, Australia with marble shipped from ...
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant urgent relief to the Vile Parle Digambar Jain Temple in its application seeking permission to construct an overhead shed in view of the ...