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Save Jain Heritage - wake up jains
1. Save Jain Heritage
Wake-Up Jains!
It’s right time came after 1000 years and you are the chosen ones
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
2. Jain heritage is on risk
• Some Proofs
o Converted
o Encroached
o Abandoned
o Not Cared
o Orphan
o Unknown
o Not Innovated
• Reasons
• Possible Solutions
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
3. Jain heritage is on risk: Some Proofs
Converted
Some famous examples:
• Tirupati: Neminath as Venkateshwara
• Badrinath: RishabhDev as Mahadev
• Puri: Kaling Jina (Rishabh) as Jagannatha
• Dharapat (Bankura, Bengal): Jina as Shyamchand Thakur
• Delhi: Some Jain Temples as Qutub Meenar
• Pandharpur (Maharashtra): Teerthankara as Vidhoba
• Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamilnadu: Teerthankara as God & Goddess
• Padmakshi Temple, Hanamkonda, Andhra: Teerthankara as God & Goddess
• Kapileshwara Temple, Mylapore, Chennai: Converted Temple
• Someshwar Temple, Laxmeshwar, Karnataka: Converted Temple
• Nagarcoil Nagraja Temple, Tamilnadu: Parshwanatha as Nagaraja
• Vrahadeshwar Temple: Converted Temple
• Bharat Temple, Irinjalakuda , Thrissur (Kerala) : Lord Bharata as Sangameshwar /Bharat (Ram’s
brother)
• Mallikarjuna Temple Halebidu: Mallinath as Mallikarjuna
• Vadiraja Temple, Sonda, Karnataka: Converted Temple
• Somanathpur Temple near Mysore: Converted Temple
• Kallil Bhagavathi temple , Kerala: Converted Temple and Caves
And many more….(almost all ancient temples in Tamilnadu, Andhra, Tulunadu and Kerala were once
Jain temples and Jain shrines) By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
4. Jain heritage is on risk: Some Proofs
Converted
Mallikarjuna Temple Halebidu:
Qutub Meenar Complex
Mallikarjuna Temple Halebidu:
Sonda, Karnataka
Padmakshi, Hanamkonda AP Nagraja Temple, Nagarkoil, TN
Vadiraja Temple, Sonda, Karnataka
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
5. Jain heritage is on risk: How Idols
Converted- Take a look
Mostly Converted in
South India
Converted to Venkateshwara and
other local and unhistorical gods
Converted to
Amman /Goddess
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
20. Old idols are being put down in Govt
Museums with No care
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
21. Theft of Jain Idols Are Increasing Day-by
Day
Lord Rishabha- Khunadari, (Kherwara, Udaipur, Chakreshwari Devi- Umta,
Rajasthan). (Visnagar, Gujrat).
Idol theft thrice but recovered all times. Idol theft but recovered all
times.
We were lucky: these Idols were recovered, but we all know it
can’tBy: Hemant Jain & Manish the times
happen all Jain - 4/2012
22. Jain heritage is on risk: Reasons
• Jainism least known and most misunderstood
• People are against Jains naturally because Jains these days belong to Trade
community and have money power.
• Buddhism harmed Jainism in last 2500 years a lot (in Abroad and in India also)
• We couldn’t keep united and divided in sects-even today we are divided
• We were and are less in numbers
• Muslim attackers harmed a lot in last 1000 years
• We lost political support in last 1200 years
• We didn’t understand Ahimsa and followed Ahimsa in the form of Cowardness
only
• We are no longer connected to physical Jain Centers/Institutes
– Jain students have more exposure to other faiths, and less to Jainism
– Traditional methods of passing the heritage may no longer be effective
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
23. Possible Solutions: For the Future of Jainism
• Save/Conserve Ancient Jain Materials, Heritage and Traditions
• Donate to save Jainism and Motivate/Aware others to do so
• Stop new temples work for sometime (if possible) and spend that
money to sharing Jainism and saving its existing heritage
• Try to get all over support for the cause including Govt and Jains top
management
• Needs Modernization of Jain Studies in India
Jainism has survived and flourished in India in the past
– There were several Jain Centers of learning and practice
– Institutions of Acharyas, Temples, Bhattarakas, Yatis, lay scholars
• Creating the next generation of scholars and young Jains
• Global Prabhavana of Jainism: Taking the message of Jainism to the
whole world
• Modern and thorough program
• Your support and contributions critical to the success.
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
24. Why Jains Must Use New Approaches
• Other religions have reached the humanity.
– Hinduism is now known around the world, due to ISCON
etc. Gita is now widely quoted by non-Hindus.
– Within 50 years, Christianity has become the most popular
faith in Korea, leaving Buddhism behind.
– Jain principles like Ahimsa, Compassion, Vegetarianism,
tolerance have been hijacked by others.
• Jains must use modern methods to reach people
around the world.
• New generation of Jains must acknowledge their
identity proudly. They should be able to discuss Jains
with non-Jains.
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
25. Building New Temples is Not Enough
• Essential components for survival of Jainism
– Scriptures (Jin-Vani) for guidance, Temples for
worship, Monks for leadership, Devoted Shravakas
for support.
• Extensive Temple building in recent years
– Temples alone will not preserve Jainism
– It is essential to preserve Jain Learning and
prepare competent scholars who will teach
Jainism.
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
26. That’s why we have created a group
“Volunteers to Save Jain Heritage”
• Currently running on Facebook
• We are adding only interested persons to the
group
• We need Volunteers from each part of India
• We will work physically also
• Very soon we will be in the shape of a physical
group
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
27. Our Objectives
1. Awareness among Jains for our Ancient Temples & Heritage which are encroached by
NON Jains and other Sites which are prone to further encroachments. Try for regain the
heritage at various levels.
2. Renovation of Old temples, which are in bad condition and where there are only
numbers of Jains or none and which needs utmost care at priority.
3. Let All people (Jain/Non-Jains) know about Jainism and its glorious history. We
welcome for any debate also.
4. Edit Google Maps and other Virtual Earth projects for locating our Jain heritage on
maps.
5. Update Wikipedia and other informative sites for Jainism related content with correct
information, more references and more accuracy.
6. Research, Research and Research on Jainism
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
28. What we have done so far?
• Created a FB group for Jain Heritage and Knowledge Volunteers. Defined our objectives and plans.
• Editing Google Maps and Wikimapia for locating Jain
heritage/place/temple on map with photos (if possible).
• Created website for couple of Jain Heritage places and
also shared information to popular Jain websites, so that
they could add.
• Created a list of some old temples with their needs for renovation
• Sharing above list (with currently available details) to various FB Jain pages, groups and other people in and around us, so
that they could donate directly or through Mahasabha.
• Trying to get more details about such heritage/temples all over India- primarily for temples which are available in list. We
will update above list time to time.
• Follow-up for donations being made each week (if possible)
• Created another list contains places need urgent care and renovation. We will talk to our munis and other persons/trusts to
do this.
• Have emailed to various levels in Govt , offices, companies and to some Jain persons and groups for intimating, sharing
conserving jain heritage as well as for correcting any wrog information at any level.
• Creating, Organizing and Sharing Jainism, its history, glory and antiquity related contents to all.
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
29. References
• Collected most of the things from Internet
from public material. Still there is any
copyright for any of the material in this deck,
please let us know, we will put your name in
Courtsey. No link we remember right now.
By: Hemant Jain & Manish Jain - 4/2012
Editor's Notes
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