NEW DELHI -- Dressed in a coarse white cotton sari, her hair shorn and a small square of white cloth covering her mouth, Sadika Sansiddhi looks nothing like other 17-year-olds. Two years ago, she left ...

Jains say their religion had no beginning and it has no end. They say it has existed since existence itself began. But temporal existence has a milestone starting today for the Jain community in ...

Jain Mumukshu Begin 29-Day ‘Kalyanak Yatra’ From Mumbai The mumukshu, including a six-year-old girl and a 73-year-old woman, ...

In December, I gifted myself the 2023 Interfaith Calendar from the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago. It marks holy days of many religions, information I often need for Facets of ...

Ahmedabad: Shrut Ratnakar, an academic institution devoted to research on Indian knowledge traditions and Jain religion and ...

MONROEVILLE, Pa. — A Landmark of Religious Unity Celebrates 40 Years: Anniversary and Re-inauguration of the Hindu-Jain Temple The Hindu-Jain Temple of Monroeville, Pittsburgh, today celebrated its ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — At the 20th biennial JAINA Convention in Ontario, Calif., over the Independence Day weekend, nearly 3,500 Jains, followers of an ancient Indian sect, were treated to highly ...

Why do millions of practitioners of the Jain religion strive to avoid harming even microscopic creatures? Credit...Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Supported by By George Yancy Mr. Yancy is a ...

Haveri: Muni Shiromani Vidit Sagar Maharaj exhorted the Jain religious congregation to sustain religion through practice rather than speeches, and urged women to protect and care for religion as they ...

While the originations of the dhol are not known with complete certainty, what is known is that it is a sound that has migrated. Sunny Jain After composing and transcribing music for my wedding day, ...