In 2010, FIU made history by launching the first Jain Studies Program in North America. Since then, the university has pioneered Jain studies as an academic field and established the largest Jain ...

The first slab of marble has been laid in what the Valley’s Jain community believes can become America’s grandest Jain temple when it is dedicated in December 2008, with some 3,000 Jains from all over ...

BUENA PARK, CA – The Claremont School of Theology (CST) celebrated a historic milestone with the signing ceremony for the establishment of The Bhagwan Chandraprabha Endowed Professorship in Jain ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Jain Society of Metropolitan Washington (JSMW) has successfully raised funds to support the upcoming Pratishtha Mahotsav, the inauguration ceremony of its new Jain temple in ...

Celebrated by the Jain community to observe peace and harmony and to spread the teachings of Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, Mahavir Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of the founder ...

The recent announcement of a Taj Hotel by Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) in Gujarat’s Palitana hasn’t gone well with the Jain community as it is afraid that the luxury hotel will undermine the ...

The Jain community in Australia is marking its most important festival, Paryushan Parv, which runs for 18 days and is celebrated by different Jain traditions. At the same time, the community is ...