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Shrimad Rajchandraji - Param Krupalu Dev. A revolutionary jain poet from gujrat have changed lives of many including MK Gandhi.
This thread is about his phenomenal ability to perform Avdhan
And how he quit doing it for the sake of moksh marg
He was a true Bharat ratna.
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whenever He used to see something good, He immediately imbibed it and within no time surpassed it. An ideal example of this is His ability to perform avdhans. An avdhan is the ability to concurrently be attentive to number of activities and objects
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Once Param Krupalu Dev, at the age of 16, was invited to witness a demonstration of eight avdhans by Shastri Shankarlal Maheshwar Bhatt in Morbi. As per the available information, during those times, only 2 people in the whole of India were able to exhibit such skill!
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Did you know this story?
#RaniAbbakka #jaingem #jain
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The year was 1555. Portuguese colonial power was at its peak in the 1500’s. They destroyed Zamorins of Calicut. Defeated the Sultan of Bijapur.
Took away Daman from the Sultan of Gujarat, Established a colony in Mylapore, Captured Bombay and made Goa as their headquarters. And while they were at it, pretty much unchallenged, they even ruined the ancient Kapaleeswarar Temple to build a Church over it.@truejainology
Their next target, the super profitable port of Mangalore.

Their only bad luck, just 14 kilometers south of Mangalore was the small settlement of Ullal - ruled then by a feisty 30 year old woman - *RANI ABBAKKA CHOWTA*

Initially, they took her lightly and sent a few boats
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Walchand Hirachand Doshi A true indian visionary who gave India its first Aircraft
Shipyard &
Car factory
Born in gujrati jain family from wankaner
Titled as Father of Transportation in india due to immense efforts of him to brng industrial revolution in india
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Seth Walchand Hirachand Doshi was a visionary patriot, who pioneered the industrial revolution in pre-independent India. A man of courage, conviction and self-belief, who envisioned the industrial needs of Independent India, who in the first half of 20th century
@truejainology
was a towering person, who stood out as the pioneering nation builder, who despite all adversities undertook the industrialisation of India in various core sectors by their intense passion, patriotism and indomitable spirit of entrepreneurship
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#Matang , मातंग
The forgotten caste of jainsim
is a Dalit caste , We can trace the origin of Matangs in Indus valley civilization. Matangs have very rich & ancient history and we can find references in ancient Jain literture.
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They are spread across maharashtra , Telangana , karnataka .
In andhra they are also known as madhiga ".
Meaning of word matang is - elephant.
In indian culture word matang is considered as a good ( सुभ ) word.
Even today in remote villages of maharashtra
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If one sight's a matang , they consider it as a good luck (सुभ शकुन) .
Their basic work is to safeguard the villages(security) , making of ropes and brooms.
Whenever something good or new things marriages etc happens, ppl first invite matang, considering them as a good luck.
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🙏🏼 'KSHULLAK' GANESHPRASAD VARNI

Ganesh Prasad ji Varni (1874–1961) was one of the foundational figures of the modern Indian Digambara intellectual tradition during the early 20th century.
Read the thread to know how much he has done for jains.
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He was the founder of several schools and institutions of advanced learning. He was born in Lalitpur (UP), who belonged to the Asati community(mostly Vaishnava), his father had a deep faith in the Namokar Mantra. He used to live in a Jain neighbourhood and visit the Jain temple
near his house in Mandawara. Influenced by lectures there, at the age of ten, he took a vow to take meals before sunset throughout his life. During his yajnopavita ceremony, he had an argument with the priest & his mother, and declared that he will be a Jain henceforth.
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A great forgotten Gem of Jainism #sameer_muni
Who successfully inculcate great values of jainsim and it's ahimsa into the live's of khatik samaj (butcher's) of rajasthan.
Who started their day with slaughtering animals and ended their day with alcohol.
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Butcher's who's life was nothing but to slaughter innocent animals and sell them into cities and earn living.
Looking at such violent nature muni thought to teach them lessons of ahimsa so that they can get rid of the killing of innocent animals.
Tirthankar's teaching of hating the paap (sin) and not the paapi (sinner) was the base of this foundation which was started by muni on 1st May 1958 by including the dalits and khatik( butcher) and ignored of the society n named them
" VEERWAL"
A jain community of mewar rajasthan
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Premchand Roychand a Jain .
Founder of @BSEIndia bombay stock exchange.
Bullion king
Speculator by instinct
Master manipulator of market.
Donor of iconic rajabai tower
A Big gun in those early days of Bombay.
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The Roychand family moved Mumbai from surat, when premchand was a young boy
(probably on a Bullock cart) ,
He was educated at Elphinstone College. Recorded as the first Indian broker able to speak, read and write English, he entered the lists as a stock broker in 1849.
RP With his fingers dug deep in several markets – commodities, bullion, stocks, real estate, and banking – his rise and fall over a decade marked the commercial rise of Bombay.
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She is Dr. Natalia Zheleznova a Russian , who is a staunch follower of Jainism.
The value of Jainism are much valued by the Western culture
She follows each n every principles of Jainism , from avoiding eating after sunset to doing swadhaya daily
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On asking how did she become a follower of Jainism.?

When I was fourteen, there was a chapter of Indian philosophy in my course book, out of which there was even a smaller section of Jainism, which attracted me.” And I assumed the rest are the consequences.”
She knows eight languages including Hindi, English, Prakrit & Sanskrit. She has translated many Jain scriptures from Prakrit to Russian.
Samaya-saar,
Pravachana-saar,
Niyama-saar &
Panchastikaya-saar
Tatvarthsutra to name a few.
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