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After Jain Community Slams Tourism Tag For Shrine, Centre's Big Move
Jain community feared designating Sammed Shikharji as tourist destination may "hurt sanctity"; Union Environment Minister orders a halt
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Jain Monk Dies Protesting Move To Turn Jharkhand Pilgrim Site Into Tourist Spot
A 72-year-old Jain monk who was on a fast against the Jharkhand government's decision to declare Shri Sammed Shikharji as a tourist place died Tuesday in Jaipur, according to a community leader.
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Fasting Unto Death is Essential Religious Freedom, Say Jains in Court
A tradition of Jains starving themselves to death is an essential part of religious freedom, a petition in the Supreme Court has said today, as thousands of Jains are protesting the ancient ritual of "Santhara" being declared illegal.
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Why Thousands of Jains Are Fighting For the Right to Fast Until Death
Thousands of Jains protested across India on Monday for the legal right to take part in an ancient ritual of starving themselves to death.
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Jains protest autopsy on sadhvis killed in accident
Should the police do a post-mortem operation on the bodies of two Jain Sadhvis killed in a road accident on the Western Express Highway? This question brought hundreds of protesting Jains to a hospital in Dahisar on Monday. The issue was resolved late in the evening after a senior Jain monk said that a post-mortem can be done.The Sadhvis were kille...
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After Jain Community Slams Tourism Tag For Shrine, Centre's Big Move
Jain community feared designating Sammed Shikharji as tourist destination may "hurt sanctity"; Union Environment Minister orders a halt
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Jain Monk Dies Protesting Move To Turn Jharkhand Pilgrim Site Into Tourist Spot
A 72-year-old Jain monk who was on a fast against the Jharkhand government's decision to declare Shri Sammed Shikharji as a tourist place died Tuesday in Jaipur, according to a community leader.
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Fasting Unto Death is Essential Religious Freedom, Say Jains in Court
A tradition of Jains starving themselves to death is an essential part of religious freedom, a petition in the Supreme Court has said today, as thousands of Jains are protesting the ancient ritual of "Santhara" being declared illegal.
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Why Thousands of Jains Are Fighting For the Right to Fast Until Death
Thousands of Jains protested across India on Monday for the legal right to take part in an ancient ritual of starving themselves to death.
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Jains protest autopsy on sadhvis killed in accident
Should the police do a post-mortem operation on the bodies of two Jain Sadhvis killed in a road accident on the Western Express Highway? This question brought hundreds of protesting Jains to a hospital in Dahisar on Monday. The issue was resolved late in the evening after a senior Jain monk said that a post-mortem can be done.The Sadhvis were kille...
