The theft took place Friday night when most people in the area were busy with Karva Chauth celebrations A gold-plated 'kalash' worth around Rs 40 lakh was allegedly stolen from the spire of a Jain ...

No two marble pillars are the same at Ranakpur Jain Temple, each one has its own design and detailing. A single marble slab was carved into an idol of Parshvanatha with 1008 serpent heads, an artistic ...

Heavy police presence surrounded Dadar’s iconic kabutarkhana (pigeon feeding area) on Wednesday morning, with the nearby Jain temple also shutting its doors ahead of a planned protest by the Marathi ...

HUBBALLI: The Jain community in Maharashtra and Karnataka has expressed strong opposition to the relocation of a temple elephant named Madhuri, also known as Mahadevi, from the Nandani Mutt in ...

Mumbai: Bombay high court on Tuesday dismissed a challenge by a Jain mandir trust in Vile Parle against a city civil court order, paving the way for the demolition of the temple structure. However, ...

A biennial convention featuring the largest gathering of the Jain religious community outside of India will bring more than 5,000 attendees to Schaumburg over Independence Day weekend for the event’s ...

Melbourne is poised to inaugurate Australia's first Jain temple, a testament to the dedication of its Jain community. Constructed with 1,500 tonnes of Makrana marble from Rajasthan, the $15-18 million ...

BELTSVILLE, Md. (RNS) — The new temple, say Jain leaders, will dually serve the community's growing needs while also sharing what the Jain religion is all about with the larger DC community.

At an eye-catching construction site in Melbourne's south-east, ornately carved marble blocks, like the ones used in the Taj Mahal, are being assembled "like a jigsaw puzzle". By the end of next year, ...

The Maharashtra State Minority Commission will hear the complaint regarding the demolition of Vile Parle’s Jain temple. The commission has also directed the commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal ...

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to stop further demolitions of the Jain temple in Vile Parle, following appeals from the Shree 1008 Digambar Jain ...

Watchdog Foundation, a citizens group, has condemned the demolition of a 90-year-old Digambar Jain temple in Vile Parle, Mumbai. In a letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the group has demanded ...