Jains rally in Gujarat, search motion in opposition to desecration of sacred Shetrunjaya Hills

By PTI

AHMEDABAD: Hundreds of members of the Jain neighborhood took out a rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday, in search of motion in opposition to anti-social components allegedly desecrating the sacred Shetrunjaya Hills in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district.

Led by non secular heads of the neighborhood, a whole lot took half within the rally and walked for 3 km, demanding motion in opposition to unlawful mining actions, liquor dens and encroachment of presidency land on the hills.

Situated on the banks of Shetrunji river round 164 ft above sea stage, Shetrunjaya Hills close to Palitana metropolis are house to 865 Jain temples and is a holy place for Shwetambara Jains.

Members of the neighborhood have held greater than 85 rallies in several components of the state ever because the “charan paduka” of a Jain saint was vandalised at a temple on the hills on November 26 final 12 months, the secretary of a Jain belief in Ahmedabad stated.

The neighborhood additionally handed over a memorandum with an inventory of calls for on the district collector’s workplace, he stated.

All the calls for are associated to unlawful actions and the state authorities mustn’t discover it onerous to sort out them, stated Pranav Shah, secretary of Samagra Jain Swetambar Murtipujak Tapagachh Shree Mahasangh of Ahmedabad metropolis.

The neighborhood is demanding motion in opposition to unlawful mining on the hills that’s desecrating the sanctity of the area and has flagged the problem of unlawful building, he stated.

Hand carts and outlets alongside the roads must also be eliminated and hooch dens which have cropped up within the space must be shut, Shah stated.

“All illegal activities in the hills such as mining and land grabbing should be stopped and the hills should be mapped to remove illegal construction…these are our main demands,” Shah instructed PTI.

“We have created a road map for the development of Palitana and nearby areas with the help of the administration. Jain communities from across India can work in this direction,” he stated.

AHMEDABAD: Hundreds of members of the Jain neighborhood took out a rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday, in search of motion in opposition to anti-social components allegedly desecrating the sacred Shetrunjaya Hills in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district.

Led by non secular heads of the neighborhood, a whole lot took half within the rally and walked for 3 km, demanding motion in opposition to unlawful mining actions, liquor dens and encroachment of presidency land on the hills.

Situated on the banks of Shetrunji river round 164 ft above sea stage, Shetrunjaya Hills close to Palitana metropolis are house to 865 Jain temples and is a holy place for Shwetambara Jains.

Members of the neighborhood have held greater than 85 rallies in several components of the state ever because the “charan paduka” of a Jain saint was vandalised at a temple on the hills on November 26 final 12 months, the secretary of a Jain belief in Ahmedabad stated.

The neighborhood additionally handed over a memorandum with an inventory of calls for on the district collector’s workplace, he stated.

All the calls for are associated to unlawful actions and the state authorities mustn’t discover it onerous to sort out them, stated Pranav Shah, secretary of Samagra Jain Swetambar Murtipujak Tapagachh Shree Mahasangh of Ahmedabad metropolis.

The neighborhood is demanding motion in opposition to unlawful mining on the hills that’s desecrating the sanctity of the area and has flagged the problem of unlawful building, he stated.

Hand carts and outlets alongside the roads must also be eliminated and hooch dens which have cropped up within the space must be shut, Shah stated.

“All illegal activities in the hills such as mining and land grabbing should be stopped and the hills should be mapped to remove illegal construction…these are our main demands,” Shah instructed PTI.

“We have created a road map for the development of Palitana and nearby areas with the help of the administration. Jain communities from across India can work in this direction,” he stated.