Hassan: Late seer Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swami possessed great charisma that attracted everyone and he was a guide to the Jain community across the nation, said Abhinava Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swami ...

Mahavir Jayanti, one of the most important and auspicious religious festival for the Jains, falls on April 9, 2017. The festival marks the birth of the last Tirthankara of Kalyuga, Mahavir. Mahavir ...

The pontiff of Sravanabelagola Jain Mutt Swastisri Charukeerti Bhattaraka Swami died at a hospital on Thursday morning, sources in the Mutt said. The 73-year-old seer was taking a stroll in the mutt ...

Charukeerthi Bhattaraka Swami, head of the Jain Mutt at Shravanabelgola, a well known pilgrimage centre in Channarayapatna taluk of Hassan district, passed away on Thursday morning. Around 6.30 a.m., ...

BELAGAVI: IN a shocking incident, a 78-year-old Jain monk died on Thursday in an elephant attack. The incident occurred in Nandani Mutt in Jaysingpur of neighbouring Maharashtra. The deceased pontiff, ...