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As part of this Diksha Ceremony and Mahaveer Jayanti Celebration, we will have lot of Religious Activities, Lectures, Poojas and Kids Activities at the temple for 2 days. We would like for all members of our community to mark their calendars and make plans to attend this auspicious occasion along with family and friends.
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4/7/2012
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When:
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4/7/2012
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Where:
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JAIN CENTER OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
722 South Main Street Milpitas , CA 95035
Milpitas, California 95035
United States
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Contact:
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Nitin Shah
president@jcnc.org
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FIRST DIKSHA CEREMONY IN AMERICA
at
JAIN CENTER OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
722 South Main Street Milpitas , CA 95035
DATE: APRIL 7th and APRIL 8th 2012
Its an honor and
a privilege for Jain Center of Northern California to host this auspicious
occasion of Diksha at our temple.
DIKSHA of
MANGALAMJI by ACHARYA CHANDANAJI
As part of this Diksha
Ceremony and Mahaveer Jayanti Celebration, we will have lot of Religious
Activities, Lectures, Poojas and Kids Activities at the temple for 2 days. We
would like for all members of our community to mark their calendars and make
plans to attend this auspicious occasion along with family and friends.
BIO
OF MANGALAMJI
Magalamji is associated with Veerayatan since her
childhood. At the young age of 6 years, she memorized Bhaktamar, Kalyan
Mandir and Tatwartha Sutra and other Jain stotras.
She has been fortunate,
to learn Sanskrit and Prakrit under the able guidance of a very revered
and well known scholar Sant Pujya Gurudev, Upadhyaya Shri Amar Muniji
Maharaj and Acharya Shri Chandanji Maharaj. Along with Jain scriptures
she also studied Hindu and Buddhist texts, with very good communicating
skills in English, Hindi, Marathi and Guajarati. Along with the studies
she also held the administrative post atVeerayatan Rajgir
for a few years.
For last 17 years,
she has been living in United States where she was married, and has a
beautiful 12 years old daughter "Ruhani”.
Even though she was
living in USA for so many years, her heart was with Veerayatan all the
while. During her stay in the US she continued her religious studies
and worked in various volunteer activities of Veerayatan.
She is blessed with
an enchanting melodious voice which has mesmerised and
touchedhearts of thousands of people around the world.
With the blessings of
Acharya Shri Chandanaji Maharaj, she has takenDiksha
(Sanyas) on December 20th2011 at Veeraytan Rajgir. Now
the Badi Diksha will be held at our Bhavan on April 7th and April 8th
of 2012. This is probably the first ever occasion in the history of
Jain community that an American citizen after living such a
considerable period in that culture has decided to become a Jain Sadhvi.
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