Muni Jinvatsalya Vijay Maharajsaheb, a Jain monk, says that over the last few years, films produced by Jain NGOs have played a critical role in making the religion accessible to young followers.

Last Wednesday's ceremony in Surat city in the western state of Gujarat, where Devanshi took "diksha" - vows of renunciation - in the presence of senior Jain monks, was attended by tens of thousands.

Jain monk Dr Ajitchandra Sagar looks forward to his Shahastravdhaan on May 1. At the NSCI Stadium in Worli, Mumbai, the monk would involve in his attempt to listen and repeat the words of 1000 people.

As a manifestation of ahimsa, Jain monks wear nets over their mouths and sweep the street with their clothing so as to avoid harming insects, thereby accruing karma from not injuring even the ...

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