Date & Time: March 25th @ 1:00 PM

Location: Eleanor Roosevelt HS 7601 Hanover Pkwy, Greenbelt, MD 20770

Dinner Registration:  We really try to minimize food waste. Please email mjk@jainsocietydc.org, if you have not sent RSVP and now plan to attend.

 

 

Join us, make it your show!   

Performers are working hard behind the scene and a show of this scale needs a lot of support.  Please consider signing up to volunteer a few hours of your time to help make the show a success.  Click on Volunteer form to sign-up

 

It is one of the most important Parva / religious festival of the Jain community. Navpad Oli comes twice in a year. The word 'Navpad' means nine supreme posts of the universe - Arihant, Siddha, Acharya, Upadhyay, Sadhu, Darshan (right belief), Jnan (right knowledge), Charitra (right action) and Tapa (right austerity) 

Jain literature (Kalpasutra) indicates that Navpad Oli is Shashwati, meaning permanent. Navpad Oli festival exists in all time cycles (past, present, and future). This provides significant importance to the Navpad Oli. The story of Shripal and Mayana Sundari are connected with this observance. One should try to do Ayambil during these auspicious days. 

For more information on Siddha Chakra & the ritual of the Navpad Oli, please  read here

 

Ayambil RSVP

This year, we will have Ayambil on all 9 days at our Jain Center between 12 and 2 PM. If you are planning to do Ayambil, please RSVP below. Tapasvi needs to bring their own boiled water. 

 

RSVP link -  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054CA5AE2FA02-ayambil4

 

If you cannot do Ayambil, you can even get labh by sponsoring. Consider sponsoring one day of Ayambil during Oli for $101.

Do not let this Punya opportunity pass by!!

 

Please send your names for sponsorship / volunteering to cook Ayambil food to Vaishali Chedda at  vaishali.chheda@gmail.com

 

Today’s Girl Today’s Woman in 2020 TGTW’s hosted the first International Food showcase.   This year we are proud to host a GOT CHOCOLATE Showcase. Jain principles can be incorporated in a variety of chocolate food/desserts and community members are encouraged to showcase their creations and help others learn about these dishes.

 

This event is open to EVERYONE (women, men, children) with single or group (up to 4 people) entries.

 

Set-up Time and Date: 9:30 am on Sunday, April 16, 2023

Location: Cloverly Elementary School Cafeteria

 

Submit entry form by Sunday, April 2nd at todayswomen@jainsocietydc.org

 

For any questions, please call Shilpa M Shah @ 410-292-0814, Mina Jain @ 301-996-8020, Nilima Shah @ 419-704-8515