Panch Tirth Yatra Update

 

Jai Jinendra:

 

It is our pleasure to report back to you that we had a very pleasant, joyous, and successful religious bus trip to various Jain Temples in Pennsylvania and New Jersey area during the Oct 7-8, 2023 weekend.  This trip was not possible without the contribution, hard work, and tireless efforts put in by the Planning Team.  A big kudos goes to them for organizing such a successful trip that had two buses visit other Jain Centers around us.

 

Listed below is the summary of the Panch Tirth Yatra 2023:

 

We had 96 yatris (42 families total) officially registered for this trip spread between two big buses: 84 adults, 12 children below 12 years.

 

We visited five Jain temples: Cherry Hill Jain Temple, Franklin Jain Temple, Siddhachalam, Jain Center of Allentown, and Jain Society of South Central PA.
Our overnight stay for yatrees at Siddhachalam. 

 

We had two family who became a Bus Yatra / Trip Sponsors:  

• Amit & Harshada Patani
• Kantilal & Meeta Gangar

 

We had two family who became a labhpati for each temple we visited: 

• Amit & Harshada Patani / Chhaya Sandip Shah (Cherry Hill Jain Temple)
• Amit & Harshada Patani / Praful & Pratima Shah (Franklin Jain Temple)
• Amit & Harshada Patani / Nemchand Bhai, Hemlata Ben, Dimple & Yatra Chheda (Siddhachalam)
• Amit & Harshada Patani / Jayesh & Rupa Mehta (Jain Center of Allentown)
• Amit & Harshada Patani / Parag & Nirali Mehta (Jain Society of South Central PA)

On Saturday, Oct 7th, we departed our Jain Center at 7:25 AM and on Sunday, Oct 10th, we returned back to our Jain Center at 9:14 PM. The yatrees’ age span ranged from 26 months to 83 years old. Despite this wide gap, each yatree had fun as well as had the chance to participate in various religious activities, including Seva Pooja, Snatra Pooja, Bhakti geet at various temples, just to name a few.

 

We take this opportunity to thank many volunteers who dedicated their time and energy in making this yatra so successful, fun and enjoyable.

 

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Monthly Dev Shashtra Guru Puja

Saturday, October 22 - 10 AM

Jain Center

This puja honors the Dev, Shastra, and Guru.

Dev means God or Arihant or Siddha
Shastra means Scriptures
Guru means Teachers or one who possesses “real knowledge"

 

By honoring Dev, Shastra, and Guru, we draw attention to these three entities as a means for our path to liberation.

 

JSMW hosts a monthly Dev Shashtra Guru Puja. 

Please plan to join for the upcoming Dus Lakshan Puja on

Saturday, September 23th at Jain Center.

 

Start Time: 

10 A.M. 

Location: 

Jain Center, 1021 Briggs Chaney Road, Silver Spring MD 20905

 

Remaining 2023 Dates

October 22 – Monthly Puja
November 13 – Mahaveer Nirvaan/Diwali Puja
November 26 – Monthly Puja 

For questions and sponsorship opportunities, please contact 

Samir Tatiya | samir.tatiya@gmail.com | 703-388-6249 or

Aatam Dhanote | adhanote@gmail.com 

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