A compilation of all the accolades I have received from Revered Gurubhagvants, accomplished individuals and publications. I had never imagined this and I am grateful to Shasan Dev for giving me an opportunity to pen down "Prabhu Tamara Pagle Pagle" #jainism

Well Churchgate, Masjid Bandar and Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar are fine right?

AMCHI MUMBAI. THEIR BALANCE SHEET. The untold story of how Gujarati and Jain merchant communities built the financial architecture of Bombay while politics later perfected the art of claiming it. Read only in @BWBusinessworld businessworld.in/article/amc…

Sir there are 4 lakh marathi in my city which is in gujarat it's 15% of our total population and we all leave peacefully . Our M.P. is also maharastian and he is also center cabinet minster . A maharastian from surat was bjp chief of gujarat for 10 years hope you can understand.

जैन परंपरानुसार, कुमारपाल महाराजा के गुरु कलिकाल सर्वज्ञ आचार्य हेमचन्द्रसुरीश्वरजी ने यहां विक्रम संवत १२१३ में प्रतिष्ठा की थी। कदाचित यह प्रतिमा भी उन्हीं के कर कमल से प्रतिष्ठित हुई हो।

Who is Prasad Vedpathak? A beef enthusiast and a Dhruv Rathee fan who ignored the Islamist motive behind Pahalgam attack but tried to pit Hindus against Jains over a harmless tradition opindia.com/2026/06/prasad-v…

Shakunika Vihara Tirth. The place where Kalikaal Sarvagya Acharya Hemachandrasuriji himself performed pratishtha in Vikram Samvat 1213.

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Presenting some of the many names in the Indian Armed forces from the JAIN community. These are some of the many names which uphold the principle of Virodhi Himsa in Jainism which allows Jains to yield weapons for defence against unrelenting violent opponents. Also, these are names from present as well as past. Source of most of the names would be given in the end. 1)Most famous pilot of Indian Air Force in today’s times, Vir Chakra awardee Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman 2)Vir Chakra Awardee and commander of the famous S 400 defence system during Operation Sindoor Group Captain Animesh Patni 3)Captain Amrita Kole (Leading Air Defence Section) 4) Lt.General Harprasad Jain [PVSM, VSM] 5) Maj. General Niranjan Prasad Jain 6) Pratap Singh Mehta (Indian Naval Veteran Commander Indo- Pak War 1971) 7) Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain [AVSM, PVSM, VSM ],2nd Chief Of Defence Staff (Indian Navy) 8) Air Marshal Satish Kumar Jain [ AVSM, PVSM, VM, ADC] 9) Wing Air Commodore Anil Jain [ VSM] 10) Air Marshal P.K. Jain [PVSM, VSM] 11) Lt. General Sandeep Jain (Commander Of 16 Corps And GOC) 12) Lt. Sanjeev Jain 13) Colonel Pankaj Prakash Jain 14) Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthman [ AVSM, PVSM, VSM, VM] father of Abhinandan 15) Tanvi Maharwa (Retd. Officer In IAF) 16) Colonel Alok Jain 17) Flight Lt. Sandeep Jain [SC] 18) Commerade V.K. Bhansali (Indian Navy) 19) Lt. Archit Verdiya 20) Captain Shreyansh Kumar [SM] 21)Squadron Leader Mohinder Kumar Jain [VC] (Indo - Pak War 1971) Part of the tragic missing 54 of the 1971 war 22) Ramesh Chandra Jain [ AVSM, PVSM] 23) Wing Commander Santosh Kumar Jain 24) Air Commodore Prakashnarain Jainarain Jain [SC] 25) Flight Lt. Adish Chandra Jain 26)Air Vice Marshal Kamal Kishore Jain 27) Flying Officer Baldev Raj Jain 28)Group Captain Satish Chandra Jain 29) Group Captain Vimal Kumar Jain 30)Wing Commander Vijay Pratap Singh Jain 31)Squadron Leader Vinod Kumar Jain 32) Pilot Officer Ashok Kumar Jain 33)Air Vice Marshal Kumud Kishore Jain 34)Wing Commander Rajender Nath Jain 35)Wing Commander Virendra Kumar Jain [VSM] 36)Wing Commander Surendra Kumar Jain 37) Pilot Officer Ramesh Chand Jain 38)Group Captain Narendra Kumar Jain 39)Wing Commander Rajendra Prasad Jain 40)Air Commodore Naresh Chand Jain [VSM] 41)Group Captain Rajesh Jain 42)Wing Commander Mahabir Prasad Jain 43) Wing Commander Jaininder Kumar Jain 44)Wing Commander Rituraj Jaindass 45) Wing Commander Deo Kumar Jain 46)Wing Commander Faquir Chand Jain 47)Bimal Chand Jain Indian Army 48)Rajindra Singh Charak Jain 49)Wing Commander Kuldip Chand Jain 50)Wing Commander Anand Kumar Jain 51)Squadron Leader Ravindra Kumar Jain 52) Wing Commander Shanti Kumar Jain 53) Flight Lt Harishchander Jain 54) Wing Commander Vijay Kumar Jain 55) Wing Commander Suresh Chand Jain 56) Wing Commander Brahmottam Kumar Jain 57)Wing Commander Nirpendra Singh Jain 58)Pilot Officer Somchandra Jain 59)Wing Commander Bharat Bhushan Jain 60)Wing Commander Vijendra Kumar Jain 61)Wing Commander Vijaindra Kasturiya 62)Flying Lt. Jyoti Rani Jain 63)Wing Commander Shrenik Kumar Banthia 64)Flying Officer Gurbachan Lall Kochar 65)Flying Lt. Devindra Kochar 66)Wing Commander Rajendra Singh Kochar 67)Flying Lt. Vijay Kumar Kochar 68) Vice Air Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar [ VM, AVSM, PVSM] 69)Wing Commander Sharad Kumar Kochar 70)Wing Commander Virendra Singh Kochar 71)Wing Commander Ekta Bothra 72) Captain Vicky Pahadi Jain 73)Air Marshal Parduman Kumar Jain 74)Wing Commander Satish Chander Jain 75)Wing Commander Santosh Kumar Jain 76)Wing Commander Satish Chandra Jain 77)Squadron Leader Ramesh Chand Jain 78)Squadron Leader Bimal Chand Jain 79)Air Marshal Satish Kumar Jain 80)Wing Commander Naresh Chand Jain 81) Vice Admiral Sukhmal Ji Jain [AVSM, NM](Indian Naval Officer) 82)Pilot officer Rajendra Kumar Jain 83)Squadron Leader Arun Kumar Jain 84)Air Commodore Nirbhay Kumar Jain 85)Flight Lt Bimal Prasad Jain 86)Group Captain Raj Kumar Jain 87)Wing Commander Arun Kumar Jain 88)Air Commodore Anil Kumar Jain 89)Group Captain Bhupesh Raj Jain 90)Group Captain Davendar Singh Jain 91)Group Captain Pramod Kumar Jain 92)Flight Lt Satish Kumar Jain 93)Wing Commander Om Prakash Jain 94)Wing Commander Raj Kumar Jain 95)Wing Commander Hasmukh T Jain 96)Air Commodore Naveen Jain 97)Group Captain Atul Jain 98)Wing Commander Rajiv Jain 99)Group Captain Yogesh Jain 100)Flying Officer Rajiv Kumar Jain 101)Wing Commander Vivek Jain 102)Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Jain 103)Group Captain Sushil Kumar Jain 104)Group Captain Jinendra Kumar Jain 105)Group Captain Sanjay Jain 106)Group Captain Pradeep Kumar Jain 107)Squadron Leader Babita Jasjit Jain 108)Group Captain Rajneesh Jain 109)Air Vice Marshal Sharad Kumar Jain 110)Group Captain Pankaj Jain 111)Air Commodore Shovit Jain 112)Group Captain Atul Jain 113)Flight Lt Rajesh Jain 114)Group Captain Rajesh Jain 115)Air Commodore Aditya Jain 116)Flight Lt Sandeep Jain 117)Squadron Leader Ravi Raj Jain 118)Air Commodore Kulbhooshan Jain 119)Flight Lt Ashish Kumar Jain 120)Flight Lt Sanjeev K Jain 121)Group Captain Anil Jain 122)Flight Lt Manoj Jain 123)Group Captain Aditya Vir Jain 124)Air Commodore Lalit Kumar Jain 125)Group Captain Parag Jain 126)Flight Lt Anil Jain 127)Group Captain Vipin Kumar Jain 128)Flight Lt Jitendra Kumar Jain 129)Pilot Officer Parmeshta Jain 130)Air Commodore Pankaj Jain 131)Group Captain Padmashri Jain 132)Group Captain Ashish Rajesh Kumar Jain 133)Flight Lt Rakesh Kumar Jain 134)Group Captain Bindu Jain 135)Group Captain Rajesh Kumar Jain 136)Group Captain Ragesh Jain 137)Group Captain B R Jain 138)Group Captain Sandeep Jain 139)Wing Commander Nimish Jain 140)Group Captain Deepal Jain 141)Wing Commander Ashwani Jain 142)Group Captain Nitin Jain 143)Squadron Leader Nitesh Jain 144)Wing Commander Amit Jain 145)Wing Commander Ashish Jain 146)Group Captain Arinjay Jain 147)Group Captain Ravindra Kumar Jain 148)Squadron Leader Ritin Jain 149)Wing Commander Rahul Jain 150)Wing Commander Shalendra Kumar Jain 151)Group Captain Nikhil Jain 152)Flight Lt Shalini Jain 153)Wing Commander Deepesh Jain 154)Wing Commander Madhulika Jain 155)Wing Commander Ravi Jain 156)Wing Commander Chetan Kumar Jain 157)Wing Commander Anshul Jain 158)Wing Commander Vikas Jain 159)Wing Commander Ahhinav Jain 160)Wing Commander Rajul Jain 161)Wing Commander Arpita Jain Garg 162)Wing Commander Shweta Pravin Jain 163)Wing Commander Rani Smita Jain 164)Sqaudron Leader Varun Jain 165)Squadron Leader Divyansh Jain 166)Wing Commander Ashwani Jain 167)Wing Commander Sandeep Jain 168) Wing Commander Lavi Jain 169) Wing Commander Anldt Jain 170) Wing Commander Pawail Jain 171) Wing Commander Shanky Jain 172) Wing Commander Anshul Jain 173) Wing Commander Aman Jain 174) Wing Commander Ankit Jain 175) Wing Commander Anshul Jain 176)Squadron Leader Neha Jain 177)Squadron Leader Divya Jain 178)Squadron Leader Vishal Jain 179)Squadron Leader Aditi Jain 180)Squadron Leader Kuldeep Jain 181)Wing Commander Sahil Jain 182)Wing Commander Roopal Jain 183)Squadron Leader Roshan Jain 184)Squadron Leader Tanmay Akhil Jain 185)Squadron Leader Prathamesh Jain 186)Squadron Leader Aditi Jain 187)Squadron Leader Manik Jain 188)Squadron Leader Chirag Jain 189)Squadron Leader Nupur Jain 190)Squadron Leader Mohit Jain 191)Squadron Leader Kinnari Jain 192)Squadron Leader Rohit Jain 193)Squadron Leader Sanchit Jain 194)Squadron Leader Siddharth Jain 195)Squadron Leader Akshay Jain 196)Squadron Leader Ambuj Jain 197)Squadron Leader Rahul Jain 198)Squadron Leader Harshit Jain 199)Squadron Leader Anshul Jain 200)Squadron Leader Sahil Jain 201)Flying Officer Darshan Jain 202)Squadron Leader Aarushi Jain 203)Squadron Leader Aashish Jain 204)Flight Lt Akshay Jain 205)Flying Officer Prachi Jain 206)Flying Officer Suyash Jain 207)Flight Lt Arun Kumar Jain Please note, that these are only some of the many many names of Jains serving and having served in the Indian Armed Forces. Not all Jain people have Jain surname or another exclusive surname. Many share surnames with non-Jains so in such cases asserting a person to be Jain just after checking name would be difficult. If by chance, any name here is of a non-Jain person, it is only an unintentional error. Source: As you would have noticed, most of these names in this list are from Indian Air Force and sources of these names is the Indian defence website/portal Bharat-Rakshak. This website maintains a database of >36,000 personnel of Indian Air Force from past and present and also has a search facility name wise. But do note, this website obviously doesn’t contain the names of all IAF personnel. Also, they do not have any such database of Indian army or Indian Navy yet where you can search. That’s the reason most of these names are from the Indian Airforce. Other names are sources from various sources including official posts. Thus the actual number of Jains serving and having served in the Indian Armed Forces would be much much higher than the >200 numbers I have presented here. Though Jainism believes in Ahimsa (non-violence) ,it very well allows for defensive violence against violent opponents in defence of Country, family, self, etc. This falls under the category of Virodhi Himsa, which is one of the four types of violence mentioned in Jainism. Virodhi means ‘in opposition’ and this Virodhi Himsa is Himsa (violence) done in opposition, that is against unrelenting violent opponents. In Jainism, 1st Tirthankar of current Avsarpini Kaal Bhagwan Rishabhdev himself of believed to have taught 64 skills to humankind, the foremost 3 of which are Asi Masi Krishi , out of which Asi itself means weaponry with larger meaning involving administration. That’s exactly why there could be so many Jain Kings, Queens and Soldiers who defended their kingdoms and country when needed and even now there are many many Jains who have served and are serving in the armed forces. Many have doubts about whether Jains serve in Indian armed forces given their belief in ahimsa (non-violence). Many keep questioning if Jains serve in Indian armed forces and some even wrongly claim that there are no Jains in the Indian armed forces. That’s why I put up this post and put many names from different sources with the IAF names being primarily from Bharat-Rakshak website. Request everyone to repost this. And a special request to Jains to repost this and also quote and use this post wherever you feel like whenever someone asks about Jains serving in armed forces. Will leave this thread open so maybe in future if there are many more names from databases or other sources, can post below it. Jai Hind 🇮🇳. Jai Jinendra 🙏🏼. (1/n)

@arpitsinger here in this post 👇🏼 a list of >200 names of Jains in Indian armed forces with source has been put. Do check and repost and offcouse save it as you know many keep asking about Jains in armed forces.

🙏 Overwhelmed. Grateful. Humbled. Receiving the Shasan Shikhar Navayuva Award from Shabdteerth is an honour I hold with deep reverence and even deeper responsibility. I am merely an instrument. The real credit goes to the tradition that shaped me, the revered Acharyas and scholars whose works have guided me. May this recognition be a reminder to serve Jinshasan with greater sincerity, research with greater depth, and live with greater humility.

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Who is Prasad Vedpathak? A Dhruv Rathee admirer, a beef enthusiast, and struggling influencer who saw no need to confront the jihadist ideology behind the Pahalgam massacre but found “Jain Jihad” in a harmless tradition rooted in ahimsa. His latest controversy wasn’t about a white pathway; it was an attempt to pit Hindus against Jains and manufacture outrage for clicks, relevance, and engagement. Read more: opindia.com/2026/06/prasad-v…

Beautiful carvings from vimala vasahi located in Mt . Abu (Arbudgiri) was built in 1026 CE #jainism

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Dear @AsitKumarrModi Sir. Currently, In Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah story, Society Exterior is going into renovation & soon you will showcase a new renovated society. Please make sure that the society did one addition during this renovation. They added a White strip in Society compound from Entrance near Soda shop uptill Jethalal's house. Make one episode where other members ask why this white strip & chachaji explains about it and later everyone agrees to it. You have a generational chance to create a harmony between Marathi, hindus and jains which FootagePathak is ruining for some clout. Don't bottle it... Make it happen.

लोक काय म्हणतील यापेक्षा इतिहास काय सांगतो, याचाच विचार केला पाहिजे. आणि इतिहास सांगतो की मुंबई कधीच एका समाजाची खासगी मालमत्ता नव्हती, नाही आणि होऊही शकत नाही. मुंबई घडली ती सहअस्तित्वातून. कोळी बांधव, मराठी कामगार, गिरणी कामगार, गुजराती व्यापारी, जैन उद्योजक, मारवाडी वित्तपुरवठादार, पारसी उद्योगपती, दक्षिण भारतीय व्यावसायिक, उत्तर भारतीय कामगार, मुस्लिम कारागीर, ख्रिश्चन शैक्षणिक संस्था, शीख व्यापारी, अशा अनेक समाजांच्या घामातून मुंबई उभी राहिली आहे. एका समाजाने संपूर्ण मुंबई घडवली असा दावा हा इतिहास नाही, तो फक्त राजकीय अहंकार आहे. १९६० पूर्वी महाराष्ट्र आणि गुजरात वेगळे राज्य नव्हते. दोन्ही संयुक्त बॉम्बे स्टेटचा भाग होते. मुंबई त्या काळातही व्यापार, उद्योग, बंदर, कापड गिरण्या, शेअर बाजार, सिनेमा आणि स्थलांतराचे केंद्र होती. त्यामुळे गुजराती, जैन, मारवाडी, पारसी आणि इतर व्यापारी समाज इथे काल-परवा आलेले नाहीत. अनेक समाज मुंबईत १८५० पासून आणि त्याही आधीपासून आहेत. फक्त नंतर राज्यांची सीमा आखली गेली आणि मुंबई महाराष्ट्रात आली म्हणून इथे पिढ्यानपिढ्या राहणारे लोक अचानक “बाहेरचे” होत नाहीत. हे लॉजिक असेल तर मग भारत नावाचा देश ठेवायचाच कशाला? प्रत्येक राज्य वेगळा देशच झाला असता. भारतीय संविधानाने प्रत्येक नागरिकाला देशात कुठेही राहण्याचा, काम करण्याचा आणि प्रगती करण्याचा अधिकार दिला आहे. हेही लक्षात ठेवा की मुंबईत अनेक गुजराती, जैन, मारवाडी, पारसी कुटुंबे अनेक तथाकथित “मूळ” म्हणवणाऱ्या नंतर आलेल्या स्थलांतरित मराठी कामगारांपेक्षा आधीपासून राहात आहेत. मग “कोण आधी आलं” हा खेळ खेळायचा असेल तर अनेक गैरमराठी समाजांची दावेदारीही खूप जुनी निघेल. म्हणून शहरं रक्तरेषांनी नाही, योगदानाने मोजली जातात. मुंबई आर्थिक राजधानी बनली ती फक्त भावनिक घोषणांनी नाही. ती बनली उद्योग, व्यापार, भांडवल, वित्तव्यवस्था, बंदर, बाजारपेठा, शेअर बाजार, बँकिंग, सिनेमा, सेवा क्षेत्र, रिअल इस्टेट, शिक्षण आणि आरोग्य संस्थांमुळे. यामध्ये गुजराती, जैन, मारवाडी, पारसी आणि इतर समाजांचे योगदान प्रचंड आहे. त्यांनी उद्योग उभे केले, रोजगार दिले, पैसा फिरवला, बाजारपेठा वाढवल्या, धर्मादाय हॉस्पिटल्स, शाळा, कॉलेज, ट्रस्ट, वसतिगृहे आणि समाजसेवी संस्था उभ्या केल्या. हे योगदान पुसून टाकून मुंबईचा इतिहास पूर्ण होत नाही. आज मुंबईत येणारा भांडवल प्रवाह, गुंतवणूक, उद्योग आणि व्यापार टिकवायचा असेल तर “मुंबई फक्त आमची” अशी भाषिक दादागिरी चालणार नाही. पैसा तिथे जातो जिथे स्थैर्य, कायदा, सुरक्षितता आणि व्यावसायिक वातावरण असतं. रोज उद्योगपती, व्यापारी आणि गुंतवणूकदारांना “बाहेरचे” म्हणत राहिलात तर उद्या भांडवल दुसऱ्या शहरात जाईल, आणि नुकसान सर्वात आधी सामान्य मराठी माणसाचंच होईल. बॉलीवूड म्हणजे भारताचा हिंदी सिनेमा उद्योग आहे आणि त्यात उत्तर भारतीय, पंजाबी, मुस्लिम, गुजराती, मराठी, दक्षिण भारतीय सगळ्यांचा सहभाग आहे. मग उद्या म्हणायचं का की हिंदी सिनेमा मुंबईत का आहे? उत्तर भारतीय कलाकार, लेखक, दिग्दर्शक, निर्माता इथे का आहेत? अशीच संकुचित मानसिकता ठेवली तर मुंबईचं जागतिक स्वरूपच संपेल. मराठी माणसाने इतरांच्या प्रगतीवर जळण्यापेक्षा स्वतःच्या प्रगतीवर लक्ष द्यायला हवं. प्रत्येक अपयशासाठी गुजराती, जैन, मारवाडी किंवा इतर समाजांना दोष देणं ही सर्वात घातक सवय आहे. त्यामुळे स्वतःची चूक दिसत नाही, सुधारणा होत नाही आणि समाज अजून मागे राहतो. इतर समाज पुढे गेले कारण त्यांनी एकमेकांना मदत केली, भांडवल दिलं, नेटवर्क तयार केलं, व्यवसायात साथ दिली, शिक्षणावर भर दिला आणि आपल्या लोकांना वर खेचलं. आपल्याकडे मात्र अनेकदा स्वतःचे नातेवाईकसुद्धा आर्थिक मदतीपासून दूर पळतात. ही खेकड्यांची मानसिकता बदलली नाही तर फक्त घोषणांनी काहीही साध्य होणार नाही. मुंबईचं बळ तिच्या विविधतेत आहे. इथे मराठीही आहे, गुजरातीही आहे, जैनही आहे, मारवाडीही आहे, मुस्लिमही आहे, ख्रिश्चनही आहे, पारसीही आहे, दक्षिण भारतीयही आहे, उत्तर भारतीयही आहे. हे सहअस्तित्वच मुंबईला मुंबई बनवतं. हे काढून टाकलं तर उरेल फक्त रिकामा अहंकार. भूमिपुत्राचा अभिमान असू द्या, पण तो इतरांच्या अपमानावर उभा राहू नये. मुंबई कोणाच्या बापाची मालमत्ता नाही. मुंबई त्या प्रत्येकाची आहे ज्याने इथे राहून, कष्ट करून, कायद्याने जगून आणि शहराच्या वाढीत योगदान दिलं आहे. इतिहास शिकायचा असेल तर पूर्ण शिका. सोयीचा इतिहास घेऊन द्वेष पसरवू नका.

Jains - the real minority who never beg for special treatment, never play the victim card, never create trouble for anyone, contribute immensely to the economy, generate jobs, and live peacefully. If they seem like a problem to you, perhaps the problem lies with you.

#GermanCockroach.. For those asking who Prasad Vedpathak really is.. here's a throwback.. and the entire media eco system is all planted to create hate in society.. No need for long debates. One old video is enough to understand his agenda..

आज सफ़ेद पट्टी का विरोध हो रहा है.. कल गणपति का भी विरोध होगा.. आज 'जैन जिहाद' बोलनेवाले कल 'गणपति जिहाद' बोले तो आश्चर्य नहीं होगा.. ऐसे लोगों से सावधान होना चाहिए।

You have really given very useful information.. It is hoped that this research of yours will help put an end to the misconceptions prevalent in society... 🙏