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Jaseera C.M. interviews Sunil Kumar C.L.
Sunil Kumar C.L. is the caretaker of the Jainamedu Jain temple. He is a Jain from Wayanad district of Kerala, and his mother tongue is Kannada. He moved to Palakkad 15 years ago to work in the newspaper Mathrubhumi. At that time, he was associated with the…
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The advent of Jainism in Kerala was earlier believed to be in the medieval period. However, an archaeological excavation in 2011 at Pattanam in Ernakulam district unearthed a Tamil-Brahmi-inscribed potsherd on which is inscribed ‘amana’,[1] a term used to refer to Jain monks. This new evidence…
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Jainism and Buddhism have often been clubbed together as religious traditions with similar worldviews, especially in their rejection of Vedic rituals. In comparison to Vedic religion, heterodox religious traditions, among them Jainism and Buddhism, emerged from a more urban milieu in early North…
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Jainism, one of the oldest existing religions, must have evolved gradually, taking an organised form around the end of ninth century BCE, through the preaching of Parsvanatha, the 23rd tirthankara and Mahavira, the 24th thirthankara. It is believed that Jainism spread to South India when King…
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Champaner is located in Panchmahal district, a few kilometres away from Vadodara at the foot of Pavagadh Hill in Gujarat. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is studded with 114 monuments, of which only 39 are maintained by the ASI. This module gives a detailed…
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