Born on July 26, 1922 in a small town of Rajasthan, India, Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanu, during his twenty-eight years of monkhood, spent the first five years in silence and meditation. With this experience, Gurudev emerged in the world with inner gaiety and enlightened spirit. With his wisdom, lucid language and eloquent speech, he won the hearts of millions in India and became one of the spiritual leaders of twenty million Jains.

Pujyashri Chitrabhanuji is the founder and spiritual adviser to the Jain Meditation International Center in New York City as well as to other meditation centers in America, United Kingdom, Africa, Canada and India.

He is a world-renowned author of over twenty-five books which reflect his philosophy and his message of world peace and non-violence and they stress the need to appreciate the sanctity of all life and to build solidarity in the larger family of mankind.

His German student Trupti Traudel Pandya  lives in Berlin.

Mumbai (Bombay) address:

E-l, Queen's View
28-30, Walkeshwar Road,
Mumbai - 400 006
Ph.: 23686887
Fax : 23673355

New York:

Ph.: 5346090
Fax : 3626483