2012.11 ►Jainpedia News

Published: 22.11.2012
Updated: 30.07.2015

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Welcome to our November 2012 newsletter. We are all busy this month preparing for our Diwali celebrations at the V&A in London which will see the winner of our National Rangoli Competition have her entry recreated in the museum by the community as a whole. We also recently celebrated Ahimsa Day and awarded Scott Neeson the 2012 Ahimsa Award. You can read his amazing story on the IoJ website. If you live in Dubai or Oman, you will have seen the roadshow that we held there to talk about the Institute's events. We also hope you are enjoying the new articles we have loaded on the Jainpedia site, please let us have your feedback. In many parts of the UK, you will have seen the travelling Jainpedia exhibition which continues to tour. If you would like more regular information on our activities and events please ‘Like’ our Facebook page.

Dazzling Diwali at the V&A Museum

Join the JAINpedia Team at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum this year as part of our exciting 'Dazzling Diwali' event. It promises to be an exciting day for the whole family, with activities including an interactive and musical Giant Snakes and Ladders, the story of Rsabhadev Bhagwan in dance, traditional Rangoli demonstrations and workshops, and a chance to see the JAINpedia Travelling Exhibition. To see the full program click here

Rangoli Competition

The Winner of our nationwide Rangoli competition was Mrs. Asha Dushyant, from Manchester. She will be kindly joining us at the V&A for the Dazzling Diwali event. You can see her entry along with the top 6 entries on our facebook page here

Scott Neeson - Winner of the 2012 Ahimsa Award
The Institute of Jainology celebrated its 10th Annual Ahimsa Day on 17th October 2012 at its regular venue, the House of Commons, London. Scott Neeson is a Scottish-Australian film executive and philanthropist. From being President of 20th Century Fox, he gave up all his belongings and assets in 2003 to become founder and executive directors of the Cambodian Children’s Fund. To see more about Scott Neeson view this broadcast
The IOJ takes JAINpedia to the Middle East

The Institute’s Chairman accompanied by two of the Directors visited Dubai and Oman to appraise the Jain communities in the region about the activities of the Institute and in particular the JAINpedia project. To read a fuller report on the delegations click here


New Articles on JAINpedia

JAINpedia has recently added a new subtheme exploring the history of relations between Jainism and Islam, including articles on:

Jains and the Delhi Sultanate

Jains and the Mughals

Jains and Muslim iconoclasm.

Discover more about these topics by reading the articles and exploring the links and media. Also recently completed descriptions, transcriptions and translations of the song of devotion - the Bhaktāmara-stotra.

JAINpedia's Travelling Exhibition's Continuing Success

The JAINpedia travelling exhibition has toured several venues and events in the past month. Thousands viewed the exhibition at the Oshwal North West Paryushan programme at Byron Hall, where Nick Barnard from our project partner institution the V&A also spoke about the JAINpedia project and the continuing and fruitful relations between the Jain community and the V&A. The exhibition has since, visited the Jain Centre in Leicester, the Navnat community in Hayes, London, the Yorkshire Jain Foundation in Leeds and the Oshwal South London community. We welcome further interest in the Exhibition.

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