Tri-Nation Ahimsa Yatra to reach city today

Mysuru: The city is gearing up for the Tri-Nation Ahimsa Yatra of the 11th acharya of Jain Terapanth Samaj, Acharya Mahashraman ji, which will arrive here on Tuesday on a three-day visit.

According to the organisers, the Ahimsa Yatra will be taken out from T. Shetalli to JSS Medical College at Bannimantap on Tuesday.

On November 20, the yatra will be taken out from JSS Medical College to Adishwar Vatika in Siddartha Nagar. On the last day (November 21), the Ahimsa Yatra will begin from Terapanth Bhavan on MG Road and reach Brahma Kumaris in Yelwal.

From there, the acharya’s destination will be Hubballi and he will reach Hyderabad in January. All the yatras will commence at 6.45 am.

Mahaveer Derasriya, president of Terapanth Yuvak Parishad, said that on November 20, an Ahimsa Rally, organised by Sri Jain Shwethambar Terapanth Samaj, will be taken out from St. Philomena’s Church Circle to Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of the world famous palace at 7.30am in which hundreds of Jain community leaders and members will participate.

Vikas Gugliya, a member of Terapanth Yuvak Parishad, said that the Tri-Nation Ahimsa Yatra started from Red Fort, New Delhi, in 2014, Nepal — 2015, Guwahati – 2016, Kolkata – 2017, Chennai – 2018 and Bengaluru – 2019.

Rajan Baghmar of Youth Sthanakvasi Jain Sangh said the objectives of the Ahimsa Yatra are to promote harmony, to propagate morality and a movement towards de-addiction.

Acharya Sri Mahashraman ji

Acharya Sri Mahashraman ji is the eleventh acharya of the Jain Terapanth religious order. His external and internal personality is encompassed with charisma. His personality is integration of brilliance and forgiveness, spiritualism and leadership, ethicality and pragmatism.

The last acharya to visit Mysuru was the 9th acharya, Sri Tulsi ji, who visited the city in 1969. The city is hosting a Terapanth acharya after a gap of 50 years.