NEW DELHI -- Dressed in a coarse white cotton sari, her hair shorn and a small square of white cloth covering her mouth, Sadika Sansiddhi looks nothing like other 17-year-olds. Two years ago, she left ...

Jains say their religion had no beginning and it has no end. They say it has existed since existence itself began. But temporal existence has a milestone starting today for the Jain community in ...

Kartika Ashtahnika 2025 is one of the most sacred Jain festivals, celebrated with deep devotion and discipline. Observed by ...

George Alfred James has been named the first Bhagwan Adinath Professor of Jain Studies at the University of North Texas.(Courtesy / University of North Texas) Jainism is an ancient religion from India ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — At the 20th biennial JAINA Convention in Ontario, Calif., over the Independence Day weekend, nearly 3,500 Jains, followers of an ancient Indian sect, were treated to highly ...

Celebrated by the Jain community to observe peace and harmony and to spread the teachings of Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, Mahavir Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of the founder ...

Why do millions of practitioners of the Jain religion strive to avoid harming even microscopic creatures? Credit...Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Supported by By George Yancy Mr. Yancy is a ...

AHMEDABAD, India (RNS) The Gitarthganga Institute has over 125,000 books, manuscripts and ebooks. Five thousand books have been added to the digital database, along with thousands of ebooks, articles ...

Hassan: The statue installation ceremony of Acharya Shantisagar Maharaj, the first Jain monk of the 20th century, and the ...