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A 600 feet long Ahinsa Rath consisting of 23 small raths with a message of Jio and Jeene Do was the special attraction during Mahavir Jayanti Shobha Yatra taken out in Nagpur
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Mahavir Jayanti Shobha Yatra taken out in Nagpur
The Jain Samaj took out a grand Shobha Yatra on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti to propagate his message of Jio Aur Jeene Do from Digambar Jain Parwar Mandir in Itwari Nagpur on Thursday March 29th, 2018. (Photo: Ranjit Deshmukh)
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Mahavir Jayanti Shobha Yatra taken out in Nagpur
Dinesh Sawalkar president of Mahavir Youth club said that the Shobha Yatra started from Digambar Jain Parwar Mandir in Itwari at 7.30am. (Photo: Ranjit Deshmukh)
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Mahavir Jayanti Shobha Yatra taken out in Nagpur
The procession moved from Shahid Chowk, Badkas Chowk and reached Mahavir Garden in Mahavir Nagar. (Photo: Ranjit Deshmukh)
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Mahavir Jayanti Shobha Yatra taken out in Nagpur
Prashant Malekar Jain secretary of Mahavir Youth Club said this year the Shobha Yatra had a special attraction of a 600 feet long Ahinsa Rath consisting of 23 small raths depicting pictures and information of the 23 Tirthankars from the first Rishabha (Adinath) to Parsva Natha apart from the main rath carrying the 24th Tirthankar Mahavir’s idol to create an awareness amongst people about their religion. (Photo: Ranjit Deshmukh)
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Mahavir Jayanti Shobha Yatra taken out in Nagpur
The main purpose of the Yatra is to create awareness about world peace and environment added Malekar
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Mahavir Jayanti Shobha Yatra taken out in Nagpur
The idol of Shreeji was placed on a chariot and the procession included members of Jain samaj and while passing through the routes they were given a floral welcome at various points by various groups including political parties
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Mahavir Jayanti Shobha Yatra taken out in Nagpur
Children carried placards with various slogans like stop cow slaughter, close down slaughter house, save girl save country. (Photo: Ranjit Deshmukh)
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Mahavir Jayanti Shobha Yatra taken out in Nagpur
Women groups were seen wearing traditional dresses and dancing to the tunes of bands and DJs. (Photo: Ranjit Deshmukh)
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