which is located on Parasnath Hill — the highest mountain in Jharkhand. Sammed Shikhar is considered the most important Jain Tirtha by both Digambara and Svetambara sects.

Dilwara Temples is a group of five Svetambara Jain temples. These temples were designed and financed by the finance minister of Dholka, Vastupala and built by Vimal Shah. Dilwara Temples, Mount Abu, ...

Later, the 7th-century Chinese traveller Xuanzang recorded meeting Jain monks from both the Digambara and Svetambara sects in his travels across the region. Most of Pakistan’s surviving Jain temples ...

Palitana is a pilgrimage center for the Shwethambara, one of the two branches of Jainism, the other being the Digambara. Svetambara means "white-clad” and refers to its ascetics' practice of wearing ...

The occasion involves seeking and offering forgiveness to promote peace and reconciliation. Observed by the Svetambara and Digambara groups, Paryushana is a period dedicated to introspection, ...

These farmans are in the custody of the firm of ‘Sheth Anand ji Kalyan ji’, which is representative of the Svetambara Jain community and controls all its temples and its charities. For almost half a ...

But then even within non-Jains, Vedic tradition is not the only Dharmic way and within the Jains there are several sects too — Svetambara and Digambara being the two larger umbrellas.

Bahubali is mentioned in the religious literature of both the Svetambara and Digambara sects of Jainism, although his worship is more prominent amongst Digambaras. The most influential depiction of ...

Amid increased scrutiny from political groups, criminal investigators, and media outlets, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced a slate of new initiatives to review its holdings for objects ...

More looted art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art is on its way back home, with two recent repatriation ceremonies to Greece and Turkey, and the planned return of 15 antiquities smuggled by ...

a Svetambara enthroned Jina. In 2019, the disgraced art dealer was charged by prosecutors in Manhattan with stealing and possessing millions of dollars worth of artefacts over a period of 30 years.