Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 19: The Kathiyawadis based in Ahmedabad who belonged to Gondal Sthanakwasi Sapraday inspired by Gadipati Pujya Girishchandra Maharaj Saheb have constructed the centenary Upashray at Bopal. The newly constructed non secular Upashray complex will be inaugurated on 22nd June,2025 and the chaturmash pravesh ceremony of Pujya Shri Dhirgurudev will also be organised.During Gurudev’s Chaturmas in Bopal, various services like medical, life-saving, educational projects have been organized by the Kathiyawad Jain Samaj. Each of these programs will be broadcast live on the DHEER PRAVACHAN DHARA channel on YouTube.
After paying tribute to the citizens of India and abroad who were killed in the recent plane crash in Ahmedabad and the doctors who were having lunch in the mess of the Civil Hospital, Pujya Shri Dhirgurudev said, “Unimaginable events are happening in the world right now. Today, through your medium, I request everyone to chant as much as possible for world peace. Because chanting is the driving force to awaken your inner and outer strength.” On April 9, 2025, millions of participants from all over the world chanted the Navkar Mahamantra in unison. This was noted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address.
He further said that today, India has the largest number of youth in the world, about 40 crore. If they are made free from addiction through youth awareness programs, a strong and developed nation can be built through their unimaginable ideological powers. This is our first Chaturmas in Rajnagar Ahmedabad, during which various humanitarian, life-saving and socially useful projects have been organized. These include blood donation camps, medical camps, addiction relief, women empowerment, youth empowerment, and educational programs.
The 6 floors built on a plot of 970 var at Bopal – Ambli Cross Road include Veenaben Bhupatlal Khetani – Dharmanath Upashray, Labhuben Himmatlal Kapasi – Dharma Sankul, Dholakia Hasumatiben Popatlal – Ayambil Bhavan, Kumudben Nyalchand Vora – Medical Center as well as 2 large banquet halls, a guest house with 9 AC rooms and Taramatiben Joisar Vaiyavaccha Center on the ground floor. Which is due to the foresight of the late Minister Maheshbhai Ambavi etc.
The medical center, located in the state-of-the-art non-sectarian complex of the society built in Bopal, includes almost all types of services such as X-ray machine, sonography, mammography, physiotherapy, dental department, etc. Any patient of this medical center will be able to avail the benefits at a very nominal rate without discrimination of caste.
Giving information about this, Kathiawad Jain Samaj Minister Mehulbhai Dholakia said that with the wonderful cooperation of the committee, the Chaturmas of Pooja Shri Dhirgurudev, the inspirer of the famous Shayyadan Mahadan of Gondal Sampraday, has been received in the first year and there has been a lot of religious fervor. Which is the good fortune of Dharmanath Sthanakvasi Jain Sangh. Offering the society to the society is the true practice of a saint. Dhirgurudev, who believed in this, had accepted Jain initiation at the young age of 24 along with his 80-year-old father Shri Premgurudev in Upleta.
Due to the foresight of Rev. Shri Dhirgurudev, in villages like Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Jalgaon, Pune, Bharuch, Vadodara, Rajkot, Nadiad, Kandivali, Ghatkopar, Vileparla, Katkola, Porbandar, Indore, Lalpur etc., shelters, vihardhams, girls’ hostels, Gujarati English Medium Schools, Panjrapol-Gaushala, Deaf-Mute Schools, Jain Boarding, Mahavir Bhavan-Hall, etc. complexes have been constructed at a cost of crores of rupees.
Anshulbhai Khetani, the construction coordinator of the modern non-sectarian complex of Kathiawad Jain Samaj, said that after traveling from Rajkot, Pious Gurudev has reached Dharma Sankul Dharmanath Upashraya, opposite Vakil Saheb Bridge in Bopal. On Saturday, 21st, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, a donor welcome ceremony will be held at Maharaja Agrasen Hall, Shela under the chairmanship of Urveshbhai Vora. On Sunday, 22nd June 2025, a procession has been organized at 9:00 am. At 9:30 am, the digital inauguration ceremony and Chaturmas Praveshotsav of Gopal will be held under the presidency of Vinubhai Kapasi. Pious Deepmuni M.S. of Gondal, Pious Guniji M.S., Pious Jyotiji M.S. Adi, Botad’s Poo. Savitaji MS, Poo. Sushilaji MS, Ajramar’s Poo. Bhaktiji MS, Gopal’s Poo. Purnitaji MS, etc. as well as Jain luminaries and Sanghas from Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai, Jalgaon, Chennai, Ambevelly, Indore, Pune, Jamnagar, Gondal, Rajkot, Surat, Baroda, Bharuch, Vapi etc. and Rajnagar will be present.
The name of the saint is he who makes the invisible visible, the name of the saint is he who makes the breath of glory, the name of the saint is he who makes samadhi easy, Sight…with Divine Shine A lecture series on Chaturmas will be organized by Kathiawad Sthanakvasi Jain Samaj – Dharmanath Jain Sangh near Vakil Saheb Bridge, behind Shivalik Satyamev, in Ahmedabad.
Kantilal Kapasi, Dinesh Khetani, Arvind Mehta, Mehul Dholakia, Bharat Mehta, Nilesh Timbdia, etc., office bearers and committee members, Prem-Dhir Mahila Mandal, Yuvak Mandal, etc. are working hard to finalize the entire program.
