#santhara

जैन मुनि तरुण सागर की हालत गंभीर, डॉक्टरों ने दिया जवाब अब करेंगे संथारा

न्यूज़ डेस्क।।दिगम्बर जैन मुनि तरुण सागर की हालत गंभीर बनी हुई है। पीलिया की शिकायत के बात तरुण सागर को दिल्ली के मैक्स अस्पताल में भर्ती करवाया गया था। इलाज के बाद भी सेहत में सुधार न देखते हुए बुधवार को उन्होंने इलाज करवाने से मन कर दिया और अपने गुरु पुष्पदंत सागर की इजाज़त लेकर संथारा करने का निर्णय लिया है। आपको बता दें संथारा एक प्रक्रिया है जिसमें जैन समाज के अनुयायी अपने अंतिम समय में अन्न…

jain muni tarun sagar started Santhara he is looking very Weak in latest video

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By Nida Najar, NY Times, Jan. 19, 2017

NEW DELHI--Streets throughout the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India were brought to a standstill on Thursday as protests over a ban on a traditional bull wrestling festival entered their third day.

Protesters say the rite, Jallikattu, is part of their cultural identity, and they are urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to overturn a Supreme Court ban on the practice. PETA India has said that bulls were given alcohol and abused for the festival, in which men win prizes if they wrestle a bull to the ground. The prime minister said in a statement on Thursday that he appreciated the rite’s cultural significance, but noted that the high court is reviewing its ruling.

Jallikattu is just one of several centuries-old cultural traditions that have come to underline a new constant in India: the tension between the hold of established cultural practices and new efforts by activists to safeguard rights, whether minority, individual or animal.

Seventeen people died and about 1,100 people were injured in the festivals from 2010 to 2014, according to PETA India, which tallied injuries and deaths reported in local news media.

Here are other rituals that have come under scrutiny recently:

The Human Pyramids of Dahi Handi. This Hindu festival culminates in young boys’ climbing to the top of huge, precarious human pyramids, then smashing jugs of buttermilk as a tribute to the god Krishna.

The practice is as unsafe as it sounds. About 225 people were injured during celebrations in Mumbai in 2012, and two people were killed in Maharashtra State, according to The Press Trust of India.

In 2014, the Mumbai High Court restricted the minimum age for participation to 18, limited the height of pyramids to 20 feet, and required the use of helmets. The community protested those rules, but in August of last year, the Supreme Court upheld them.

Throwing Sheep. In Karnataka State in southern India, the authorities have banned the ritual sacrifice of sheep in which shepherds would throw one in their flock off a hill, in an attempt to protect the rest. Still, on Saturday, shepherds continued the practice, and at least four sheep were tossed off a hill in a village, Mailapur, during an annual celebration of the Mailaralingeshwar temple there, the newspaper The Hindu reported.

Santhara, a Fast to the Death. In August 2015, the Rajasthan High Court declared this ritual of the ancient Jain faith, in which some devotees voluntarily fast to the death, to be a form of suicide, which is illegal in India. The decision led to outrage from the roughly six million Jains, who also tend to be wealthy and influential urban Indians, determined to protect a custom meant to free its adherents from the cycle of rebirth and death. The decision was appealed to the Supreme Court, and weeks later, the high court suspended the state-level ban while it waited to hear the appeal. Child welfare advocates called for a spiritual leader and the parents of a 13-year-old girl to be prosecuted after the girl, Aradhana Samdariya, died in October 2016 after a 68-day fast.

Worshiping Scorpions. In a village in Karnataka, residents have a slight riff on the Hindu festival of Nag Panchami, marked by its worship of snakes. On the festival of Nag Panchami in Kandkur, devotees of Kondammai, said to be a scorpion goddess, pay tribute to her by allowing scorpions to run over their bodies. Though no court case has been filed, health officials have called the practice dangerous, particularly for children.

Indian Jains massive outrage

JAIPUR: A huge crowd of at least 10,000 people belonging to Jain religion protested across India for the legal right to participate in an old custom of starving themselves to death.

All the protesters were dressed in traditional white kurtas and trousers. Moreover, they were also holding banners on which it was written that “Suicide is crime. Santhara is religion”. They marched silently through…