‘Jain community may face extinction post 180 years’

Surat: Jain monk Acharya Vimalsagarsurishwarji Maharaj Saheb in interaction with media at Surat expressed worries over decreasing population of followers of Jain faith. He said the policy of ‘Hum do hamarein do’ will invite a situation in which Jains will not be in existence after 180 years from now.

Jain monk during his travel from Ahmedabad to Mumbai on foot said in Surat that 80 years ago the population of Jain community was around 1.25 crore while 40 years ago it was 1 crore. At present there are only 45 lakh members of this community in existence.

He said there must be awareness among Jains about crisis of existence they are facing. The policy of ‘Hum do, hamarein do’ should be reviewed.

He gave example of Parsi community and said there are around 69,000 Parsis left now. They will face threat of existence post 30 years.

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