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The first former Jain monastic to travel to the United States, Chitrabhanu, arrived in 1971. He gave several lectures about Jainism at Harvard University and established a Jain center in New York City. The first monk who traveled outside India by use of mechanical means was Acharya Sushil Kumar who arrived in the United States in 1975. [6]
Fulton County Jail. / 33.77889°N 84.42361°W / 33.77889; -84.42361. The Fulton County Jail, also referred to as Rice Street, [1] is a prison in Atlanta, Georgia. It was built to hold up to 1,125 prisoners in 1989 but now occasionally tops 3,000. [2]
Jakin is located in southern Early County at 31°5′26″N 84°58′59″W (31.090574, -84.983179). [7] U.S. Route 84 passes through the southern part of the town, leading southeast 7 miles (11 km) to Donalsonville and northwest 26 miles (42 km) to Dothan, Alabama. Blakely, the Early County seat, is 21 miles (34 km) to the north via Jakin Road.
Map of the United States with Georgia highlighted Georgia is a state located in the Southern United States . According to the 2010 United States census , Georgia was the 8th most populous state with 9,688,681 inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning 57,513.49 square miles (148,959.3 km 2 ) of land. [ 1 ]
The Georgia Department of Corrections operates prisons, transitional centers, probation detention centers, and substance use disorder treatment facilities. In addition, state inmates are also housed at private and county correctional facilities.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
The Jain Center of America (JCA) was the first Jain temple organized and registered in America, in 1976, and is the oldest Jain temple in the Western hemisphere. [1] The temple is located at 43-11 Ithaca Street, in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City . [2] The temple houses shrines for Mahavir in the Śvētāmbara tradition, Rishabhanatha in the ...
S. Sadhvi Siddhali Shree. Siddhayatan. St. Louis Jain temple. Categories: Religion in the United States by religion. Jainism by country. Jainism in North America. Commons category link is on Wikidata.