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Mumbai also has numerous Jain temples. One of the best known is the Babu Amichand Panalal Adishwarji Jain Temple, Walkeshwar ( Malabar Hill ). On Mahavira Janma Kalyanak of 2019, more than 108 Sanghas of Mumbai together hosted Varghoda which ended at Godiji Parshvanath temple.
SPJIMR Mumbai Campus. SPJIMR is situated on a 45-acre campus, in the metropolis of Mumbai. [31] The campus is equipped with hostels, Wi-Fi, cafeterias and recreation spots like a large lake. [32] The Delhi Centre of SPJIMR is spread over 13,000 square feet, in the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Campus, on Kasturba Gandhi Marg. [33]
Walkeshwar (Pronunciation: [ʋaːɭkeʃʋəɾ]) is an affluent area in South Mumbai, India, at the north-western end of the Marine Drive loop. It has a large Gujarati population. It is mostly known for Walkeshwar Temple, Banganga Tank and Jain temples.
Currently Shri. Raosaheb alias Rajendra D. Shekhawat, son of Smt. Pratibhatai Patil is the Managing Trustee of the trust. The Trust runs one working women hostel at Bandra, Mumbai and also runs College of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Pharmacy and Arts, Science & Commerce College at Bambhori in Jalgaon district, Maharashtra.
The hostel is also wi-fi enabled. Mackichan Hall, named after Dr Dugald Mackichan (Principal of the college from 1884 to 1920) is the other boys’ hostel run by Wilson College. [16] There are 46 single rooms and 12 sharing rooms in the hostel. Pandita Ramabai Hostel (PRH), the girls’ hostel of Wilson College was established in 1932. [17]
The idea was introduced in early forties by the Boy Scouts and Girls Guides of India, Punjab Circle and the first Youth Hostel was formally opened at Tara Devi near Shimla on 9 June 1945 by H E Sir Bertrand Glancy, Chief Scout and Governor of the Punjab. In 1949, some enthusiasts in Mysore set up a Committee for promotion of the Movement.
Malabar Hill is the location of the Walkeshwar Temple, founded by the Silhara kings.The original temple was destroyed by the Portuguese, but rebuilt again in 1715 by Rama Kamath, and by 1860, 10 to 20 other temples were built in the region.
The oldest inscription in Maharashtra is a 2nd-century BC Jain inscription in a cave near Pale village in the Pune District. It was written in the Jain Prakrit and includes the Navkar Mantra . The first Marathi inscription known is at Shravanabelagola , Karnataka near the left foot of the statue of Bahubali , dated 981 CE.