For many of us who missed last year’s Mahamastakabhishek of Bhagwan Bahubali in Shravanbelgola, now have this golden opportunity to participate in a similar celebration of our First Thirthankar of the present time cycle and the father of Bahubali Swami. This celebration is being programmed and managed by the same group of dedicated Jain Community leaders who managed Mahamastakabhishek of Bhagwan Bahubali last year.

DJSNA is pleased to have finalized the plans for Mahamastakabhishek of Sri Adinath Swami at Bawangaja along with a Teerth Yaatra through parts of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & Rajasthan and the rare opportunity of being with Acharya Sri 108 VidhyasagarJi Maharaj along with his Sangh of Forty Digamber Munis. Many of the Muni's in the Sangh are highly educated with graduate and postgraduate degrees. A few of them have returned from North America and have taken Muni Diksha. We will all be amazed to see them practicing the Muni Dharma, very close to what is described in our Shastra's.

The Yaatri's will then proceed for Darshan of our Teerths, many of which are 1,000 to 1,500 years old, which are located in the heart of Bundelkhand (Madhya Pradesh) including Kundalpur (Bade Baba), Dev Garh, Nainagiri, Dronagiri, Khajuraho, Sonagiri (place of Chandraprabhu Swami Samosharan), and the Gwalior Fort for the world famous immense Jain Murtis carved on the side of the mountain.

The Yaatri's will then proceed to Rajasthan to visit Jaipur, Teerth of Sri MahavirJi, Sri PadampuraJi, Sanganer, Aamber and Ajmer to see one of the hidden wonder of Jain Arts and Architecture "SoniJi Ki Nasia", and than visit the new temple complex at Nareli by RK Marbles.

The tour arrangements are being coordinated by a well experienced Central India Tour Agency "Samarath Padmalaya", from Gwalior, who have also served the visiting students & scholars of the International Summer School for Jain Studies (ISSJS), sponsored by many of us.

Out of the fourteen nights, eleven nights stay will be in good hotels with double occupancy rooms, and the balance of the three nights will be in first class guest houses in Sri MahavirJi, SonagiriJi and HastinapurJi.

Road traveling will be mostly in the day to evening time in a 2x2 Luxury Video Coach with each Bus having 35 seats each. Jain Scholars serving the group of International Summer School (ISSJS) will be the guide for the tour. Video recorded Pravachans of Ariyaka Gadhni 105 Pragya Mati MataJi on Karma Siddhant from Niyam Saar Karmakand and Samay Saar both by Achrya Kundkund Swami will be played while traveling in the bus.

A Catering Team will accompany the yaatris. They will prepare fresh breakfast, lunch, evening snacks, and supper. No meals will be served after sunset and no jamikand (root vegetables) will be served during this religious yaatra. Mineral water for drinking will be served at no extra cost.

As requested by many of us in North America, limited numbers of immediate family members of NRI's living in India, can also join the Yaatra Sangh on their journey.

Total cost for the two week land tour which will be starting in Indore and ending in Delhi is $750 per Yaatri.

Please download the DJSNA Teerth Yaatra Participation Form and fill out the required information and mail it along with a check of $250 made payable to DJSNA before December 31, 2007. A refund of $200 will be returned back for any cancellations before January 5, 2008. The balance amount of $500 (Rs. 20,000) will need to be paid in Indore in Indian Rupees at the start of the tour at the exchange rate of Rs. 40 per US Dollar.

Please click on or copy and paste the below link into your browser address bar to download the DJSNA Teerth Yaatra Participation Form

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddcnw4qr_0cb7j4r

The DJSNA Teerth Yaatra Committee will make the final and binding decision on any matters concerning itinerary, travel time, visiting locations and other matters.

25/01/08	Indore Night stay at Indore hotel.
26/01/08	Indore - Bawangaja After breakfast departure to Bawangaja by bus and night stay.
27/01/08	Bawangaja Night stay at Bawangaja.
28/01/08	Bawangaja - Indore Sight seeing Kanch Mandir in Indore and night stay.
29/01/08	Indore - Sagar Departure from Indore to Sagar via Pushpgiri, Bhopal and night stay at Sagar.
30/01/08	Shri Aacharya VidyasagarJi darshan.
31/01/08	Shri Aacharya VidyasagarJi darshan.
01/02/08	Sagar - Kundalpur Full day darshan at Kundalpur and night stay at Sagar.
02/02/08	Sagar - Khajuraho Departure to Khajurajo by bus and night stay.
03/02/08	Khajuraho Full day temple complex sight seeing and night stay.
04/02/08	Khajuraho - Sonagiri Departure to Sonagiri via darshan of Nainagiri, Dhronagiri, Devgar. Night stay at Sonagiri.
05/02/08	Sonagiri - Gwalior Afternoon departure to Gwalior. Sight seeing and night stay at Gwalior.
06/02/08	Gwalior - Agra - MahavirJi Departure from Gwalior to MahavirJi via sight seeing of Taj Mahal Agra and night stay at MahavirJi.
07/02/08	MahavirJi - Padam Prabhu - Jaipur Darshan of MahavirJi , Padamprabhu Darshan on the way and night stay at Jaipur.
08/02/08	Jaipur - Ajmer - Nareli Darshan of SoniJi ki Nasia at Ajmer and Nareli. Night stay at Jaipur.
09/02/08	Jaipur - Hastinapur Sight seeing at Jaipur and departure to Hastinapur and night stay.
10/02/08	Hastinapur - Delhi Darshan at Hastinapur and drop off at Delhi.