Jain Society of Greater Detroit
Cleveland Sangh Visit
Pranam,
Sangh from Cleveland will be visiting our temple this Saturday, Sept 30th, 2023. Due to the Sangh visit, we have made a change in the BHUMATI area puja of 24 Bhagwans.
The BHUMATI area puja of 24 Bhagwans will now be on Saturday, Sept 30th, 2023; instead of Sunday October 1st.
Jai Jinendra!!
Das Lakshan Mahaparva 2023
Pranam,
This year JSGD is celebrating Das Lakshan Maha Parva from Sept 19, 2023 through September 28, 2023. This is a festival of self-introspection, self-enlightenment, and self-achievement. We will have Das Lakshan Puja everyday during these days in morning and Hindi Swadhyay in evening.
We are also pleased to announce that we will be celebrating "Kshamavani Day" on Sunday, October 1st 2023. We are going to do Kshamavani Pujan @ 09:30 AM followed by Swamivatsalya.
Please RSVP by September 30th, 2023 to help us prepare the food.
Click on the link for 👉Kshamavani Day Swamivatsalya RSVP
Click here for detailed Das Lakshan 2023 schedule -> Das Lakshan 2023 Schedule
Jai Jinendra!!
Paryushan 2023 Highlights and Tapasvi List
Pranam,
We hope everyone had a good Paryushan Parva. Khub Khub Anumodana to all the Tapasvis and Micchami Dukkadam🙏 to all . Please see the below list of all the Paryushan 2023 Tapasvi's
| No | Name | Spouse/Parent's Name | # of Days - Fasting |
| 1 | Bharatiben Shah | Hasmukh Shah | 19th Varsitap |
| 2 | Peenal Shah | Niral Shah | 2nd Varsitap |
| 3 | Pooja Shah | Samkit Shah | Varsitap |
| 4 | Kalpesh Shah | Tarang Shah | 16 Upvas |
| 5 | Kushant Shah | Nirali Shah | 11 Upvas |
| 6 | Nirali K Shah | Kushant Shah | 11 Upvas |
| 7 | Dinesh Shah | Geetaben Shah (Windsor) | 10 Upvas |
| 8 | Ekta Kansara | Dharmesh Kansara | 9 Upvas |
| 9 | Kamalesh Shah | Sarita Shah | 9 Upvas |
| 10 | Manasi Shah | Prakash Shah | 9 Upvas |
| 11 | Pritish Shah | Shreya Shah | 9 Upvas |
| 12 | Shreya Shah | Pritish Shah | 9 Upvas |
| 13 | Bhavna Shah | Kirti Shah( Windsor) | 8 Upvas |
| 14 | Birva Shah | Tushar Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 15 | Dimplebhai Shah | Dipa Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 16 | Jinal Shah | 8 Upvas | |
| 17 | Hemangini Bafana | Rajendra Bafna | 8 Upvas |
| 18 | Harsukhlal Doshi | Bhadraben Doshi | 8 Upvas |
| 19 | Jigna Veera | Paras Veera | 8 Upvas |
| 20 | Jitesh Shah | Kavita Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 21 | Jyotsna Shah | Rajni Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 22 | Jigdish Shah | Vasudha Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 23 | Kavita Shah | Dipen Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 24 | Likhit Shah | Aishwarya Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 25 | Manoj Shah | Minal Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 26 | Mohanlal Shah | Renuka Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 27 | Monil shah | Fouram Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 28 | Neena Shah | Bhupendra Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 29 | Nutan Shah | Alka Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 30 | Paridhi Shah | Rishabh Jain | 8 Upvas |
| 31 | Payal A Shah | Anant C Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 32 | Rajesh Shah | Nisha Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 33 | Ranjanben Shah | Vijaybhai Shah (Windsor) | 8 upvas |
| 34 | Ranjanben Shah | Rameshbhai Shah (Mt. Clements) | 8 Upvas |
| 35 | Sahil Jain | Swati Jain | 8 Upvas |
| 36 | Sanjay Bhandari | Manisha Bhandari | 8 Upvas |
| 37 | Sharad Shah | Nalini Shah | 8 Upvas |
| 38 | Smitaben Koradia | Chetan Koradia | 8 Upvas |
| 39 | Upen Shah | 8 Upvas | |
| 40 | Vinita Parekh | Rajesh Jain | 8 Upvas |
Note: There are a few corrections
1. Manasi Shah did 9 Upvas (Row no. 10)
2. Last names for Harsukhbhai & Bhadraben have been corrected (Row no. 18)
Michhammi Dukkadam!!!
Please click on the links below to view some of the Paryushan 2023 Highlights
👉Paryushan Day 1 Highlights
👉Paryushan Day 2 Highlights
👉Paryushan Day 3 Highlights
👉Paryushan Day 4 Highlights
👉Paryushan Day 5 & 6 Highlights
👉Paryushan Day 7 Highlights (Tapasvi Bahuman)
👉Paryushan Day 8 Highlights (Barsa Sutra Vanchan)
Jai Jinendra!!
Paryushan Tiffin Service Thankyou Note
Pranam! Once again during Paryushan this year, JSGD and Alert Group of Michigan helped send tiffins to students living in Ann Arbor and Dearborn. With the help of all volunteers and the JSGD EC Committee, we were able to provide close to 280 tiffins over the course of 8 days! We would sincerely like to thank Bharti Aunty and her team for providing the meals every day with open hearts, every single student enjoyed the meals! We would also like to thank the following volunteers who helped in packing and delivering the meals:
| Sunita Shah | Surabhi Modi | Lajja Shah | Sejal Doshi |
| Neeyati Shah | Trupti Ajmera | Kavita Shah (EC) | Kavita Mehta |
| Niral Shah | Tejal Shah | Rachit Jain | Varun Lunavat |
| Kavita Dipen Shah | Nina Shah | Homil Shah | Anuja Shah |
| Birva Shah | Darshita Shah | Manish Zaveri | Nishit Gopani |
Jai Jinendra!!
25th Anniversary Picture Link
Pranam to all society members!!!
You can now checkout all the 25th Anniversary pictures on the temple website at https://www.jsgd.org/mahotsav/ and Click on "CLICK HERE for event photos". See below image
Jai Jinendra!!
JAINA Jain Digest October 2023 Magazine
Jai Jinendra respected Society member,
The Jain Digest Editorial Team is pleased to announce that the October 2023 issue of Jain Digest is now available on JAINA Website.
The link to this magazine is:
https://www.jaina.org/mpage/Jain_Digest_October_2023
We are glad to inform that our society member Sanjay Bhandari, who is an editor with this magazine has written two articles in this issue:
The first article (on pages 21-23) beautifully captures the highlights of JSGD's 25th-anniversary Mahotsav, featuring vibrant images that enhance JSGD's global reputation. The entire event was successfully conducted by the Mahotsav core team members - Arvinbhai Shah (Chairperson), Naveenbhai Jain (Co-Chair), Pritishbhai Shah (BOT Chairman), Jayaben Shah (EC President) & Kavitaben Shah (EC Vice-President) and the support from Mahotsav team members, volunteers and all society members.
The second article (on pages 51-52) is Sanjay Bhandari’s experience as an emcee, international Ambassador and Judge in Jains Got Talents (JGT) and general audience in JAINA convention 2023.
Thankyou,
Sanjay Bhandari
Lost & Found Phone In temple
Pranam,
There has been a phone found in the temple. Please contact the EC team at [email protected] to verify and collect if it is your phone.
Jai Jinendra!!
JSGD WhatsApp Group Information
Pranam Members,
We have a JSGD WhatsApp group formed and request everyone to join the group. This platform will allow everyone to stay connected, share updates, events and newsletters. We request everyone to please join & share the following link with your friends and family to get added to the JSGD WhatsApp group->
https://chat.whatsapp.com/DsUcxun99pc6jx5CJ67TAN
OR Scan the below QR code to join
Jai Jinendra,
EC & BOT