Atmadharma magazine - Ank 317 (simplified iso15919 transliteration). Page: 34.

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varasāvatā shobhī rahyā hatā. maunapaṇe paṇ e mūrti jagatane kahetī hatī ke bhagavān

hoy to āvā hoy. mūḷ pārshvanāthabhagavān uparānt bījā paṇ keṭalāy bhagavantonī

paṇ sthāpanā thaī hatī. pavaḷī mandiranā bhaṇḍakamānthī nīkaḷelā prāchīn digambar

pratimāonī paṇ te mandiramān punaḥ sthāpanā thaī hatī. kundakundasvāmī, akalaṅkasvāmī

vagere digambar guruonā charaṇakamaḷanī paṇ sthāpanā thaī hatī. āvo ānandakārī

utsav dekhīne darek jainonun haiyun pulakit banyun hatun. seṅkaḍo varṣhe shirapuramān āvo bhavya

utsav ujavāyo ne pārasaprabhuno mahimā sarvatra vyāpī gayo. bhāratanā anek

prāntamānthī digambar jainoe āvīne ā utsavamān ānandathī bhāg līdho hato ne

“bhāratabharanā jaino ek chhīe’ evun spaṣhṭa vātāvaraṇ khaḍun karī dīdhun hatun. antarīkṣha

pārshvanāth prabhunā darshan māṭe je bhīḍ jāmatī hatī, ne prabhunā darshan pachhī je bhakti

thatī hatī tenān drashyo adbhut hatā. utsav prasaṅge chārek lākh rūā. jeṭalī āvak thaī

hatī tathā kharcha doḍhek lākh rūā. thayun hatun. gāmanī jain–jainetar janatāe temaj bāsīm–

kārañjā vagerenā jainasamāje khūbaj premathī sahakār āpīne utsavane shobhāvyo hato.

sāthe ek vātano ullekh karavo paṇ jarūrī chhe ke utsav daramiyān shvetāmbar bhāīoe

paṇ koī jātanī hilachāl vagar shānti jāḷavī hatī, te prashansanīy chhe. jainasamājamān

sadāy sarvatra āvun shānt vātāvaraṇ jaḷavāī rahe to kevun sārūn! ānandathī utsav pūro

thatān bapore shāntiyagna ane pravachan pachhī jinendra bhagavānanī bhavya rathayātrā nīkaḷī

hatī. ane pāras prabhunā jayajayakār pūrvak pū. kānajīsvāmīe shirapurathī jalagāmv

taraph prasthān karyun hatun.

rātre chīkhalī gāme rokāyā hatā. ane tyān jinamandiramān darshan karīne bīje

divase phāgaṇ sud trījanī savāramān pū. gurudev jalagāmv shaher padhāryā.

jalagāmv shaheramān jinabimb vedīpratiṣhṭhā–mahotsav

gurudev jalagāmv padhāratān ānandapūrvak svāgat karyun. ahīn jalagāmvamān

shikharabandh nutan jinamandir lagabhag ek lākh rūā. nā kharche taiyār thayun chhe, temān

jinendrabhagavantonī vedīpratiṣhṭhāno utsav sharū thayo. baporanā pravachan pachhī sheṭhashrī

vr̥ujalāl maganalālanā suhaste jainajhaṇḍāropaṇ thayun; tathā keshavalāl mahījībhāīnā

suputro ānandībhāī vageree pratiṣhṭhāmaṇḍapamān jinendrabhagavānane birājamān karyā.

prabhujīnī maṅgalachhāyāmān pratiṣhṭhā–mahotsav chālī rahyo chhe, tenā vigatavār samāchār

āvatā aṅkamān vāñchashojī, jayajinendra

(jalagāmv phā. sud trīj: bra. ha. jain)