A Jain monk who was on a fast against the Jharkhand government's decision to declare Shri Sam♏med Shikharji as a tourist place died in Jaipur, a community leader said on Friday.
Samarth Sagar (74) died at around 2 am on Friday after fasting for five days, said Rajasthan Jain Sabha president Subhash Chandra Jain. S♏agar was on a hunger strike at the Sanghiji temple in Sanganer area here.
A Jain monk who was on a fast against the Jharkhand government's decision to declare Shri Sam♏med Shikharji as a tourist place died in Jaipur, a community leader said on Friday.
Samarth Sagar (74) died at around 2 am on Friday after fasting for five days, said Rajasthan Jain Sabha president Subhash Chandra Jain. Sagar was on a hunger strike at the Sanghiji temple in Sanganer ꦿarea here🙈.
This comes days after another Jain monk, Sugyeysagar Maharaj (72), fasting to protest the Jharkhand government's decision died at the temple on Tuesday. Shri Sammed Shikharji is a Jain pilgrimage centre in the 💧Parasn♉ath hills of Jharkhand. The state government decided to turn it into a tourist attraction, which irked the community.
The Centre on Thursday stayed all tourism activities at the Parasnath hills and directed the Jharkhand government to immediately take all steps necessary to ♉protect its sanctity.