In the nineteen-seventies, Jain professionals and families settled in numbers in North America and Britain, founding centers, and in time temples, where Digambara and Shvetambara worshippers often share one roof in a way India rarely saw. The diaspora built the institutions, pathshalas, and federations that made Jainism a settled presence in the religious life of the West.
Tagged: Digambara Jain Shvetambara
The Event
- Date
- 1970s (approximate)
- Era
- Modern; Standard periodization of Jain history
- Location
- North America and Britain; today United States
- Traditions
- Jainism
- Streams
- Digambara, Shvetambara
Connections
- Gandhi's engagement with ahimsa; follows_from
Primary Sources
- The Jain inscriptional and temple record of the period.
Secondary Sources
- Cort, John E. Jains in the World: Religious Values and Ideology in India. Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Wiley, Kristi L. Historical Dictionary of Jainism. Scarecrow Press, 2004.
Provenance: HIST-0618; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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