JAINISM IN THE UNITED STATES

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The 'Jains' started arriving in significant numbers to the United States in the early 1970s. At the present time, there are a number of Jain temples and institutions in the USA, and the number of Jains in America is probably greater than 100,000.
Even before this wave of immigration, there were two events that anticipated the future arrival of Jainism in the United States.
The first was the construction of a "Jain temple" at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904-5. At that time, there were no Jains in the USA. After the fair, it was dismantled and rebuilt in Las Vegas, Nevada, only to be taken down in the 1960's. Now that Jains live in the USA, the remains of the building have been acquired by the Jain Society of Los Angeles, and is being reassembled.
The second event was the arrival of Virachand Gandhi, who is considered the father of American Jainism.

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Chronology

References

External links

Jain Centers

Chronology

★ 1850 - American Vegetarian Society established

★ 1893 - Arrival of Virachand Gandhi to participate in Chicago's World Parliament of Religions

★ 1904 - Jain Temple at St. Louis World's Fair

★ 1944 - First Jain settlers in USA

★ 1966 - Jain Center of America in New York established

★ 1971 - Arrival of Shri Chitrabhanuji

★ 1974 - Arrival of Muni Sushil Kumar

★ 1981 - First Jain convention in Los Angeles

★ 1983 - Formal organization of JAINA (Jain Associations in North America)

★ 1990 - Temple Pratishtha, The Jain Sangh Cherry Hill, New Jersey

★ 1990 - Temple Pratishtha, Jain Society of Metropolitian Washington [1]

★ 1991 - Founding of Siddhachalam, the Jain tirtha

★ 1993 - Temple Pratishtha, Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago [2]

★ 1995 - Temple Pratishtha, Jain Center of Cincinnati and Dayton [3]

★ 1998 - Temple Pratishtha, Jain Society of Greater Detroit [4]

★ 1998 - Jain population in North America estimated to be about 75,000-85,000

★ 2000 - Temple Pratishtha, Jain Center of Northern California (JCNC) [5]

★ 2000 - Jain Vishwa Bharati Orlando [6]

★ 2002 - Jain population estimated to be about 90,000- 100,000

References

★ Jainism in America/Bhuvanendra Kumar. Benaras, Jain Humanities Press, 1996

External links

★ Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA)

★ Jain Immigration

★ Jain temples in the USA

★ Jain mandirs in North America

★ Maps of Jain Temples in USA

Jain Centers

★ The Jain Society of Capital District/ Albany in Loudonville, New York

★ The Jain Center of Syracuse in Syracuse, New York

★ The Jain Community of Buffalo in Getzville, New York

★ The Jain Society of Rochester in Pittsford, New York

★ The Jain Sangh of New England in Woburn, Massachusetts

★ The Jain Center of Greater Danbury in Brookfield, Connecticut

★ The Jain Center of Greater Hartford in Hartford, Connecticut

★ The Jain Center of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minnesota

★ The Jain Society of Greater Detroit in Farmington Hills, Michigan

★ The Jain Society of Seattle in Bothell, Washington

★ The Jain Society of Oregon in Portland, Oregon

★ The Jain Society of Greater Sacramento in Sacramento, California

★ The Jain Center of Southern California in Buena Park, California

★ The Jain Society of San Diego in San Diego, California

★ The Jain Association of Greater Austin in Austin, Texas

★ The Jain Study Center of Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina

★ The Jain Study Center of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina

★ The Jain Society of South Florida in Miami, Florida

★ The Jain Society of Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida

★ The Jain Association of Northeast Florida in Jacksonville, Florida

★ The Jain Society of Middle Tennessee in Nashville, Tennessee

★ The Jain Society of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee

★ The Tulsa Jain Association in Tulsa, Oklahoma

★ The Jain Center of Greater Denver in Arvada, Colorado

★ The parivartan spirituality movement :Sanjeev Jain in