Even because the Centre stayed Jharkhand authorities’s circulate to sell tourism on the holy Parasnath hill, the Jain network individuals of Dimapur staged protest in opposition to the assertion in their holy vicinity– Sammed Shikharji on Parasnath hills in Jharkhand– as a vacationer spot. The network individuals additionally stored their commercial enterprise institutions closed throughout the day as a part of the protest.
Around one hundred fifty individuals together with girls from the network, who accrued outdoor Jain temple, Marwari Patti right here Friday demanded withdrawal of assertion. Speaking to the media, Shree Digambar Jain Samaj Dimapur president, Om Prakash Sethi stated the cause of the non violent protest become to supply a message to the Centre and Jharkhand authorities to scrap the concept of reworking the holy vicinity into vacationer spot.
He stated that if Shri Sammed Shikharji was vacationer a niche there could be indulgence of alcohol and intake of non-veg meals, which could ruin the sanctity of the “Holy Hill” and could negatively effect spiritual ideals of the Jain.
He stated that final of commercial enterprise network via way of means of Jain network round Dimapur metropolis become to present facts to kingdom authorities approximately their stand.
Sethi additionally knowledgeable that the Centre has taken into consideration their appeal. However, he stated that until they acquired any respectable approval or notification from the authorities, they could stand unconditionally for the cause. Asked what could be their subsequent circulate withinside the occasion the Centre became down their appeal, he stated the subsequent choice could be taken via way of means of whole Jain network of the us of a.
Jains throughout the us of a had been stressful the scrapping of a 2019 Jharkhand authorities notification designating Parasnath Hills as a vacationer vicinity, fearing this will result in an inflow of vacationers who might also additionally eat non-vegetarian meals and liquor at their holy site.