Taranpanth

Community Center in Nisai Ji

Taranpanth is a small Indian denomination . It was founded in 1505 by the spiritual teacher Taran Taran Svami in Bundelkhand and belongs to the Digambara - Jainas . During this time there were several reform movements in Jainism. The Taranpanthis originally came from six parishes that established a faith center in Nisai Ji in 1817 . The number of members of the Taranpanthis is not documented. Estimates assume around 10,000 relatives.

Individual evidence

↑ A Fifteenth-Century Digambar Jain Mystic and his Followers, John E. Cort, in Studies in Jaina History And Culture: Disputes and Dialogues by Peter Flights, Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2006, p. 285

Web links

Taranapanthis Retrieved November 30, 2012

[1] A Fifteenth-Century Digambar Jain Mystic and his Followers, John E. Cort, in Studies in Jaina History And Culture: Disputes and Dialogues by Peter Flights, Publisher: Taylor & Francis, 2006, p. 285