Kolhapur: The Jain math in Nandani (Kolhapur) has appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn a Bombay high court ruling that ordered their 36-year-old elephant, Mahadevi, to be moved to the Radhe ...

HUBBALLI: The Jain community in Maharashtra and Karnataka has expressed strong opposition to the relocation of a temple elephant named Madhuri, also known as Mahadevi, from the Nandani Mutt in ...

The Jain protests against Pune land deal marks the latest conflict between the community and the BJP in a series of rows through the year – from demolition of a temple to crackdown on kabutarkhanas ...

The Jain shrine, situated at Nandini village in Shirol tehsil, is over 1,300 years old and has followers from over 740 villages in Maharashtra and Karnataka. It has had elephants as part of its ...

Belagavi: Usharani, 51, an elephant fostered by Jain seer Acharya Shri 108 Deshbhushan Maharaj at Shantigiri Ashram in Kothali-Kuppanwadi village of Chikodi taluk, died of a heart attack on Saturday.

Some members of the Jain Samaj and other residents took out a silent protest rally in Shedbal town in Belagavi district of Karnataka on August 7 demanding that return of Madhuri, an elephant that ...