COMMEMORATIVE COINS
1914 - 2013 : ACHARYA TULSI BIRTH CENTENARY

Shri Acharya Tulsi was born on 20th October 1914 at Ladnun, Rajasthan. At the age of eleven i.e. on 5th December, 1925, Shri Acharya Tulsi renounced all the comforts and temptations of a householder's life and got initiated by Acharya Kalugani at Ladnum.

Acharya Kalugani proclaimed Shri Acharya Tulsi as his successor. Acharya Tulsi thus become Ninth Acharya of the Jain Terapanth Sect at Gangapur, Rajasthan on 26th August1939.

Anuvrat movements, De-addiction Campaign, Preksha Meditation are few of Shri Acharya Tulsi's efforts for social reforms and benefit of mankind. Considering such accomplishments Shri Acharya Tulsi was rewarded with several Natinal Awards, amongst them" Indira Gandhi Award" for National Integration being a prominent one.

Shri Acharya Tulsi has made good number of records on his tour of almost the whole of India, that too on foot. The numbers display that the kilometers travelled by him is approximately 1,00,000 kms. Utilizing a vast portion of lifetime in journeys, Shri Acharya Tulsi still took out time to write over a hundred books on different subjects and in different languages.

Being a courageous traveller of the path of truth, Shri Acharya Tulsi whole heartedly embraced the inevitable prospect of death on 23rd June, 1997 at Gangashahar, Rajasthan.

 

This list was prepared by Dr. Jinadatha

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