New Swadhyay Group

The Jain Center Board has decided to start a Swadhyay class for beginning adults under the direction of Mrs. Swatee Kalamkar at the Jain Center.. Both Hindi and Gujurati will be used in the class. There are two classes available: one on Wednesday evening at 7:45pm and another on Sunday morning at 10:00am. Everyone is encouraged to participate. The Sunday morning class will be held at the same time as the children pathshala classes. To join, please call Swatee Kalamkar at (972) 530-7356 or e-mail her at SwateeK@yahoo.com.

Weekly Jain Society Activities

Our temple is located at the 538 Apollo Road  in Richardson and is a self-contained Chaityalya now adopted and promoted as a model by JAINA. Our facility contains a library, prayer, meeting hall, a kitchen and a pathshala room.

This facility is open every Saturday and Sunday around noon or can be accessed by lockbox key or by contacting any JSNT Board Member. If you open the door using the lock box key, please make sure that all doors are locked when you leave the premise and be sure to put keys back in the lock box.

Regular temple activities include: a Digambar Puja & Swadhyay (11:00 am) every first Sunday, a board meeting (11:00 am) every second Sunday, a general meeting (10:30 am) every third Sunday and a Snatra puja (11:00 am) every fourth Sunday. Bhavana & Stavan satsang is held every first Sunday evening (7:30 pm) of the month. The Swadhaya and Dignitary lectures are generally planned in summer/ fall times of the year.

Pathshala classes for all three youth groups are held Sunday mornings for the following age groups: 14 and older (Group 3), 9 and younger (Group 1), and ages 9-14 (Group 2). Pathshala begins PROMPTLY at 10:00. Please bring your child on time. For more information, you can contact any Pathshala teacher.

See the monthly schedule and teacher contacts for the specifics.

Swadhyay groups in Hindi and in Gujarati meet every week at the temple. The Gujarati Swadhyay group meets on Monday and Wednesday, while the Hindi Swadhyay group meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Also, we hold Pratikaman the first Monday of every month.  For more information, please can contact any JSNT Board Member.