Hombuja (Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka), April 13, 2014: The 2613th birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir was celebrated at Sri Kshetra Hombuja under the guidance of His Holiness Deevendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji the pontiff of Hombuja Jain Math. On the occasion the idol of Lord Mahavir was taken in a planquin…
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2014 Annual Rathayatra Mahotsava of Goddess Padmavati at Hombuja
Hombuja (Shimoga District, Karnataka), March 15, 2014: The annual Rathayatra Mahotsava of Lord Parshwanatha and Goddess Padmavathi will be held with other programmes at Humcha from 18th to 26th March 2014 under the guidance of His Holiness Paramapujya Jagadguru Swasti Sri Devendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji. The detailed programme Schedule is as…
Continue ReadingPancha Basadi Deepotsava at Hombuja
Hombuja (Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka), November 30, 2013: The Deepotsava of the historic and ancient Pancha Basadi at Sri Kshetra Hombuja was performed on Saturday, November 30, 2013 under the guidnace of His Holiness Swasti Sri Deveendrakeerthi Bhattarkaha Swamji of Hombuja Jain Math. It was a great sight to…
Continue ReadingPadmavati Devi Deepothsava at Hombuja
Hombuja (Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka), November 29, 2013: The Deepotsava to Goddess Padmavatidevi at Sri Kshetra Hombuja was performed on Friday, November 29, 2013 under the guidnace of His Holiness Swasti Sri Deveendrakeerthi Bhattarkaha Swamji of Hombuja Jain Math. On one of the days of Kartika Masa every year…
Continue ReadingParshwanath Swamy Deepotsava at Hombuja
Hombuja (Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka), November 22, 2013: The Deepotsava to Lord Parshwanth Swamy at Sri Kshetra Hombuja was performed on Friday, November 22, 2013 under the guidnace of His Holiness Swasti Sri Deveendrakeerthi Bhattarkaha Swamji of Hombuja Jain Math. On one of the days of Kartika Masa every…
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Holy Guidance – His Holiness Swasti Sri Devendrakeerti Bhattaraka Swamiji, Sri Kshetra Hombuja. Website designed, developed & maintained by – Nitin H.P., Bangalore & Jain Heritage Centres Team. Photos – Hombuja Jain Math; Manmathraj Jain, Hombuja; Nitin H.P., Bangalore.
Continue ReadingHombuja Bhattarakha’s 2nd Vardanthi Mahotsava on November 17, 2013
Hombuja (Shimoga District), Karnataka, November 10, 2013: The 2nd Vardanthi Mahotsava (2nd anniversary) of His Holiness Swasti Sri Deevendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji of Hombuja (Humcha) Jain Mutt will be celebrated on November 17, 2013 at Humcha. The detailed programme schedule is as given below. Religious Rituals – Saturday November 17, 2013…
Continue ReadingDevendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji’s Shravanabelagola Mangala Pravesha
Shravanabelagola (Hassan District, Karnataka), October 27, 2013: The Mangala pravesha of His Holiness Swasti Sri Devendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji’s of Hombuja Jain Mutt to Shravanabelagola was held on Saturday October 27, 2013. His Holiness Swamiji was welcomed with poorna kumbha and women carrying mangala kalashas on their head. He was taken…
Continue ReadingNavaratri & Vijayadashami Utsava at Hombuja
Hombuja (Shimoga District, Karnataka), September 30, 2013: On the occasion of Navarathri & Vijayadashami special poojas and other related religious celebrations have been organised at Hombuja as per tradition under the guidance of His Holiness Swasti Sri Devendrakerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji. Special poojas will be organised on all the days of…
Continue ReadingDeevendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji’s Mangala Pravesha to Malakheda
Malakheda (Sedam Taluk, Gulbarga District, Karnataka): The mangala pravesha of His Holiness Swasti Sri Deevendrakeerthi Bhattaraka Swamiji the pontiff of Hombuja Jain Math to the historic town Malakheda was held recently. Malakheda once the capital of the Rashtrakutas witnessed the historic visit of swamiji when he visited the place for…
Continue ReadingShravana Masa – ‘Friday’s Special Pooja’ at Hombuja
Hombuja (Shimoga District, Karnataka), July 15, 2013: On the occasion of the forthcoming ‘Shravana Masa’, special poojas will be performed to Goddess Padmavati Devi at Hombuja. The poojas will be conducted on 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th August 2013. All the poojas will be performed under the gudiance of His…
Continue ReadingGuddada Basadi’s ‘Mandala Pooja’ on June 29 & 30, 2013
Hombuja (Shimoga District, Karnataka), June 25, 2013: The mandala pooja of Guddada Basadi will be conducted on June 29 & 30, 2013 under the guidance of His Holiness Swasti Sri Devendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji, the pontiff of Hombuja Jain Math. ‘Sarva Dosha Prayashchita Vidhana’ will be performed on June 29th. The…
Continue Reading‘Gurudeva’ – first ever Jain Periodical in Kannada to go online
Hombuja (Shimoga District, Karnataka), May 24, 2013: His Holiness Swasti Sri Devendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji has paved the way for creating yet another milestone in the history of Jainism in Karnataka by publishing their popular Kannada Jain monthly ‘Gurudeva’ on their website WWW.HOMBUJAPADMAVATI.ORG. On the ocasion of releasing the e-copies of…
Continue ReadingProgramme Schedule & Kalasha Details of Panchakalyana Mahotsava
HISTORIC PANCHAKALYANA MAHOTSAVA 10-16 May, 2013 Detailed Programme Schedule May 10, 2013 : Pre Panchakalyana Rituals May 11, 2013 : Nandi Mangala, Falg Hoisting, Garbha Kalyana May 12, 2013 : Janmakalyana, Janmabhisheka, Rajyabhisheka and Diksha Kalyana May 13, 2013 : On the auspicious Muhurtha of Akshaya Tritiya Tapa and Moksha…
Continue ReadingThousands throng Hombuja for annual rathotsava
Hombuja (Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka), April 2, 2013: More than 10,000 people thronged to Hombuja to witness the annual rathotsava (rathayatra) of Lord Parshwanath and Goddess Padmavati on Tuesday the April 2, 2013 the day of Mulanakshatra which happens to be the birth day of Goddess Padmavati. Devotees from…
Continue ReadingDevendrakeerthi Swamiji invites devotees for Panchakalyana
Hombuja (Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka), April 1, 2013: His Holiness Swasti Sri Devendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji the pontiff of Sri Hombuja Jain Math invited the devotees to actively participate & involve themselves in the forthcoming Panchakalyana scheduled to be held at Hombuja from 10-16 May, 2013. He mentioned this in…
Continue ReadingJain academic quarterly need of the hour – Prof. Jayachandra
Hombuja (Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka), April 1, 2013: Renowned Jain & Prakrit scholar Prof. M.A.Jayachandra called upon His Holiness SwastiSri Devendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji the pontiff of Hombuja Jain Math to come up with a quartely publication/magazine in Kannada from Sri Ksehtra Hombuja to provide a platform for publishing Jain…
Continue ReadingSri Kshetra Hombuja’s website launched
Hombuja (Hosanagara Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka), April 1, 2013: The website of Sri Kshstra Hombuja – WWW.HOMBUJAPADMAVATI.ORG was dedicated to the Jain community by His Holiness Swasti Sri Devendrakeerthi Bhattarakha Swamiji the pontiff of Hombuja Jain Math. It was launched in a religious gathering organised on the occasion of the…
Continue ReadingBhattaraka Swamiji Speaks
Sri Kshetra Hombuja is a renowned Jain Heritage Centre in the history of Jainism in India. It is popular called as ‘Humcha Padmavati’ among the common people. Its adhyatmik pavements have further enhanced the sanctity of the place and conferred the title of atishaya kshetra. Hombuja has its history that…
Continue ReadingSri Devendrakeerti Bhattaraka Swamiji’s Pattabhisheka Mahotsava – A Report
– Nitin H.P. Hombuja (Shimoga District, Karnataka), November 14-17, 2011: The much awaited event of the Jain samaj in south India and particularly the Digambar Jain samaj of Karnataka – the “Pattabhisheka Mahotsava of His Holiness Swasti Sri Devendrakeerthi Bhattaraka Swamiji” as the new pontiff of Hombuja/Humcha Jain Mutt had…
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