Jainism in Europe Mahavir and Nakoda Bhairavji Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur also have UK centres in Leicester, London and Manchester. Jainism A Way of Life by Vinod Kapashi Jainism in Europe The credit of introducing Jainism to the West goes to a German scholar Hermann Jacobi who translated some Jain literature and published it in the series 'Sacred Books of East' in 1884. In Europe, the largest Jain populations are in Britain with a population of about 25,000 (as of 2006). Jains living outside India belong to various traditions, Digambara, Shvetambara, Terapanthi, Sthanakvasi, Shrimad Rajchandra are all represented. In many cases, they gather
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