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inspiring Munis. I therefore left Calcutta in 1971 on the advice of my worthy wife and came to Ahmedabad. After coming here, my religious life has become very much enriched. I completed 31 olis of Shri Vardhaman Tapa.
I had here the good fortune to propitiate ceremoniously the first Upadhana of the Namaskar Mahamantra on the occasion of the Upadhana organised by Shri Paramanand Jain Sangh at the auspicious hands of our revered leader of the Jaina order, Acharyadev Shri Devendrasagar Surishvaraji Maharaj.
My worthy wife took the Upadhana of 47 days and was decked with the first mala and released myself just a little from her debts.
