Today was the sixth day of Derawasi Paryushan – a relatively quiet day after yesterday's Mahavir Jayanti Celebrations. You should have all read yesterday's report. There are three corrections.

1 The Patwa Family took the ‘Lion' sapnu and not Rushab, as reported. The correct entry should have been:

2 Dev Viman was taken by Vrudhi Nilesh Dhruv and not Vrudhi Nilesh Doshi .

3 Khushibhet donation from Late Chanchalben Shantilal Mehta & Family (per Pravinbhai) should have been £201 and not £251, as reported.

Yesterday's Mahavir Jayanti was enjoyed by all. If you did not get yesterday's report, you can see it (together with Mahavir Jayanti photographs) on the MF website at www.mahavirfoundation.org . On yesterday's celebration, one of our readers wrote: ‘What a Paryushan! We are very happy to know that our small organisation is doing so well. If there is any type of work I can do, please let me know. I will be too happy (and thankful) to everybody if I am given opportunity to serve.'

Kalpa Sutra: This morning Vinubhai continued with Kalpa Sutra Vanchan at the Kenton Derasar, concentrating on post Diksha period of Mahavir Swami. He narrated in detail the story of Chandanbala and the ladies sang Chandanbala stavan at the end. There was samuh chaitya vandan and arti/mangal divo after the talk.

Pratikraman

Around 150 people attended pratikraman and this increased to about 300 after the Bhavna started .

There was no sponsor for oday's Pratikraman. The whole sangh recited three Navkar Mantra to start the Pratikraman. You can sponsor tomorrow's pratikraman for £401. We already have a sponsor for the last day's pratikraman. PLEASE NOTE THAT TOMORROW'S PRATIKRAMAN WILL STATRT AT THE ADVERTISED TIME OF 6:30 PM SHARP, AS WE HAVE A FULL PROGRAMME FOR TAPASVI BAHUMAN.

Savantsari Pratikraman will be at Kingsbury High School on Sat and will start at 4:00 pm. Please take your place at 3:30 pm so that we can start the Pratikraman at 4:00 pm sharp. We need this extra half an hour for chaityavandan and sotra utchavni.

Welcome : Vinubhai welcomed Dr Natubhai Shah and Bridge Club President Dilip Mithani.

Arti/Mangal Divo

Today's Arti was taken by Mrs Usha Surendra Mehta (£451). Members of the Navnat Bridge Club and MF Committee were requested by Surendra to participate in Arti. The Mangal Divo was taken by Mrs Manoramaben Tolia (£501).

Prabhavna

Today we had two prabhavnas:

· Bundi was from Dineshbhai Mehta & Bharat Shah (£151); and

· Mohanthal was from Late Dalpatrai Mehta & Family (per our committee member Narendra Mehta (£151)

Tomorrow's prabhavna will be from Nilesh Dalichand Doshi of Mombasa .

Tapasvi bahuman

We will be doing Tapasvi Bahuman tomorrow (Friday) after Pratikraman. Children (under 12) who have done one or more fasts and adults who have done more than three fasts should give their names to Navinbhai or any of the MF committee members.

Musicians

The musicians from India (Ashishbhai of Ahmedabad) continue to give plenty of enjoyment to lots of people and they sang really well during Garba and Raas . Today's Bhavna was sponsored by Mrs Rasilaben Prabhudas Shah on the occasion of her daughter Bina's birthday. You can sponsor each day's Bhavna for £51.

Announcements:

· Coupons for tomorrow's 108 artis will be on sale at £11 each. Lot of coupons have been sold. There are few left and they can be obtained from Chandrakantbhai Doshi. Each coupon will permit two people to do the arti.

· Tapsvi's names (those who have done 3 or more fasts and children under 12 who have done one fast or more) should be given to Navinbhai Shah, our treasurer.

· If you wish to support Mahavir Foundation, why not become member. Contact Navinbhai Shah or Prafulbhai Vora.

· Swamivatsalya: This will be held at the Kingsbury High School on Sunday 7th October and will follow Rushabhdev Poojan. There is a nakro of £21 for those who wish to participate in this Poojan. The dinner this year is in the memory of Late Lilamgauri Prabhudas Rajpal Kothary and has been fully sponsored by the Kothary family (Mahendra, Kirit, Narendra & Praful Kothary). We are still seeking a sponsor for the hire of Kingsbury School (£401). If you are interested in this sponsorship, please contact Vinubhai Kapashi or any of the committee members.

· Ashishbhai's CDs of Jain music are available for sale during the Bhavna each day.

· Today's photographs were taken by Mrs Ushaben Surendra Mehta and they can be viewed on the MF website.