Tapa Gaccha - Sect of Tapa Gachchha

Sect of Tapa Gachchha

• Shri Vijay Prem-Ramchandra Suri (total monks and nuns 1401)
• Shri Vijay Prem-Bhuvan Bhanu suri (total monks and nuns 972)
• Shri Anandsagar suri (Sagarji) (total monks and nuns 847)
• Shri Vijay Nemi suri (Shasan Samrat) (total monks and nuns 581)
• Shri Vijay Kanak suri (vagad)(total monks and nuns 634)
• Shri Vijay Niti Suri total (monks and nuns 465)
• Shri Vijay Siddhi suri (Bapji M)(total monks and nuns 446)
• Shri VIjay Dharma Vijayji-shri RAM SURI (Dahela vala) (total monks and nuns 331)
• Shri Vijay Bhakti Suri total (monks and nuns 325)
• Shri Vijay Labdhi Suri total (monks and nuns 292)
• Shri Vijay Vallabh Suri-1(Acharya Ratnakar Suri) was chosen as Pathdar of Vallabh pat parampra by Acharya Inderdin Suri, but he submitted his resignation. (total monks and nuns 185)
• Shri Vijay Vallabh Suri-2(Acharya Nityanand Suri) Acharya Inderdin Suri originally chose Ratnakar Suri as his patdhar,but due to his resignation and later on arbitrary expulsion of a large number of monks and nuns from Vallabh Samudai in 2004, it became necessary to appoint Patdhar. The Chaturvid Shri Sangh, comprising of Sadhus, Sadhwis, Shrawaks, and Shrawikas across the length and breadth of India selected Acharya Nityanand Suri as the Patdhar of Atam - Vallabh Samudai on 15th January 2005 at Vijay Vallabh Samarak, New Delhi, which is the central hub of Atam Vallabh Samudai (total monks and nuns 136).
• Shri Vijay Keshar Suri (total monks and nuns 228)
• Shri Vijay Dharma Suri-Kanakratna Suri (total monks and nuns 247)
• Shri Vijay Himachal Suri (total monks and nuns 136)
• Shri Buddhisagar Suri (total monks and nuns 120)
• Shri Vijay Shantichandra Suri Ist (total monks and nuns 225)be tithi
• Shri Vijay Shantichandta Suri 2nd (total monks and nuns 207)ek tithi
• Shri Mohanlalaji (total monks and nuns 41)
• Shri Vijay Amrat Suri (total monks and nuns 29)
• Shri Vimal Gachchha (total monks and nuns 41)
• Shri Tristutika Gachchha All (Acharya Shri Jayantsain suri) (total monks and nuns 292)

As a one largest part of tapa gachchha, one should understand what is gachchha system prevail in Jainism. There are mainly five gachchha as follows: 1)Tapa, 2)Khartar, 3)Anchal, 4)Paychand, and 5)Vimal.

Tapa has almost 21 different samudays and two schools of thought. One is called EK TITHI and second is BE TITHI. In ek tithi there are almost 17 different samuday or groups and in be tithi there are nearly 3 samudays. In numbers if you count, it is 94% is only tapa gachchha and 5% is other four gachchha. But, if you count samudays as an individual capacity then Acharya shri Ramchandrasuri ji samudays in be tithi and Acharya Bhuvan bhanu suriji samuday in ek tithi is almost 45% of total sadhu numbers and 25% of total sadhu sadhvi numbers.

More or less 75% of the diksha is happening in this two samudays and this two are prominent and fast developing samudays among all.

There are nearly 203 acharya and out of those number at least 60 acharya belongs to these two samudays.