Famous People
A philosopher and saint named Acharya Kaluram or Acharya Kalu Gani, the eighth head of famous Jain Swetambar Terapanth religion belongs was born in Chhapar. He was a great scholar of the Sanskrit, Rajasthani and Hindi languages and led over a thousand followers and monks. Today, he has millions of followers throughout world. The famous Acharya Shree Tulsi succeeded him and Achrya Shree Mahaprajna is the 10th Successor and head of the Terapanth Sect of the Jain religion.
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or people:
“Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.”
—Alan Bennett (b. 1934)
“There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows from the equanimity; and they can persuade other people who are in a state of agitation to calm down and manage a smile.”
—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)