THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PUNYA
1]Punya nu bandhi punya-means jab koi jeev punya karma ke fal,sukh,samrudhi ko bhogte hue,wapas naye(new) punya ka bandh karta hain toh,usse
punyanubandhi punya kehete hain.
2]Paapa nu bandhi punya-means jab koi jeev punya karme ke fal ko bhogte hue,paap karma ka bandh karta hain toh,usse paapanubandhi punya kehete hain.
Punya bandh ke 9 karan(9 reasons for binding punya)
1]Ann punya-aana(food) ka daan karna
2]Jal punya-Jal(water) ka daan karna
3]Vastra punya-vastra(clothes) ka daan karna
4]Aasan punya-Aasan ke items ka daan karna
5]Shayan punya-shayan(shelters) ka daan karna
6]Maan punya-maan(mind) se shubh vichar karna(good thoughts)
7]Vachan punya-vani se hamesha sach(truth) bolna aur hitkari(being beneficial)
8]Kaya punya-kaya se subh accharan karna
9]Namaskar punya-dev,guru aur dharam ko namaskar karna
Jain Images In Postage Stamps
Jainism is an important aspect of Indian culture. This fact has been recognized by Indian administration from time to time by issuing postage stamps depicting Jain
images. Here are a few examples:
1. In 1934, King George V issued a set of four stamps of temples and shrines, for the commemoration of the Silver Jubilee of his reign. One of these was a 11/4 anna
(1/16 of a rupee) stamp of the Jain Temple of Calcutta. The stamp displayed the traditional eighteenth century Jain shrine of Rishabhadev, the first of the twenty-
four TEERTHANKARs, the spiritual victors (JINs) who attained omniscience and salvation.
2. On August 15, 1948, one year after independence of India, a 15-rupee stamp was issued depicting the Rishabhadev's Temple at Shatrunjaya which was built in
the eleventh century.
3. Jains everywhere celebrated, on November 13, 1974, the 2500th anniversary of the twenty-fourth TEERTHANKAR Mahaveer's NIRVANA. On that occasion, a 25-
paisa (1/4 rupee) stamp depicting the Jal Mandir (lake temple) at Pavapuri (Bihar) was issued.
4. On July 27, 1977, a 25-paisa stamp showing a nineteenth century wood carving of a mythological elephant (AIRAAVAT) from a Jain temple in Gujarat was issued
under the Treasures of Museum Series.
5. A one-rupee stamp of the millennium of the statue of Gommateshwar Bahubali was issued on February 9, 1981. Chamundaraya, a royal minister, erected this 58
ft statue of Bahubali, a son of the first TEERTHANKAR Rishabhadev, on the top of a 300 ft high hill at Shravanabelgola, Karnatak, a thousand years ago. The statue
is a center of attraction for visitors from all over the world. A ceremony called MAHAAMASTAKAABHISHEK (the great head anointing) is held at Shravanabelgola
once every twelve years.
6. On the first death anniversary of Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai (1919-1971), a 20-paisa stamp was issued showing him with his ROHINI rocket and a dove. He was a Jain
and an internationally renowned scientist. Dr. Sarabhai headed the National Committee for Space Research.