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Anandji Kalyanji Trust

Also known as Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi

The Anandji Kalyanji Trust is a Jain charitable trust based in Ahmedabad, India, which manages many of the most important Shvetambara Jain temples and pilgrimage sites, including Shatrunjaya at Palitana. In the 19th and 20th centuries it was in long legal disputes with the Thakores of Palitana over the taxes they levied on pilgrims.

Anandji Kalyanji Trust
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