Gyanmati
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Gyanmati Mataji () is an Indian Jain religious guru Aryika (pure soul)from India. She is known for being a prolific author and the construction of several Jain temples including the Jambudweep temple complex at Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh, Ayodya Jain Tirth and the Statue of Ahimsa at Mangi Tungi in Maharashtra.
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- female
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- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Barabanki district
- Occupation
- nun
- Religion
- Jainism
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- 1934-10-22
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Gyanmati Mataji () is an Indian Jain religious guru Aryika (pure soul)from India. She is known for being a prolific author and the construction of several Jain temples including the Jambudweep temple complex at Hastinapur, Uttar Pradesh, Ayodya Jain Tirth and the Statue of Ahimsa at Mangi Tungi in Maharashtra.
==Early life== Gyanmati was born as Maina on 22 October 1934 in Tikait Nagar in Barabanki district, Uttar Pradesh, in a Jain family of Mohini Devi and Chotelal. She was influenced by Padmanandi Panchvinshatika, an ancient Jain scripture gifted by her grandparents on the marriage of her mother. On 2 October 1952, on the day of Sharad Purnima, she was initiated as a Brahmacharini at Barabanki district by the Digambara Jain acharya Deshbhushan.
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