Anandji Kalyanji Trust

Shet Anandji Kalyanji Trust Donation Receipt

Anandji Kalyanji Trust (Gujarati શેઠ આનંદજી કલ્યાણજી પેઢી) is the largest and the oldest Jain trust, managed by lay Jains,[1] with headquarters at Ahmedabad which manages more than 1200 Jain temples.[2][3] The original charitable trust is said to have been founded somewhere in decades of 1630–40 AD and is running under name Anandji Kalyanji ni Pedhi or Anandji Kalyanji Trust since decade of 1720.[4]

  1. ^ Not including the Digambara Bhattaraka institutions, some of which go back several centuries. The Humcha Battaraka seat goes back to 8th century.
  2. ^ "Ahmedabad mourns demise of industry doyen, philanthropist Shrenik Lalbhai". The Indian Express. Ahmedabad. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. ^ Sheth Anandji Kalyanji Pedhino Itihas 1, Ratilal Dipchand Desai, Shilchandrasuri,Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi Ahmedabad 1983
  4. ^ Sheth Anandji Kalyanji Pedhino Itihas 1, Ratilal Dipchand Desai, Shilchandrasuri,Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi Ahmedabad 1983; pp:6