PM Modi inaugurates Samrat Samprati Museum, dedicated to Jain heritage, in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: (Mar 31) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the newly built ‘Samrat Samprati Museum’, dedicated to Jain heritage and values of non-violence, at Koba village in Gandhinagar.

The PM, along with Jain seers, inaugurated the museum on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti.

The museum, located at the Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra, is named after Samrat Samprati Maharaj (224-215 BC), the grandson of Samrat Ashoka and a Mauryan ruler known for propagating Jainism and the principle of ‘ahimsa’ (non-violence).