A Visit to the Jain Center of Southern California

"A Visit to the Jain Center of Southern California" is intended to assist in the presentation of the Jain religion in California 6th grade social studies classes. The Jain Center of Southern California (JCSC) located in Buena Park, California, is a non-profit religious organization to pursue a goal of practicing, promoting and preserving the Jain religion. Started in 1979, the present center of 13,000 sq. ft. was opened in 2008 to accommodate the growing Jain population. The exterior design of the center is inspired and reminiscent of ancient Jain temples of Delwada, Ranakpur and Paliana Tirths. Carved Jesalmer yellow limestone was designed and produced in India for the exterior of the building, and the interior uses natural stone including white marble and colorful granite.

This video is part of a project of four temple tours in the Los Angeles area: Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and Jain. It has been reviewed and approved by the temple's management for publication on YouTube.

Credits:

Directed by Mainak Dhar
Produced by Gabriel Bruskoff
Executive Producer: Acharya Arumuganathaswami
Funded by: Uberoi Foundation
Additional Funds by: Hinduism Today

Guide: Julie Shah
Wooden Temple Expert: Dr. Nitin Shah
Nuns: Samani Amal Pragya, Samani Swati Pragya
Featured Student: Cori Baik
Additional Students: Sakina Evans, Isabella Feliciana, Alyssa Furtado, Tanner
Hagen, Shelby Holihan, Jackie Tran
Teacher: Nicole Dionne

Director of Photography: Gareth Taylor
Second Camera Operator: Peter Castagnetti
Sound Mixer: Tyler Neisinger
On Set Production Supervisor: Aaron Moskal
Editor: Mragendra Singh

Additional Images:
Mahavra 1900 Art, photographed by Jules Jain, Public Domain
Tirthankar Bhagwan Mahavira by Arihantenamani, CC BY-SA 4.0
East India Men by Jesse Tarbox Beals, Public Domain

Music:
Janani Ninnuvina
Reethigowlai
Misra Chapu
Subbaraya Sastri
Alapana, Madhyamavathi by Srikanth Chary & Poovalur Srinivasan

Special Thanks to:
Jain Center of Southern California
Dr. Nitin Shah
Yogesh Shah
Breakdown Services
Film Emporium

This film may be freely distributed for educational purposes.

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