Joy Avenue

Why
this
street

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It is indeed apt to initiate Joy Avenue on this street.
Inaugurated in the pious presence of Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, Hon. Vice President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankar, Hon. Ex – Governor of Maharashtra, Shri Ramesh Bias and Shri Mangal Prabhat Lodha, the Cabinet Minister of Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Govt of Maharashtra on 27th November, 2023, called the Shrimad Rajchandraji Marg named after the Enlightened luminary Shrimad Rajchandraji.
He was the spiritual guide to Mahatma Gandhi, who dedicated His entire life in spreading the message of finding true happiness through His life and teachings.

“Such was the man who captivated my heart
in religious matters as no other man has till now.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
(Modern Review, June 1930)

“Such was the man who captivated my heart in religious matters as no other man has till now.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
(Modern Review, June 1930)

Shrimad Rajchandraji & Gandhiji

Shrimad Rajchandraji was a visionary Enlightened Being who laid the foundations of spirituality for a new era. A genius who inked the path of liberation in His powerful writings. He was a self-realised saint, a reformer of Jainism, and a remarkable poet-philosopher of the late 19th century.
Honoured as the spiritual guide of Mahatma Gandhi, Shrimad Rajchandraji had a tremendous and formative influence on the Father of the Nation. Shrimadji shaped Gandhiji’s ideas and guided his beliefs. He played a pivotal role in the making of the Mahatma, on the basis of which Gandhiji achieved India’s independence and inspired generations. Their legacies continue to offer new paradigms to global peace and human progress.

“He was invariably disinterested towards things of the world. I never saw him being tempted by objects of pleasure or luxury in this world. The Poet made me feel that this state of freedom from attachment was spontaneous to him.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
The Story of My Experiments with Truth – Chapter Raychandbhai

“In my moments of spiritual crisis, Shrimadji was my refuge.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
The Story of My Experiments with Truth – Chapter Raychandbhai

“I have often declared that I have learnt, and learnt much, from the lives of many persons. But it is from Kavishri (Shrimadji’s) life that I have learnt the most. It was from His life that I understood the way of compassion.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
(Speech at Ahmedabad, November 1921)

“We are all worldly people whereas Shrimad was not of this world. We will have to take many births whereas for Shrimad perhaps one birth is sufficient. We will perhaps be running away from liberation whereas Shrimad was advancing towards liberation at a very fast pace.”

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~
(Some Recollections of Raychandbhai)

Shrimadji’s life

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His Magnum Opus,
Shri Atmasiddhi Shastra

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Shrimadji’s works

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