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March 1, 2025, 2 to 5 pm
University of North Texas, Environmental Education Building
Free admission
Complimentary vegan food!
With a special pre-event lecture on February 28 at 3 pm
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Mark your calendars! The Jain Studies Program at the University of North Texas will be hosting a Jain Cultural Fair on March 1st 2025 from 2 to 5 pm. Join us for a fun afternoon with free vegan food, performances, and activities. Learn about Jain traditions and the amazing Jain community in DFW.

We're excited to feature opening remarks from Dean Albert Bimper of UNT's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, as well as special guest Prem Jain representing the Jain Education and Research Foundation that founded our endowment in 2017.

We'll kick off the celebration on February 28 at 3 pm with a special pre-event guest lecture by Anil Mundra, the Bhagvan Vimalnath Endowed Chair in Jain Studies and South Asian Religions at UC Santa Barbara.

All programming is free and open to the public.

To get involved, please see our Call for Submissions or contact Leah Kalmanson at leah.kalmanson@unt.edu. 

Activities at the fair will include a student essay contest and community art show. Participating displays and vendors will include:

Samriddhi Fashions

Yurvida holistic healing and wellness
Happi Kappi Happi Kaapi premium Indian speciality coffee
Yurvida
 
Samriddhi Fashions jewelry and clothing
Nutrifit health and wellness Nutrifit
Swati realty
 
Swati Shah realty team
Mona Dave
 
Manisha "Mona" Dave, MD, pediatric gastroenterology 
Mudraa Financials wealth management Mudraa Financials
and financial solutions 
FusionArt
 
FusionArt costume jewelry 
and festival decor
Arihanta Institute
Arihanta Institute online education 
in the Jain tradition 
Sweet Delights by Neha
 
Sweet Delights by Neha 
Outamation workflow automation Outamation
Oncospark medical billing solutions Oncospark
Digifiedd digital information technologies Digifiedd
Vaishali
 
Vaishali Jain, realtor 
...and more!
 

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This event is hosted by the UNT Department of Philosophy and Religion and our generous sponsors:

Jain Education and Research Foundation

JERF

Jain Society of North TexasJSNT

Jain International Trade Organization, Dallas Chapter

JITO
Parking:
The UNT Environmental Education, Science, and Technology Building is at 1704 W. Mulberry, Denton, TX 76201. The building sits at the corner of Mulberry and Avenue C and can also be conveniently accessed from W Hickory. Please see the map below. Free parking is available in the neighborhood streets north, west, and east of the building. Paid parking at Lot 11 can be accessed via an app. Please see signs in Lot 11 for the QR code for the payment app. 
 
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