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While roaming the streets of the old mohallah, one easily notices the Om symbols and the Jain greeting Jai Jinendra on many of the buildings.
Local resident Abdul Sattar, whose parents are from Ambala, recently furnished his old house.
To his surprise, he found out that Jai Jinendra was embossed right on the top of the gate. “I think that it’s our heritage and we should protect it,” he tells me.
The Jain greeting, Jai Janendra, written on the façade of a house. It is still preserved by residents out of respect for the heritage.
I could see the Jain temple from Sujan Singh haveli. Hindu and Sikh families who have migrated still visit this neigbourhood.
He says that Sikh and Hindu families who migrated to India still visit the mohallah. “We sit in our house and cherish the times of our elders. They tell us about Ludhiana, Ambala and Delhi, and we show them the place their ancestors grew up in.”
While roaming the streets of the old mohallah, one easily notices the Om symbols and the Jain greeting Jai Jinendra on many of the buildings.
Local resident Abdul Sattar, whose parents are from Ambala, recently furnished his old house.
To his surprise, he found out that Jai Jinendra was embossed right on the top of the gate. “I think that it’s our heritage and we should protect it,” he tells me.
The Jain greeting, Jai Janendra, written on the façade of a house. It is still preserved by residents out of respect for the heritage.
I could see the Jain temple from Sujan Singh haveli. Hindu and Sikh families who have migrated still visit this neigbourhood.
He says that Sikh and Hindu families who migrated to India still visit the mohallah. “We sit in our house and cherish the times of our elders. They tell us about Ludhiana, Ambala and Delhi, and we show them the place their ancestors grew up in.”
