The Sādhū who came for lunch : revising tropes of disconnection in the Jain diaspora Universiteit Gent
In the religious tradition of Jainism, mendicants—Jain monks and nuns—are not permitted to travel by mechanical means. This has been a factor in maintaining India as the epicentre of the tradition, and has contributed to a feeling and perception of disconnection between lay Jains that have settled outside of the South-Asian heartland and the mendicant community. However, recent fieldwork in different Jain diaspora communities reveals how the ...