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The vegetarian town: They wouldn't hurt a fly but the
Jains upset Palitana with meat-free plea
Monks say that non-vegetarian food should not be
permitted for sale in Palitana, but Muslims say the
demands amount to discrimination
By Andrew Buncombe
The Independent
Sunday, July 6, 2014
For hundreds of years, followers of the Jain religion
have been lured to the quiet town of Palitana. In the
adjoining hills of Shatrunjaya are located countless
sacred temples and it is said that every Jain should make
a pilgrimage to them once in their life.
But in recent weeks Palitana, located in the western
Indian state of Gujarat, has become the site of an
unlikely controversy after Jain monks launched a hunger
strike - threatening to fast unto death - and demanding
the town be declared a vegetarian zone.
The monks say that non-vegetarian food - in which they
include eggs - should not be permitted for sale or
storage anywhere in Palitana. They have also called for a
ban on the ritual slaughter of animals and want an
estimated 260 butchers' shops to be closed.
But local Muslims say the demands by the monks
discriminate against them. Most Muslims eat meat and eggs
as part of their diet and say it is essential they are
able to offer sacrifice during specific religious
holidays.
The monks have for now called off their hunger strike
following an assurance by local politicians and officials
that the matter would be looked into promptly. But the
controversy has not gone away and the monks have said
they will restart the hunger strike if their demands are
not met. "Every religion has its own sacred places, what
you call holy cities or pilgrimage sites. Jains too, have
a lot of sacred places, but Palitana is the most
important," Virag Sagar Maharaj, the monk who is leading
the protests, told The Independent.
He claimed the founder of the Jain religion, Adinath, had
visited Palitana millions of times and climbed into the
hills. He added: "Now, with his divine presence here in
Palitana and that of several other Jain saints, how do
you expect us to tolerate violence in this city?"
Jainism is one of India's oldest religions and its
adherents today total about five million. Followers of
the religion are supposed to adopt a strictly vegetarian
diet that also excludes onions, garlic and root
vegetables. All are required to follow the principle of
non-violence.
In Palitana, as elsewhere, devout Jains will often carry
peacock feathers with them when they walk to sweep ants
and insects from their path, so as not to harm them. In
India, Jains have the highest rate of literacy of any
religion and its members are often successful business
people and traders.
Officials say that Muslims are about 20-25 per cent of
Palitana's population of 65,000. Reports suggest that
there are also considerable numbers of non-Muslims who
would also like to eat meat if they were permitted to do
so.
Leaders of the local Muslim community have held their own
meeting with officials to try and ensure meat-eating and
slaughter of animals is not banned in Palitana.
"If we don't offer sacrifice we will not remain Muslims,"
Razaq Ismail Saiyad, president of a Muslim association in
Palitana, told the Indian Express newspaper.
Efforts by the Jain community to have Palitana declared
hinsa-mukt, or violence-free, date back a number of
years. They have even offered financial compensation to
restaurants and food vendors who sell meat or eggs to
change their trade.
In 1999, local officials declared that a one-and-a-half
mile stretch of road leading towards the temples should
be made a vegetarian-only zone. Pravin Solanki, a
government official, said the municipal authority was
discussing whether to extend the zone. Mr Maharaj, the
monk, said local officials had given assurances they
would support his demand: "If this doesn't happen we will
sit on hunger strike."
More at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-vegetarian-town-they-wouldnt-hurt-a-fly-but-the-jains-upset-palitana-with-meatfree-plea-9588087.html
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Jains upset Palitana with meat-free plea
Monks say that non-vegetarian food should not be
permitted for sale in Palitana, but Muslims say the
demands amount to discrimination
By Andrew Buncombe
The Independent
Sunday, July 6, 2014
For hundreds of years, followers of the Jain religion
have been lured to the quiet town of Palitana. In the
adjoining hills of Shatrunjaya are located countless
sacred temples and it is said that every Jain should make
a pilgrimage to them once in their life.
But in recent weeks Palitana, located in the western
Indian state of Gujarat, has become the site of an
unlikely controversy after Jain monks launched a hunger
strike - threatening to fast unto death - and demanding
the town be declared a vegetarian zone.
The monks say that non-vegetarian food - in which they
include eggs - should not be permitted for sale or
storage anywhere in Palitana. They have also called for a
ban on the ritual slaughter of animals and want an
estimated 260 butchers' shops to be closed.
But local Muslims say the demands by the monks
discriminate against them. Most Muslims eat meat and eggs
as part of their diet and say it is essential they are
able to offer sacrifice during specific religious
holidays.
The monks have for now called off their hunger strike
following an assurance by local politicians and officials
that the matter would be looked into promptly. But the
controversy has not gone away and the monks have said
they will restart the hunger strike if their demands are
not met. "Every religion has its own sacred places, what
you call holy cities or pilgrimage sites. Jains too, have
a lot of sacred places, but Palitana is the most
important," Virag Sagar Maharaj, the monk who is leading
the protests, told The Independent.
He claimed the founder of the Jain religion, Adinath, had
visited Palitana millions of times and climbed into the
hills. He added: "Now, with his divine presence here in
Palitana and that of several other Jain saints, how do
you expect us to tolerate violence in this city?"
Jainism is one of India's oldest religions and its
adherents today total about five million. Followers of
the religion are supposed to adopt a strictly vegetarian
diet that also excludes onions, garlic and root
vegetables. All are required to follow the principle of
non-violence.
In Palitana, as elsewhere, devout Jains will often carry
peacock feathers with them when they walk to sweep ants
and insects from their path, so as not to harm them. In
India, Jains have the highest rate of literacy of any
religion and its members are often successful business
people and traders.
Officials say that Muslims are about 20-25 per cent of
Palitana's population of 65,000. Reports suggest that
there are also considerable numbers of non-Muslims who
would also like to eat meat if they were permitted to do
so.
Leaders of the local Muslim community have held their own
meeting with officials to try and ensure meat-eating and
slaughter of animals is not banned in Palitana.
"If we don't offer sacrifice we will not remain Muslims,"
Razaq Ismail Saiyad, president of a Muslim association in
Palitana, told the Indian Express newspaper.
Efforts by the Jain community to have Palitana declared
hinsa-mukt, or violence-free, date back a number of
years. They have even offered financial compensation to
restaurants and food vendors who sell meat or eggs to
change their trade.
In 1999, local officials declared that a one-and-a-half
mile stretch of road leading towards the temples should
be made a vegetarian-only zone. Pravin Solanki, a
government official, said the municipal authority was
discussing whether to extend the zone. Mr Maharaj, the
monk, said local officials had given assurances they
would support his demand: "If this doesn't happen we will
sit on hunger strike."
More at:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-vegetarian-town-they-wouldnt-hurt-a-fly-but-the-jains-upset-palitana-with-meatfree-plea-9588087.html
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Om Shanti
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A LIST OF FAMOUS VEGETARIANS
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Famous Vegetarians
Abdul Kalam Dr., President of India and Space Scientist
Abraham Lincoln, former President of the United States
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON/Hare Krishna
Adam Ant, musician
Adam Carson, drummer of AFI
Adam Russell, bassist of Story of the Year, vegan
Adriana Karembeu, model
Adriano Celentano, singer
Ahmet Zappa, musician and actor
Alan Donohue, singer of British rock band The Rakes, vegan
Alan Ford, actor, British
Alanis Morissette, singer
Albert Schweitzer, theologian, philosopher, and physician
Alexandra Paul, actress and environmental activist
Alice Walker, poet and writer
Alicia Silverstone, actress, vegan
Alison Lohman, actress
Allen Ginsberg, poet
Ally Sheedy, actress
Alyssa Milano, actress, vegan
Amber Benson, actress
Amber Valetta, model and actress
Amitabh Bachchan, Indian celebrity superstar
Amy Ray, musician from Indigo Girls
Andre Tonelli, musician and instrumental guitarist, vegan
Andre 3000 Benjamin, musician from OutKast, vegan
Andrew G, actor, vegan
Andrew (Whitey) White, musician and guitarist of Kaiser Chiefs
Andy Dick, comedian and actor
Andy Hurley, musician and drummer of Fall Out Boy, vegan
Andy Serkis, actor
Angela Bassett, actress
Angie Everhart, model and actress
Anna Paquin, actress and Oscar winner of The Piano
Annalise Braakensiek, model
Anne Hathaway, actress
Anoushka Shankar, musician and sitar virtuoso, vegan
Anthony Grayling, writer and columnist
Anthony Perkins, actor
Ariana Huffington, writer and polictical activist
Aristotle, Greek philosopher
Ashley Judd, actress
Avril Lavigne, singer and musician
Axella Johannesson, folk musician
Barbara Bouchet, actress
Barry White, musician, vegan
Beatrice Wood, artist
Belinda Carlisle, singer of the Go-Go's
Benjamin Zephaniah, performance poet and author, vegan
Benji Madden, musician and guitarist of Good Charlotte
Berkeley Breathed, cartoonist
Bernadette Peters, actress
Bif Naked, punk rocker, vegan
Bill Goldberg, world champion pro wrestler
Bill Pearl, bodybuilder
Bill Walton, NBA All-Star basketball player
Billie Jean King, tennis player
Billie Joe Armstrong, musician and singer of Greenday
Billy Idol, musician
Billy Martin, rock musician of Good Charlotte
Bob Barker, US TV show host
Bobby Rock, musician and drummer
Bobcat Goldthwait, comedian actor
Bonnie Raitt, musician and singer
Boy George, singer
Brad Pitt, actor
Brandon Barnes, musician of Rise Against
Brandon Boyd, musician of rock band Incubus
Brandy, R&B artist and singer
Brendon Urie, lead singer of Panic! at the Disco
Brian Bell, musician of Weezer, vegan
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Brian Greene, theoretical physicist, vegan
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Brigitte Bardot, French actress
Brooke Shields, actress
Bryan Adams, singer and songwriter, vegan
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Candice Bergen, actress
Carmen Miranda, Brazilian bombshell
Carole Bouquet, French actress
Carrie Underwood, country singer
Carrie Anne Moss, actress in Matrix trilogy, vegan
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Casey Kasem, US radio host, vegan
Catherine Spaak, actress
Cathy Guisewaite, writer of the comic CATHY
Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer of The Mars Volta, vegan
Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers union organizer
Chantal Coutier, makeup artist
Charles Darwin, renowned scientist
Charlie Heather, musician and drummer of Levellers
Charlie Watts, musician and drummer of Rolling Stones
Charlotte Bronte, novelist
Charlotte Laws, author, actress
Charlotte Ross, actress
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill Clinton and Hilary Clinton
Cheryl Cole, singer of the Girls Aloud
Chia Collins, founder and COO of Lightlife Foods vegetarian products
Chris Evans, actor from Cellular and Fantastic Four
Chris Evert, American tennis legend
Chris Head, musician and guitarist of Anti-Flag
Chris No2, musician and bassist of Anti-Flag
Chris Pontius, actor on MTV
Chris Walla, guitarist of Death Cab for Cutie
Chrissie Hynde, rock singer, vegan
Christian Bale, actor
Christie Brinkley, model
Christina Applegate, actress
Christopher Amott, musician of Arch Enemy
Christopher Hills Dr., doctor who popularized microalgaes
Christy Turlington, supermodel
Cicely Tyson, actress
Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
Cindy Jackson, cosmetic surgery pioneer and author
Claudia Cardinale, Italian film star
Claudia Schiffer, supermodel
Clint Eastwood, actor and film director, vegan
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Coretta Scott King, activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., vegan
Corey Feldman, actor
Crispian Mills, rock musician
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Daniel Johns, musician of Silverchair, vegan
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Danny Garcia, professional skateboarder
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Deepak Chopra, author and doctor
Dennis Kucinich, politician, vegan
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Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist
Dick Lucas, musician of Subhumans
Diogenes, Greek philosopher
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Edward Furlong, actor
Edwin Moses, athlete
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Elvira Mistress of the Dark, actress
Emily Deschanel, actress, vegan
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Emmylou Harris, singer
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Frank Iero, musician of My Chemical Romance
Frank Marino, entertainer and drag queen
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Gregory Smith, Child Prodigy
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India Arie, singer and songwriter
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Jade Puget, guitarist of AFI
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Jamie Lee Curtis, actress
Jane Goodall, primatologist, educator, and animal rights advocate
Jane Wiedlin, musician of the Go-Go's
Jared Leto, actor and singer of 30 Seconds to Mars
Jay Kordich, aka the Juiceman raw foodist
JD Fortune, singer of INXS
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Jeff Beck, guitarist
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Jeremy Cunningham, musician and bassist of Levellers
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Joaquin Phoenix, actor, vegan
Joe Principe, musician of Rise Against
Joel, musician of Good Charlotte
John Abraham, actor Bollywood
John Cleese, British actor and comedian of Monty Python
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John Feldmann, musician of Goldfinger, vegan
John Lennon, Beatles singer and songwriter
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John Salley, NBA Champion
Johnny Cash, country musician
Johnny Marr, guitarist
Jon Anderson, musician of Yes
Jon Sevink, musician fiddle player of Levellers
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Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor
Jorja Fox, actress
Josh Hartnett, actor
Joss Stone, British musician
Jovanotti (Lorenzo Cherubini), Italian singer/rapper
Julianna Margulies, actress
Julie Christie, English actress
Kal Penn, actor
K D Lang, singer, vegan
Kate Bush, singer and songwriter
Kate Winslet, actress
Kathy Johnson, gymnast
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Kelly Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy Osbourne
Kenneth KB Charman, musician of Nonpoint
Kevin Nealon, comedian and actor, vegan
Killer Kowalski, professional wrestler
Kim Basinger, actress
Kirk Hammett, musician and guitarist of Metallica
Krist Novoselic, musician, bassist for Nirvana
Kirsten Johnson, actress
Kristen Bell, actress
KRS-One, musician Boogey Down Productions rapper
Kurt Halsey, artist, vegan
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Larry Hagman, actor
Larry Mullen Jr, musician of U2
LaToya Jackson, sister of Michael Jackson
Laura Nashman, musician
Lauren Bush, niece of George W. Bush
Leilani Munter, female race car driver
Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer and philosopher
Leonard Cohen, singer and songwriter
Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian painter and inventor, vegan
Leona Lewis, British Popstar, vegan
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Linda Carter, actress known as Wonder Woman
Linda McCartney, cookbook author and wife of Paul McCartney
Lindsay Wagner, actress
Lisa Bonet, actress
Lisa Edelstein, actress
Lisa Kudrow, actress
Lisa Simpson, fictional cartoon character
Lord Byron, writer
Lori Petty, actress, vegan
Louisa May Alcott, American writer
Louise Burns, musician of Lillix
Luke Cummo, contender in UFC Ultimate Fighter, vegan
Lynda Stoner, actress, animal rights activist, vegan
Ma'ari Abul Ala'a al, Arabian poet
Mac Danzig, athlete, vegan
Marc Lavoine, French singer
Marcus Patrick, actor
Marcus Schankenberg, supermodel
Margi Coleman, singer and producer
Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Italian actress
Marilu Henner, actress and author
Mark Millar, Scottish comic book writer
Mark Twain, renowned American writer
Martha Plimpton, actress
Martin Shaw, actor, vegan
Martina Navratilova, tennis player and legend, vegan
Marty Feldman, comedian of Life of Brian
Marv Levy, football coach
Mary Shelley, novelist
Mary Tyler Moore, actress
Matthew Scully, conservative political speechwriter and author
Melanie Griffith, actress
Melissa Etheridge, musician, singer and songwriter
Meredith Baxter, singer
Michael Amott, musician and guitarist of Arch Enemys
Michael Bolton, singer and songwriter
Michael Eisner, entertainment businessman and former Disney CEO
Michael Franks, jazz musician
Michael Jackson, singer and The King of Pop
Michael Guy Chislett, musician, of The Academy Is...
Michel Sardou, French singer
Mike Farrell, actor
Mike Gordon, musician and bass player of Phish
Milo Ventimiglia, actor
Mireille Darc, French singer and actress
Missy Higgins, Australian singer and songwriter
Moby, musician and co-author, vegan
Montserrat Caballe, Spainsh opera singer
Morrissey, singer, vegan
Mr.(Fred) Rogers, TV personality/host and educator
Mr. Spock, fictional TV character of Star Trek
Naomi Watts, actress
Nastassja Kinski, actress
Natalie Merchant, songwriter and singer of 10000 Maniacs
Natalie Portman, actress, vegan
Nathalie Baye, French actress
Nellie McKay, actress, singer and songwriter
Nelly, rap musician
Nick Rhodes, musician of Duran Duran
Nicole Lapin, Journalist, CNN Anchor, vegan
Nikola Tesla, physicist and inventor
Nina Hagen, German punk rock singer
Noah Wyle and his wife Tracy, actor
Nolwenn Leroy, French singer
Norman Walker, doctor and longest lived raw foodist
Ocean, Indie musician and singer, vegan
Oleg Cassini, designer
Oliver Stone, American film director
Olivia Newton John, Australian singer and songwriter
Omar Epps, actor
Omar Hakim, singer, writer. and drummer
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, musician of The Mars Volta, vegan
Orlando Bloom, actor
Orlando Jones, actor
Ornella Muti, Italian actress
Pamela Anderson, actress
Pamelyn Ferdin, actress and voice in Charlotte's Web, vegan
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Pat Neshek, professional baseball player, vegan
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Patrick Bauchau, actor
Patrick Flanagan, childhood genius and scientist
Patrick McDonnell, cartoonist and creator of Mutts
Paul McCartney, musician, singer and songwriter, Beatles guitarist
Paul Newman, actor and entreprenuer
Pauly Shore, comedian and actor
Percy Bysshe Shelley, writer
Persia White, singer and actress, vegan
Peter Gabriel, singer and songwriter
Peter Max, artist
Peter Sellers, actor and comedian
Petra Nemcova, model
Phil Lesh, musician and bass player of The Grateful Dead
Phil Ramone, record producer
Phylicia Rashad, actress
Pierce Brosnan, actor
Pink, American pop singer
PJ Harvey, musician, singer and songwriter
Plato, Greek philosopher and student of Socrates
Plutarch, Greek philosopher
Poly Styrene(Marion Elliot), musician of punk rock band X-ray Spex
Porphyry, Greek philosopher
Prince, musician, singer and songwriter
Prince Fielder, professional baseball player- info
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Quinn Allman, musician ot The Used, vegan
Rabindranath Tagore, Eastern Indian philosopher
Radha Mitchell, actress
Raffi, musician childrens tunes
Rainer Maria Rilke, writer
Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and poet
Ramana Maharshi, Indian Saint and Spirtual Master
Richard Gere, actor
Richard Thompson, musician and songwriter
Richie Havens, musician
Ricki Lake, TV personality and actress
Ricky Williams, professional football player
Rider Strong, actor
Rikki Rocket, musician and drummer of Poison, vegan
Ringo Starr, musician and drummer of Beatles
Rita Moreno, actress
River Phoenix, actor, vegan
Rivers Cuomo, singer of Weezer
Robert Redford, actor and film producer
Robin Gibb, musician of Bee Gees, vegan
Rosa Parks, civil rights activist
Ru Paul, entertainer, drag queen, and activist
Ruben Studdard, American Idol singer
Russel Simmons, music producer and co-founder Def Records, vegan
Russel Brand, actor
RZA, musician and producer of The Wu-Tang Clan
Sade Adu, singer
Sadie Frost, ex-wife of Jude Law (formerly vegetarian)
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Saint Francesco d'Assisi, Saint
Salim Stoudamire, athelete
Samantha Eggar, actress
Samuel L. Jackson, actor
Sandra Bernhardt, comedian and actress
Sant Kirpal Singh Ji, Indian Saint and mystic
Sarahbeth Purcell, author
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Scott Adams, cartoonist and creator of 'dilbert'
Scott Jurek, athlete, vegan
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Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, actor
Sean Conant, actor, vegan
Sean Lennon, musician and son of Yoko and John Lennon
Seba Johnson, Olympian, actress, and writer, vegan
Serenity, actress and porn star
Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere, Dr., founder of Universal Great Brotherhood
Serj Tankian, musician of System of a Down
Shane MacGowan, singer of The Pogues
Shane Sweet, actor, vegan
Shane Told, musician of Silverstein, vegan
Shania Twain, American country singer
Shannon Elizabeth, actress
Sinead O'Connor, Irish singer, vegan
Sir Isaac Newton, physicist
Sir Stafford Cripps, British statesman
Sky Valencia, model and founder of Vegan Vixens
Socrates, Greek philsopher
Sonya Fitzpatrick, aka the Pet Psychic
Sophie Monk, Australian singer and actress
Spike Milligan, comedian
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Spriritual leader
Stella McCartney, designer and daughter of Paul McCartney
Steve Bellamy, tennis coach and founder of The Tennis Channel
Steve Freund, Blues musician
Steve Howe, musician
Steve Kilbey, singer and lyricist of The Church, vegan
Steve Perry, musician
Steve Vai, musician
Stic.man, musician of Dead Prez , vegan
Sue Coe, New York City artist
Summer Phoenix, actress, vegan
Superman/Clark Kent, fictional superhero
Supreme Master Ching Hai, Spiritual leader, vegan
Susan St. James, actress
Susan B. Anthony, women's suffrage pinoeer
Suzanne Vega, singer and songwriter
Sydne Rome, actress
Taran Noah Smith, actor
Terry Geezer Butler, musician of Ozzy Osbourne Band, vegan
The Roots, all veg band
Thom Yorke, singer of Radiohead, vegan
Thomas Alva Edison, renowned inventor
Thora Birch, actress
Tim Butler, musician of Psychedelic Furs
Tim Commerford, musician of Rage Against the Machine, vegan
Tim McIlrath, musician of Rise Against, vegan
Tobey Maguire, actor
Todd Oldham, American fashion designer
Tom Lenk, TV actor of buffy vampire slayer villian
Tom Morello, activist and guitarist of Rage Against The Machine
Tom Scholz, musician and guitarist for Boston
Tony Gonzales, NFL Star, vegan
Tony LaRussa, baseball
Tony Levin, musician
Tracy Chapman, singer and songwriter
Travis Barker, muscian and drummer of Blink 182
Tyrone Willingham, football coach of Notre Dame
Uri Geller, actor and trick performer
Valerie Harper, actress
Valerie Kaprisky, actress
Vanessa A. Williams, actress and dancer, vegan
Vanna White, actress and TV personality
Venkatesh Prasad, Cricketer
Victoria Moran, author, vegan
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionist artist
Voltaire, French writer and philosopher
Wayne Static, singer of the metal group Static-X
Weird Al Yankovic, comedian and musician, vegan
Wendy Malick, actress of Just Shoot Me
Wendy O'Williams, singer of Plasmatics
Wendy Turner, artist
Willem Dafoe, actor
William Blake, writer
William Shatner, actor
William Clay Ford Jr., CEO of Ford Motor company
Wolfgang Peterson, director
Woody Harrelson, actor and environmental activist, vegan
Yasmin Le Bon, supermodel
Yoko Ono, artist and wife of Beatles John Lennon
Zach Blair, musician of Rise Against
Zearle, hip hop artist and poet
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Famous Vegetarians
Abdul Kalam Dr., President of India and Space Scientist
Abraham Lincoln, former President of the United States
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of ISKCON/Hare Krishna
Adam Ant, musician
Adam Carson, drummer of AFI
Adam Russell, bassist of Story of the Year, vegan
Adriana Karembeu, model
Adriano Celentano, singer
Ahmet Zappa, musician and actor
Alan Donohue, singer of British rock band The Rakes, vegan
Alan Ford, actor, British
Alanis Morissette, singer
Albert Schweitzer, theologian, philosopher, and physician
Alexandra Paul, actress and environmental activist
Alice Walker, poet and writer
Alicia Silverstone, actress, vegan
Alison Lohman, actress
Allen Ginsberg, poet
Ally Sheedy, actress
Alyssa Milano, actress, vegan
Amber Benson, actress
Amber Valetta, model and actress
Amitabh Bachchan, Indian celebrity superstar
Amy Ray, musician from Indigo Girls
Andre Tonelli, musician and instrumental guitarist, vegan
Andre 3000 Benjamin, musician from OutKast, vegan
Andrew G, actor, vegan
Andrew (Whitey) White, musician and guitarist of Kaiser Chiefs
Andy Dick, comedian and actor
Andy Hurley, musician and drummer of Fall Out Boy, vegan
Andy Serkis, actor
Angela Bassett, actress
Angie Everhart, model and actress
Anna Paquin, actress and Oscar winner of The Piano
Annalise Braakensiek, model
Anne Hathaway, actress
Anoushka Shankar, musician and sitar virtuoso, vegan
Anthony Grayling, writer and columnist
Anthony Perkins, actor
Ariana Huffington, writer and polictical activist
Aristotle, Greek philosopher
Ashley Judd, actress
Avril Lavigne, singer and musician
Axella Johannesson, folk musician
Barbara Bouchet, actress
Barry White, musician, vegan
Beatrice Wood, artist
Belinda Carlisle, singer of the Go-Go's
Benjamin Zephaniah, performance poet and author, vegan
Benji Madden, musician and guitarist of Good Charlotte
Berkeley Breathed, cartoonist
Bernadette Peters, actress
Bif Naked, punk rocker, vegan
Bill Goldberg, world champion pro wrestler
Bill Pearl, bodybuilder
Bill Walton, NBA All-Star basketball player
Billie Jean King, tennis player
Billie Joe Armstrong, musician and singer of Greenday
Billy Idol, musician
Billy Martin, rock musician of Good Charlotte
Bob Barker, US TV show host
Bobby Rock, musician and drummer
Bobcat Goldthwait, comedian actor
Bonnie Raitt, musician and singer
Boy George, singer
Brad Pitt, actor
Brandon Barnes, musician of Rise Against
Brandon Boyd, musician of rock band Incubus
Brandy, R&B artist and singer
Brendon Urie, lead singer of Panic! at the Disco
Brian Bell, musician of Weezer, vegan
Brian Fair, singer of Shadows Fall
Brian Greene, theoretical physicist, vegan
Brian May, musician ex-Queen
Brigitte Bardot, French actress
Brooke Shields, actress
Bryan Adams, singer and songwriter, vegan
Bryce Dallas Howard, actress
Buddha, Indian Saint and Spiritual Master
Candice Bergen, actress
Carmen Miranda, Brazilian bombshell
Carole Bouquet, French actress
Carrie Underwood, country singer
Carrie Anne Moss, actress in Matrix trilogy, vegan
Casey Affleck, actor, vegan
Casey Kasem, US radio host, vegan
Catherine Spaak, actress
Cathy Guisewaite, writer of the comic CATHY
Cedric Bixler-Zavala, singer of The Mars Volta, vegan
Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers union organizer
Chantal Coutier, makeup artist
Charles Darwin, renowned scientist
Charlie Heather, musician and drummer of Levellers
Charlie Watts, musician and drummer of Rolling Stones
Charlotte Bronte, novelist
Charlotte Laws, author, actress
Charlotte Ross, actress
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill Clinton and Hilary Clinton
Cheryl Cole, singer of the Girls Aloud
Chia Collins, founder and COO of Lightlife Foods vegetarian products
Chris Evans, actor from Cellular and Fantastic Four
Chris Evert, American tennis legend
Chris Head, musician and guitarist of Anti-Flag
Chris No2, musician and bassist of Anti-Flag
Chris Pontius, actor on MTV
Chris Walla, guitarist of Death Cab for Cutie
Chrissie Hynde, rock singer, vegan
Christian Bale, actor
Christie Brinkley, model
Christina Applegate, actress
Christopher Amott, musician of Arch Enemy
Christopher Hills Dr., doctor who popularized microalgaes
Christy Turlington, supermodel
Cicely Tyson, actress
Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
Cindy Jackson, cosmetic surgery pioneer and author
Claudia Cardinale, Italian film star
Claudia Schiffer, supermodel
Clint Eastwood, actor and film director, vegan
Clint Walker, actor
Coretta Scott King, activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., vegan
Corey Feldman, actor
Crispian Mills, rock musician
Dalip Singh Rana, aka "Great Khali", professional Indian wrestler
Daman Albarn, singer for Blur
Dan Piraro, cartoonist, vegan
Dana Daurey, actress
Daniel Johns, musician of Silverchair, vegan
Daniel Kessler, musician and guitarist of Interpol
Danny Garcia, professional skateboarder
Danny Nova, singer and songwriter, vegan
Darren Boyd, actor, vegan
Dario Argento, writer, vegan
Daryl Hannah, actress and environmental activist, vegan
Dave Gorman, Comedian
Davey Havok, singer of AFI, vegan
Dean Ornish MD, doctor and author of The Life Choice Diet
Deepak Chopra, author and doctor
Dennis Kucinich, politician, vegan
Dennis Weaver, TV actor
Diane Keaton, actress
Diane Warren, songwriter
Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist
Dick Lucas, musician of Subhumans
Diogenes, Greek philosopher
Dirk Bach, German actor and comedian
Dizzie Gillespie, famed jazz musician
Doctah B Sirius, music producer and natural health researcher
Doris Day, actress
Dustin Hoffman, actor
Dyan Canyon, actress
Ed Asner, actor and rights activist
Ed Begley Jr., actor and environmental activist, vegan
Ed Templeton, professional skateboarder
Eddie Jackson, musician of Queensryche
Eddie Lama, film maker
Eddie Vedder, singer and songwriter of Pearl Jam
Edward Furlong, actor
Edwin Moses, athlete
Elijah Wood, actor, vegan
Elizabeth Berkley, actress
Elvira Mistress of the Dark, actress
Emily Deschanel, actress, vegan
Emily Dickinson, writer and poet
Emmylou Harris, singer
Epicurus, Greek philosopher
Eric Johnson, guitarist
Eric Roberts, actor, vegan
Eric Stoltz, actor
Erykah Badu, R&B singer, vegan
Fat Mike, musician from NOFX
Fiona Apple, singer and songwriter, vegan
Forest Whitaker, actor
Forrest Kline, vocalist and guitarist for Hellogoodbye, vegan
Francis Lalanne, French singer
Frank Iero, musician of My Chemical Romance
Frank Marino, entertainer and drag queen
Franz Kafka, Jewish writer
Fred Mascherino, musician of Taking Back Sunday, vegan -info
Fred Schneider, musician of B-52's
Gabe Saporta, singer and lyricist of Cobra Starship, vegan
Gabrielle Miller, actress, vegan
Gandhi, Hindu spiritual leader
Gavin Rossdale, singer of BUSH
Geoff Rickly, singer of Thursday
Geoff Rowley, professional skateboarder, vegan
Geoffe Tate, singer of Queensryche
George Harrison, musician of the Beatles
George Bernard Shaw, writer
Gianni Morandi, Italian musician
Gillian Anderson, actress
Gina Lee Nolin, actress
Gloria Swanson, actress
Grace Slick, singer and songwriter, vegan
Grant Morrison, Scottish comic book writer
Greg Cipes, actor and musician, vegan
Greg German, actor
Gregory Smith, Child Prodigy
Gustave Flaubert, French novelist
H.G. Wells, English writer
Harriet Beecher Stowe, writer
Hayden Panettiere, actress
Hayley Mills, actress
Heather Mills, model, celebrity, and activist, vegan
Heather McAdams, author, cartoonist
Heather Small, singer, vegan
Helen and Scott Nearing, authors of The Good Life
Henry David Thoreau, poet and writer
Howard Lyman, former cattle rancher turned activist and author , vegan
Hunter Burgan, musician and bassist of AFI, vegan
Ian MacKaye, musician, vegan
Ian McKellan, British actor from Lord of the Rings
Immanuel Kant, philosopher
India Arie, singer and songwriter
Ingrid Newkirk, animal rights activist, vegan
Ira Glass, NPR's This American Life
Isa Chandra Moskowitz, punk rocker and vegan cookbook author , vegan
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize winner
Issa, musician from Good Clean Fun
Jade Puget, guitarist of AFI
James Cromwell, actor and animal rights advocate, vegan
Jamie Kennedy, comedian and actor
Jamie Lee Curtis, actress
Jane Goodall, primatologist, educator, and animal rights advocate
Jane Wiedlin, musician of the Go-Go's
Jared Leto, actor and singer of 30 Seconds to Mars
Jay Kordich, aka the Juiceman raw foodist
JD Fortune, singer of INXS
JD Salinger, American novelist
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher
Jeff Beck, guitarist
Jenna Jameson, porn actress
Jennifer Connelly, actress, vegan
Jenny Lewis, singer and composer for Rilo Kiley
Jenny Seagrove, actress
Jeph Howard, musician and bassist for The Used
Jeremy Cunningham, musician and bassist of Levellers
Jesus Christ, Christian saint and mystic
Jiddu Krishnamurti, spiritual teacher Eastern Indian
Joan Armatrading, singer
Joan Baez, American folk singer
Joan Jett, punk rock musician and singer
Joanne Rose, actor, vegan
Joaquin Phoenix, actor, vegan
Joe Principe, musician of Rise Against
Joel, musician of Good Charlotte
John Abraham, actor Bollywood
John Cleese, British actor and comedian of Monty Python
John Maxwell Coetzee, author/novelist
John Feldmann, musician of Goldfinger, vegan
John Lennon, Beatles singer and songwriter
John McDougall Dr., physician and author
John Melton, writer and politician
John Norris, MTV personality
John Peel, British DJ, vegan
John Robbins, activist and author, vegan
John Robb, musican and actor, vegan
John Tesh, TV personality/host
John Salley, NBA Champion
Johnny Cash, country musician
Johnny Marr, guitarist
Jon Anderson, musician of Yes
Jon Sevink, musician fiddle player of Levellers
Jonathan Richman, musician and singer, vegan
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor
Jorja Fox, actress
Josh Hartnett, actor
Joss Stone, British musician
Jovanotti (Lorenzo Cherubini), Italian singer/rapper
Julianna Margulies, actress
Julie Christie, English actress
Kal Penn, actor
K D Lang, singer, vegan
Kate Bush, singer and songwriter
Kate Winslet, actress
Kathy Johnson, gymnast
Keenan Ivory Wayans, actor and comedian
Kelly Osbourne, daughter of Ozzy Osbourne
Kenneth KB Charman, musician of Nonpoint
Kevin Nealon, comedian and actor, vegan
Killer Kowalski, professional wrestler
Kim Basinger, actress
Kirk Hammett, musician and guitarist of Metallica
Krist Novoselic, musician, bassist for Nirvana
Kirsten Johnson, actress
Kristen Bell, actress
KRS-One, musician Boogey Down Productions rapper
Kurt Halsey, artist, vegan
Kyle Vincent, singer and songwriter, vegan
Lady Bunny, entertainer and drag queen
Larry Hagman, actor
Larry Mullen Jr, musician of U2
LaToya Jackson, sister of Michael Jackson
Laura Nashman, musician
Lauren Bush, niece of George W. Bush
Leilani Munter, female race car driver
Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer and philosopher
Leonard Cohen, singer and songwriter
Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian painter and inventor, vegan
Leona Lewis, British Popstar, vegan
Linda Blair, actress, vegan
Linda Carter, actress known as Wonder Woman
Linda McCartney, cookbook author and wife of Paul McCartney
Lindsay Wagner, actress
Lisa Bonet, actress
Lisa Edelstein, actress
Lisa Kudrow, actress
Lisa Simpson, fictional cartoon character
Lord Byron, writer
Lori Petty, actress, vegan
Louisa May Alcott, American writer
Louise Burns, musician of Lillix
Luke Cummo, contender in UFC Ultimate Fighter, vegan
Lynda Stoner, actress, animal rights activist, vegan
Ma'ari Abul Ala'a al, Arabian poet
Mac Danzig, athlete, vegan
Marc Lavoine, French singer
Marcus Patrick, actor
Marcus Schankenberg, supermodel
Margi Coleman, singer and producer
Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Italian actress
Marilu Henner, actress and author
Mark Millar, Scottish comic book writer
Mark Twain, renowned American writer
Martha Plimpton, actress
Martin Shaw, actor, vegan
Martina Navratilova, tennis player and legend, vegan
Marty Feldman, comedian of Life of Brian
Marv Levy, football coach
Mary Shelley, novelist
Mary Tyler Moore, actress
Matthew Scully, conservative political speechwriter and author
Melanie Griffith, actress
Melissa Etheridge, musician, singer and songwriter
Meredith Baxter, singer
Michael Amott, musician and guitarist of Arch Enemys
Michael Bolton, singer and songwriter
Michael Eisner, entertainment businessman and former Disney CEO
Michael Franks, jazz musician
Michael Jackson, singer and The King of Pop
Michael Guy Chislett, musician, of The Academy Is...
Michel Sardou, French singer
Mike Farrell, actor
Mike Gordon, musician and bass player of Phish
Milo Ventimiglia, actor
Mireille Darc, French singer and actress
Missy Higgins, Australian singer and songwriter
Moby, musician and co-author, vegan
Montserrat Caballe, Spainsh opera singer
Morrissey, singer, vegan
Mr.(Fred) Rogers, TV personality/host and educator
Mr. Spock, fictional TV character of Star Trek
Naomi Watts, actress
Nastassja Kinski, actress
Natalie Merchant, songwriter and singer of 10000 Maniacs
Natalie Portman, actress, vegan
Nathalie Baye, French actress
Nellie McKay, actress, singer and songwriter
Nelly, rap musician
Nick Rhodes, musician of Duran Duran
Nicole Lapin, Journalist, CNN Anchor, vegan
Nikola Tesla, physicist and inventor
Nina Hagen, German punk rock singer
Noah Wyle and his wife Tracy, actor
Nolwenn Leroy, French singer
Norman Walker, doctor and longest lived raw foodist
Ocean, Indie musician and singer, vegan
Oleg Cassini, designer
Oliver Stone, American film director
Olivia Newton John, Australian singer and songwriter
Omar Epps, actor
Omar Hakim, singer, writer. and drummer
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, musician of The Mars Volta, vegan
Orlando Bloom, actor
Orlando Jones, actor
Ornella Muti, Italian actress
Pamela Anderson, actress
Pamelyn Ferdin, actress and voice in Charlotte's Web, vegan
Paramahansa Yogananda, spiritual teacher and yogi from East India
Pat Neshek, professional baseball player, vegan
Pat Thetic, musician and drummer of Anti-Flag, vegan
Patrick Bauchau, actor
Patrick Flanagan, childhood genius and scientist
Patrick McDonnell, cartoonist and creator of Mutts
Paul McCartney, musician, singer and songwriter, Beatles guitarist
Paul Newman, actor and entreprenuer
Pauly Shore, comedian and actor
Percy Bysshe Shelley, writer
Persia White, singer and actress, vegan
Peter Gabriel, singer and songwriter
Peter Max, artist
Peter Sellers, actor and comedian
Petra Nemcova, model
Phil Lesh, musician and bass player of The Grateful Dead
Phil Ramone, record producer
Phylicia Rashad, actress
Pierce Brosnan, actor
Pink, American pop singer
PJ Harvey, musician, singer and songwriter
Plato, Greek philosopher and student of Socrates
Plutarch, Greek philosopher
Poly Styrene(Marion Elliot), musician of punk rock band X-ray Spex
Porphyry, Greek philosopher
Prince, musician, singer and songwriter
Prince Fielder, professional baseball player- info
Propagandhi Band, political punk rock band ? all members, vegan
Pythagoras of Samos, Greek mathematician of Pythagorean Theorem
Quinn Allman, musician ot The Used, vegan
Rabindranath Tagore, Eastern Indian philosopher
Radha Mitchell, actress
Raffi, musician childrens tunes
Rainer Maria Rilke, writer
Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and poet
Ramana Maharshi, Indian Saint and Spirtual Master
Richard Gere, actor
Richard Thompson, musician and songwriter
Richie Havens, musician
Ricki Lake, TV personality and actress
Ricky Williams, professional football player
Rider Strong, actor
Rikki Rocket, musician and drummer of Poison, vegan
Ringo Starr, musician and drummer of Beatles
Rita Moreno, actress
River Phoenix, actor, vegan
Rivers Cuomo, singer of Weezer
Robert Redford, actor and film producer
Robin Gibb, musician of Bee Gees, vegan
Rosa Parks, civil rights activist
Ru Paul, entertainer, drag queen, and activist
Ruben Studdard, American Idol singer
Russel Simmons, music producer and co-founder Def Records, vegan
Russel Brand, actor
RZA, musician and producer of The Wu-Tang Clan
Sade Adu, singer
Sadie Frost, ex-wife of Jude Law (formerly vegetarian)
Saint Angela Merici Saint
Saint David, Christian Welsh Saint, vegan
Saint Francesco d'Assisi, Saint
Salim Stoudamire, athelete
Samantha Eggar, actress
Samuel L. Jackson, actor
Sandra Bernhardt, comedian and actress
Sant Kirpal Singh Ji, Indian Saint and mystic
Sarahbeth Purcell, author
Sarah Connor, fictional character from Terminator film
Scott Adams, cartoonist and creator of 'dilbert'
Scott Jurek, athlete, vegan
Seal, singer and songwriter
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, actor
Sean Conant, actor, vegan
Sean Lennon, musician and son of Yoko and John Lennon
Seba Johnson, Olympian, actress, and writer, vegan
Serenity, actress and porn star
Serge Raynaud de la Ferriere, Dr., founder of Universal Great Brotherhood
Serj Tankian, musician of System of a Down
Shane MacGowan, singer of The Pogues
Shane Sweet, actor, vegan
Shane Told, musician of Silverstein, vegan
Shania Twain, American country singer
Shannon Elizabeth, actress
Sinead O'Connor, Irish singer, vegan
Sir Isaac Newton, physicist
Sir Stafford Cripps, British statesman
Sky Valencia, model and founder of Vegan Vixens
Socrates, Greek philsopher
Sonya Fitzpatrick, aka the Pet Psychic
Sophie Monk, Australian singer and actress
Spike Milligan, comedian
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Spriritual leader
Stella McCartney, designer and daughter of Paul McCartney
Steve Bellamy, tennis coach and founder of The Tennis Channel
Steve Freund, Blues musician
Steve Howe, musician
Steve Kilbey, singer and lyricist of The Church, vegan
Steve Perry, musician
Steve Vai, musician
Stic.man, musician of Dead Prez , vegan
Sue Coe, New York City artist
Summer Phoenix, actress, vegan
Superman/Clark Kent, fictional superhero
Supreme Master Ching Hai, Spiritual leader, vegan
Susan St. James, actress
Susan B. Anthony, women's suffrage pinoeer
Suzanne Vega, singer and songwriter
Sydne Rome, actress
Taran Noah Smith, actor
Terry Geezer Butler, musician of Ozzy Osbourne Band, vegan
The Roots, all veg band
Thom Yorke, singer of Radiohead, vegan
Thomas Alva Edison, renowned inventor
Thora Birch, actress
Tim Butler, musician of Psychedelic Furs
Tim Commerford, musician of Rage Against the Machine, vegan
Tim McIlrath, musician of Rise Against, vegan
Tobey Maguire, actor
Todd Oldham, American fashion designer
Tom Lenk, TV actor of buffy vampire slayer villian
Tom Morello, activist and guitarist of Rage Against The Machine
Tom Scholz, musician and guitarist for Boston
Tony Gonzales, NFL Star, vegan
Tony LaRussa, baseball
Tony Levin, musician
Tracy Chapman, singer and songwriter
Travis Barker, muscian and drummer of Blink 182
Tyrone Willingham, football coach of Notre Dame
Uri Geller, actor and trick performer
Valerie Harper, actress
Valerie Kaprisky, actress
Vanessa A. Williams, actress and dancer, vegan
Vanna White, actress and TV personality
Venkatesh Prasad, Cricketer
Victoria Moran, author, vegan
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionist artist
Voltaire, French writer and philosopher
Wayne Static, singer of the metal group Static-X
Weird Al Yankovic, comedian and musician, vegan
Wendy Malick, actress of Just Shoot Me
Wendy O'Williams, singer of Plasmatics
Wendy Turner, artist
Willem Dafoe, actor
William Blake, writer
William Shatner, actor
William Clay Ford Jr., CEO of Ford Motor company
Wolfgang Peterson, director
Woody Harrelson, actor and environmental activist, vegan
Yasmin Le Bon, supermodel
Yoko Ono, artist and wife of Beatles John Lennon
Zach Blair, musician of Rise Against
Zearle, hip hop artist and poet
. . .
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A religion which requires vulnerable defenceless beings to be slaughtered has to be considered a violent and primitive one. There is no personal sacrifice in these barbarous acts. In murdering an innocent and calling it sacrifice. We are not living in the dark ages, in ignorant superstitious times. Non violence is the only way for peace and progressive compassionate living and refusing to harm any being, human or otherwise is a beautiful evolutionary step forward. I applaud and support the monks of Palitana.
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