Yugbhushan Suri


Yugbhushan Suri, known to his followers as Jainacharya Yugbhushan Surishwarji born as Naveen Khimji Mota is a Jain acharya of Shwetamber tradition.

Early life

He is a disciple of Acharya Ramchandrasuri and was initiated into monkhood on 29 April 1979 along with his elder brother Muni Mohjit Vijayji.

Career

Yugbhushan Suri leads Jyot, an organization spreading Jainism. He gave the concept to Jyot for films like Chal Man Jeetva Jaiye, an urban Gujarati morality drama, and Ek Cheez Milegi Wonderful, a scientific and philosophical movie. He was appointed to Acharya position, one of the top positions in Jain community at Devlali on 23 April 2008. He is a Jain spiritual leader and guru to young disciples who were successful, educated professionals. They include Harvard scholar, IITians and CAs who now hold no bank accounts, and never deal with money.
In 2017, under the guidance of Yugbhushan Suri, a 50-foot tall 3D image projection of Jain Lord Mahavira emerging from Sabarmati River was organised on the evening of birth anniversary of Mahavira Swami.
Yugbhushan led the Shikharji Movement, 2018 against Jharkhand government's project related to the development of commercial infrastructure on the hill of Shikharji. The hill is considered sacred by all Jain sects. He is concerned about government's effects on all religions and often supports agitations based on the sanctity of religious places.