Singhai is a hereditary title awarded in the past to leaders of the Jain Sangha .

Among the Digambara

Digambara

Digambara "sky-clad" is one of the two main sects of Jainism. "Sky-clad" has many different meaning and associations throughout Indian religions. Many representations of deities within these traditions are depicted as sky-clad, e.g. Samantabhadra/Samantabhadrī in Yab-Yum...

 Jains the title is awarded for building a Jain temple with formal installation (Panch-kalyanak Pratishtha

Panch-kalyanak Pratishtha

Panch-kalyanak Pratishtha is a traditional Jain ceremony that consecrates one or more Jain Tirthankara pratimas.The five kalyanakas are the five major events associated with a tirthankara.# Garbh...

) of Tirthankara images with festivities, often accompanied with a gaja-ratha. Among the Shvetambar Jains it is awarded for conducting a mass pilgrimage to major tirtha

Tirtha

In Jainism, a tīrtha |ford]], a shallow part of a body of water that may be easily crossed") is used to refer both to pilgrimage sites as well as to the four sections of the sangha...

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