Celebrating the 2013 YJA Tapasvis

Young Jains of America (YJA)
3 min readOct 1, 2013

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We hope everyone had a great Paryushan and Das Lakshan season and is in good sata. YJA would like to recognize all of our youth who have completed a fast this Paryushan and Das Lakshan. Congratulations to all of our tapasvis!

Attai Count

Anika Jain, Gaithersburgh, MA, 19, completed an Attai

Ami Khethani, Lawrenceville, NJ, 28, completed an Atthai

Chirag Shah, New York, NY, 29. completed an Attai

Foram Shah, Ashburn, VA, 16, completed an Attai

Janki Shah, North Brunswick, NJ, 27, completed an Attai

Krupa Shah, Panama City, FL, 17, completed an Attai

Kuleen Shah, Tampa, FL, 26, completed an Atthai

Riddhi Choksy, Dayton, OH, 16, completed an Attai

Sagar Khona, Syosset, NY, 20, completed an Attai

Samrita Varde, West Bloomfield, MI, 24, completed an Attai

Shailja Shah, Edison, NJ, 16, completed an Atthai

Upvas Count

Abhishek Bafna, Ann Arbor, MI, 23, completed 1 Upvas

Ajay Dagli, Troy, MI, 28, completed 2 Upvas

Alec Shah, Huntington, NY, 18, completed 4 Upvas

Amit Shah, Orland Park, IL, 25, completed 3 Upvas

Ankur Jain, Los Angeles, CA, 28, completed 1 Upvas

Apurvi Mehta, East Meadow, NY, 27, completed 1 Upvas

Archana Singavi, Chicago, IL, 25, completed 1 Upvas

Arpit Mehta, Miami, FL, 27, completed 1 Upvas

Keya Pasad, Owensboro, KY, 19, completed 4 Upvas

Kunal Dagli, Morganville, NJ, 29, completed 3 Upvas

Kushal Doshi, Morganville, NJ, 24, completed 4 Upvas

Naman Barmecha, Irvine, CA, 28, completed 2 Upvas

Nemish Dalal, Weehawken, NJ, 29, completed 3 Upvas

Nikhil Bumb, New Haven, 25, completed 2 Upvas

Nipun Chheda, Toronto, ON, 15, completed 1 Upvas

Paarth Shah, Horseheads, NY, 19, completed 2 Upvas

Paras Doshi, Morganville, NJ, 27, completed 1 Upvas

Pinita Shah, Los Angeles, CA, 29, completed 5 Upvas

Pooja Shah, Charlotte, NC, 20, completed 1 Upvas

Poojan Mehta, Raleigh, NC, 16, completed 2 Upvas

Priyam Turkhia, Sharon, MA, 20, completed 4 Upvas

Priyanka Shah, Warminster, PA, 27, completed 2 Upvas

Purvi Shah, Hartford, CT, 22, completed 1 Upvas

Raj Jhaveri, New York, NY, 29, completed 2 Upvas

Rakhee Jain, Gaithersburg, MD, 19, completed 3 Upvas

Sanin Mody, Austin, TX, 28, completed 1 Upvas

Sonia Ghelani, Dallas, TX, 26, completed 1 Upvas

Shikha Shah, Rutherfod, NJ, 16, completed 1 Upvas

Tanay Kothari, Fremont, CA, 20, completed 1 Upvas

Toral Shah, Houston, TX, 22, completed 16 Upvas

Trishla Parakh, Baton Rouge, LA, 21, completed 1 Upvas

Utsav Gandhi, Chicago, IL, 20, completed 4 Upvas

Vishruti Shah, Boston, MA, 16, completed 3 Upvas

Ekashnu Count

Abhishek Bafna, Ann Arbor, MI, 23, completed 3 Ekashnu

Ajay Dagli, Troy, MI, 28, completed 5 Ekashnu

Amit Shah, Orland Park, IL, 25, completed 5 Ekashnu

Apurvi Mehta, East Meadow, NY, 27, completed 3 Ekashnu

Bonita Parikh, Houston, TX, 23, completed 3 Ekashnu

Keya Pasad, Owensboro, KY, 19, completed 1 Ekashnu

Neha Vora, Owensboro, KY, 20, completed 1 Ekashnu

Pinita Shah, Los Angeles, CA, 29, completed 1 Ekashnu

Pooja Shah, Charlotte, NC, 20, completed 6 Ekashnu

Purvi Shah, Hartford, CT, 22, completed 1 Ekashnu

Raj Jhaveri, New York, NY, 29, completed 6 Ekashnu

Rakhee Jain, Gaithersburg, MD, 19, completed 1 Ekashnu

Roma Parikh, Marietta, GA, 17, completed 1 Ekashnu

Shikha Shah, Rutherford, NJ, 16, completed 7 Ekashnu

Sonia Ghelani, Dallas, TX, 26, completed 6 Ekashnu

Trishla Parakh, Baton Rouge, 21, completed 1 Ekashnu

Vishwa Shah, Tampa, FL, 15, completed 1 Ekashnu

Beshnu Count

Apurvi Mehta, East Meadow, NY, 27, completed 2 Beshnu

Arpit Mehta, Miami, FL, 27, completed 1 Beshnu

Bonita Parikh, Houston, TX, 23, completed 2 Beshnu

Keya Pasad, Owensboro, KY, 19, completed 2 Beshnu

Paras Doshi, Morganville, NJ, 27, completed 1 Beshnu

Rakhee Jain, Gaithersburg, MD, 19. completed 1 Beshnu

Vishwa Shah, Tampa, FL, 15, completed 4 Beshnu

Comment below and share your Paryushan/Das Lakshan experience with us!

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Young Jains of America (YJA)

YJA is an internationally recognized Jain youth organization built to establish a network for and among youth to share Jain heritage and values. http://yja.org