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{{Short description|Jain acharya}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Spiritual Sovereign(Gachhadhipati) Yugbhushan Suri
| birth_date = {{birth date|1957|10|26|df=y}}
| image = Jainacharya_Yugbhushan_Suri_2.jpg
| caption = Spiritual Sovereign(Gachhadhipati) Yugbhushan Suri
| religion = [[Jainism]]
| sect = [[Śvētāmbara]]
| birth_place =
| birth_name = Naveen Khimji Mota
| title = Pandit Maharaj Saheb <ref name="Shaikh">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hellomumbainews.com/current-news/achayra-guru-yugbhushan-suri-ji-maharaj-pandit-maharaj-tweeted-on-foreign-policy/|title=Achayra Guru Yugbhushan Suri ji Maharaj (Pandit Maharaj) Tweeted on Foreign Policy|last=Shaikh|first=Aleem|website=Hello Mumbai News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>
}}

'''Yugbhushan Suri''', known to his followers as '''Jainacharya Yugbhushan Surishwarji'''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Remembering-the-scholar/articleshow/5301822.cms|title=Muniraj: Remembering the scholar {{!}} Ahmedabad News|newspaper=The Times of India|date=5 December 2009|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref name="livemint">{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/lQ6a1mlkovLV2BQ1SDswDK/Meet-the-millennial-monks.html|title=Meet the millennial Jain monks|date=2018-02-24|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes">{{Cite news|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/cover-story/Monks-who-gave-up-their-Ferraris/articleshow/35649479.cms|title=Monks who gave up their Ferraris|date=7 April 2014|newspaper=Ahmedabad Mirror|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref name="Shaikh">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hellomumbainews.com/current-news/achayra-guru-yugbhushan-suri-ji-maharaj-pandit-maharaj-tweeted-on-foreign-policy/|title=Achayra Guru Yugbhushan Suri ji Maharaj (Pandit Maharaj) Tweeted on Foreign Policy|last=Shaikh|first=Aleem|website=Hello Mumbai News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>(26 October 1957) born as '''Naveen Khimji Mota''' is a [[Acharya (Jainism)|Jain acharya]] of [[Śvētāmbara|Shwetamber]] tradition.

He holds, along with 31 other monks, the highest rank in Jaina order and as the heir of [[Tirthankara]] [[Mahavira|Mahavir Swami]] he is the 79th successor<ref>{{Cite web|title=Celebrations and felicitation on 1st anniversary of coronation of His Holiness Yugbhushan Suriji Maharaj as Spiritual Sovereign "GACHHADHIPATI" at Mumbai {{!}} Daily Herald|url=http://finance.dailyherald.com/dailyherald/news/read/41015804/|access-date=2021-02-25|website=finance.dailyherald.com}}</ref> in the lineage of [[Ganadhara]] [[Sudharmaswami|Sudharma Swami]] after his coronation as Gachhadhipati of [[Muni Mohjit Vijayji]] Samuday on 4 February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jainacharya Yugbhushan Suri's coronation as Gachhadhipati|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/business/jainacharya-yugbhushan-suris-coronation-as-gachhadhipati20200206164719/|access-date=2021-02-25|website=ANI News|language=en}}</ref>

On 21 February 2021 celebration and felicitation function was held at Mumbai upon his 1st anniversary of coronation as Spiritual Sovereign<ref>{{Cite web|title=Celebrations and felicitation on 1st anniversary of coronation of His Holiness Yugbhushan Suriji Maharaj as Spiritual Sovereign "GACHHADHIPATI" at Mumbai {{!}} Phoenix Arizona Business News - Phoenix Real Estate News - Consumer News - azcentral.com|url=http://finance.azcentral.com/azcentral/news/read/41015804/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=finance.azcentral.com}}</ref> also known as Gachhadhipati amongst Jain followers.<ref name="indiatimes2">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/jain-monk-to-be-anointed-gacchadhipati/articleshow/73575638.cms|title=Jain monk to be anointed 'Gacchadhipati' {{pipe}} Mumbai News|website=The Times of India|date=2020-01-24|accessdate=2021-02-27}}</ref>

== Early life ==
He is a disciple of [[Ramchandrasuri|Acharya Ramchandrasuri]] and was initiated into monkhood on 29 April 1979 along with his elder brother [[Muni Mohjit Vijayji]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Jain|first=Palash Pinu|title=English: He was widely acclaimed as "powerhouse of knowledge" by Times of India|date=2016-11-17|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mohjit_MS_Times_Of_India_2000-_Powerhouse_of_knowledge.jpg|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>

He was appointed to [[Acharya (Jainism)|Acharya]] position, one of the top positions in Jain community at [[Deolali|Devlali]] on 23 April 2008. He is a Jain spiritual leader and guru to young disciples who were successful, educated professionals. They include [[Harvard University|Harvard]] scholar, [[IITian]]s,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/iitian-gives-up-cushy-job-family-for-diksha/articleshow/62515420.cms|title=IITian gives up cushy job, family for diksha {{!}} Mumbai News|date=16 January 2018|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> [[Chartered accountant|CAs]]<ref name="indiatimes"/> and big corporate frontliners <ref>{{Cite web|last1=Yagnik|first1=Bharat|last2=Apr 28|first2=Maulik Pathak / TNN / Updated|last3=2021|last4=Ist|first4=12:08|title=From corporate frontliner to Jain ascetic {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/from-corporate-frontliner-to-jain-ascetic/articleshow/82280850.cms|access-date=2021-05-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> who now hold no bank accounts, and never deal with money.<ref name="livemint"/>

== Career ==
Yugbhushan Suri leads Jyot,<ref name="livemint"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jyot.gitarthganga.com/|title=The Best of Knowledge|last=Solutions|first=Abmiro|website=Jyot|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/exhibition-on-jain-philosophy-in-octoberend/503696/|title=Exhibition on Jain philosophy in October-end - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> an organization spreading Jainism. He gave the concept to Jyot for films like ''Chal Man Jeetva Jaiye'',<ref>{{Citation|title=Chal Man Jeetva Jaiye|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8185004/|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> an urban Gujarati morality drama,<ref name="livemint"/> and ''Ek Cheez Milegi Wonderful'',<ref>{{Citation|title=Ek Cheez Milegi Wonderful|url=http://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi3484660249|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Ek Cheez Milegi Wonderful Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos {{!}} eTimes|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/ek-cheez-milegi-wonderful/movieshow/61256119.cms|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref> a scientific and philosophical movie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ekcheez.gitarthganga.com/about-movie.html|title=EK Cheeze Milegi Wonderful - JYOT|website=ekcheez.gitarthganga.com|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/city-celebrates-mahavir-jayanti/articleshow/58099178.cms|title=Mahavir Jayanti: Ahmedabad celebrates Mahavir Jayanti {{!}} Ahmedabad News|date=10 April 2017|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>

[[File:Jainacharya Yugbhushan Surishwarji.jpg|thumb|Jainacharya Yugbhushan Surishwarji during [[Shikharji Movement|Save Shikharji Movement]]]]
Yugbhushan Suri led the [[Shikharji Movement]], 2018 against [[Government of Jharkhand|Jharkhand government]]'s project related to the development of commercial infrastructure on the hill of [[Shikharji]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/jains-protest-plan-to-convert-sacred-hill-into-tourist-centre/articleshow/66200246.cms|title=Jains protest plan to convert sacred hill into tourist centre {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India|date=14 October 2018|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/women-should-not-enter-sabarimala-jain-acharya-pandit-maharaj-1370232-2018-10-18|title=Women should not enter Sabarimala: Jain acharya Pandit Maharaj|first=Pankaj P.|last=Khelkar|date=18 October 2018|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jyot.gitarthganga.com/save-religion-page|title=Save Religion|last=Solutions|first=Abmiro|website=Jyot|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/node/1321717v|title=dna|date=2009-12-09|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.narendramodi.in/ma/solution-to-global-warming-lies-in-indian-scriptures-cm-3438|title=Solution to global warming lies in Indian scriptures: CM|website=www.narendramodi.in|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>
Jain Acharya's open letter to CJI elaborately juxtaposes the position of Indian religions vis-a-vis western religions showing his deep concern for pride of Indian religions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parekh |first1=Priyanka |title=Open Letter to CJI |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/jainacharya-urges-cji-over-tapering-religious-rights/1714297}}</ref>

He also urges to get particular definition on religious rights as right to privacy, equality and freedom of speech and expression had been significantly expanded.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parekh |first1=Priyanka |title=Pandit M.S Appeal to CJI for Religious Reconsideration |url=https://react.etvbharat.com/english/national/bharat/bharat-news/jainacharya-writes-letter-to-cji-cites-diminishing-religious-rights/na20200122135150570}}</ref>

== References ==
<ref>{{cite news |title=Jain Acharya's open letter to CJI on demands to reiterate religious rights and it's fundamentals. |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/jainacharya-urges-cji-over-tapering-religious-rights/1714297}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=He also urges to get particular definition on religious rights as right to privacy, equality and freedom of speech and expression had been significantly expanded. |url=https://jyot.in/themes/ketikidis-clear/assets/doc/open-letter-cji-jainacharya-yugbhushansuri.pdf}}</ref>
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