Source: The Boston Globe
On June 8, 2002 The Boston Globe reported that "this weekend the Jain Center of Greater Boston will welcome hundreds [of] people to celebrate Pratistha Mahotsava, the ceremonial consecration and installation of two marble statues at the Cedar Street temple [in Norwood, MA] they have occupied since 1981. A variety of public cultural events are set for this weekend, including a vegetarian dinner and dance performances and speakers at Sharon High School... The center has grown not through evangelism, but immigration. The group was established in 1973... [and] they were the first Jain adherents to organize in the United States. As more Jain Indians... flocked to Boston for graduate school or high-tech jobs, the membership in the temple grew to number in the hundreds, drawing followers from across New England... Members say they will probably need a larger temple in the next few years... Even as the group maintains its ties to India through ancient religious ceremonies and cultural events, it has recognized the United States as a place of new beginnings. Some Jains across the country share temples with Hindus. But in Norwood... two sects of Jainism, Swetambaras and Digambaras, are united as one... For years the group has celebrated its holidays and performed offerings with metal statues. The new ones... are of white marble carved in India."