Acharya Tulsi Birth Centenary

Official commemorative coin set issued by the India Government Mint (SPMCIL). Shri Acharya Tulsi was born on 20th October 1914 at Ladnun, Rajasthan. At the age of eleven i.e. on 5th December, 1925, Shri Acharya Tulsi renounced all the comforts and temptations of a householder’s life and got initiated by Acharya Kalugani at Ladnun. Acharya Kalugani proclaimed Shri Acharya Tulsi as his successor. Acharya Tulsi thus became Ninth Acharya of the Jain Terapanth Sect at Gangapur, Rajasthan on 26th August 1936. Anuvrat movements, De-addiction Campaign, Preksha Meditation are few of Shri Acharya Tulsi’s efforts for social reforms and the benefit of mankind. Considering the accomplishments Shri Acharya Tulsi was rewarded with several National Awards, amongst them “The Indira Gandhi Award” for National Integration being a prominent one. Shri Acharya Tulsi has made good number of records on his tour of almost the whole of India, that too on foot. The numbers display that the kilometers travelled by him is approximately 1,00,000 kms. Utilizing a vast portion of lifetime in journeys, Shri Acharya Tulsi still took out time to write over a hundred books on different subjects and in different languages. Being a courageous traveller of the path of truth, Shri Acharya Tulsi whole heartedly embraced the inevitable prospect of death on 23rd June, 1997 at Gangashahar, Rajasthan. DENOMINATION OF THE COIN SHAPE, DIAMETER & No. OF SERRATION WEIGHT METAL COMPOSITION TWENTY RUPEES 1. CIRCULAR 2. DIAMETER – 44mm 3. SERRATIONS – 200 35.00 gms Quaternary Alloy Silver- 50 %, Copper – 40 %, Nickel- 05 % and Zinc- 05 % FIVE RUPEES 1. CIRCUALR 2. DIAMETER – 23mm 3. SERRATIONS – 100 6.00 gms Nickel Brass Copper – 75%, Zinc – 20% and Nickel – 5%