19th century congregational chapel was converted during the 1980's to a centre for devotees of Jainism, an ancient religion that teaches love to all living creatures. The building contains important examples of traditional Indian architecture unp…
Changing Pasts
Jain Centre
Chapel to Temple
What we know today Samuel Leicester's Jain Centre started life in 1863 as a Congregational Chapel (an Independent church). This area around Oxford Street was developed from the mid-19th Century and, a…