Virchand Gandhi, who attended the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, as a representative of Jainism, captivated the audience of over 3,000 delegates. He got tax exemption on pilgrims visiting Palitana by his legal skills. By his efforts, the pig slaughter house near Shikarji, was closed. As an act of Jivdaya, he sent INR 40,000 and a shipload of food grains from the US to India during the worst famine of

1896-97, but he is forgotten. His work is still preserved in the archives of world religions.