In two separate events in Juhu and Bhiwandi, four young women, all under the age of 21, from the community renounced the worldly desires and embraced monkhood to lead a spiritual life. The Jain ...

The instances of bal diksha (children taking diksha) is not much prevalent since sub-communities like the Terapanth and Sthanakvasi do not allow teenagers under 18 years of age take diksha. The Jain ...

Jain Devotees: Gujarat’s Ahmedabad witnessed a record in-making on Sunday, April 21 as the Jain community in the city held a landmark Diksha ceremony that drew a large number of devotees. “This is the ...

30-year-old Sweety, wife of a businessman named Manish from Karnataka, and their 11-year-old son Hridhan became Jain monks. The two now reside in Surat. In the Jain community, it is taken in high ...

Mohali: Governor of Punjab and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria on Thursday participated in a Jain Bhagwati Diksha ceremony held at Mubarakpur in Derabassi. Punjab chief minister was also present ...

Keli, the younger daughter of Punyapal and Aastha Punamiya, will accept diksha at a grand ceremony on December 1. A 13-year-old Jain girl from Dahanu represents the fourth generation in her family to ...

Ahmedabad: On April 22, Jain sadhu Acharya Vijay Yogtilaksuri will confer diksha upon 35 members of the Jain community, ranging in age from 11 to 56 years. This includes four married couples and one ...

Until last week, eight-year-old Devanshi Sanghvi stood to inherit a vast fortune from her family. The Indian diamond heiress relinquished those prospects when she was initiated as a nun of the strict ...

A video is gaining traction on social media where a man is seen attending a ceremony at his son's school, surprising him. Khushi Shah scored 97 per cent in class 6 and left school in November last ...

Jain community groups have offered to educate and take care of Shubham Jain, the 9-year-old boy rescued last Saturday by police before he could be ordained as a monk, till he turns 18. However, they ...

The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) has asked the local police to produce 16-year-old Bhavin Arunkumar Shah, who took diksha last month, before them on December 19. The CWC wants to ask him certain ...

An 8-year-old girl meant to inherit a $61 million business abandoned her fortune to become a nun. Devanshi Sanghvi was initiated to monkhood under the Jain faith in an extravagant ceremony. An ...