Barnagar (Madhya Pradesh): Barnagar’s Jain community on Thursday took out a procession of eight young men, who are scheduled to take Diksha under the guidance of Acharya Vishuddha Sagar Maharaj in ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Jain couple in Gujarat has given away around ₹200 crore, to adopt monkhood. In February, a businessman Bhavesh Bhandari and his wife gave away all of their possessions in a formal ceremony. They ...

After serving Reliance Industries in various positions, Prakash Shah decided to follow the Jain ritual of renunciation. Last week, Prakash and his wife Naina Shah took 'diksha' on the auspicious ...