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 ...

‘Deeksha’ or ‘Diksha’ is a holy Jain practice which marks the ascetic journey of a person following the Jain religion. Deeksha is what marks the initiation of an individual into a monastic life, post ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jain Community to distribute sweets to around 40,000 government employees working in the city ahead of Diksha Surat: As many as 75 people including 32 from Surat will renounce the worldly pleasures to ...

A business mogul with an Rs600-crore empire has given up his entire worldly possessions and embraced the austere life of a monk. In a historic Diksha Samaroh — a religious ceremony to embrace Jain ...

An Instagram user shared a heartfelt video as his 65-year-old man father took Jain Diksha, leaving worldly life behind. An Instagram user has captured the life altering moment of his father embracing ...

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 ...

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 ...