Mumbai Jain Monk

A 59-year-old Mumbai-based diamond merchant, Yatrik Zaveri, took diksha on Sunday, to become a Jain monk. Diksha is the initiation ceremony in Jainism. Mr Yatrik is a partner in one of India's oldest diamond firms in Mumbai, Motilal Dahyabhai Zaveri & Sons.

A 24-year-old chartered accountant belonging to an affluent Jain family has embraced monkhood today. In the process, he has given up on his career and a family business worth over Rs 100 crores.

A hush seems to have fallen over Borivli's Chikoo Wadi as a four-day mammoth festival - Vijay Prasthan Utsav that literally means 'path to victory' - ended yesterday. Locals saw thousands of visitors throng the neighbourhood for the Jain spiritual festival. It featured 16 young men and women taking 'diksha', where they renounced the material world,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released the 300th book written by a Jain monk, at an event in Mumbai, through live video link.

A 59-year-old Mumbai-based diamond merchant, Yatrik Zaveri, took diksha on Sunday, to become a Jain monk. Diksha is the initiation ceremony in Jainism. Mr Yatrik is a partner in one of India's oldest diamond firms in Mumbai, Motilal Dahyabhai Zaveri & Sons.

A 24-year-old chartered accountant belonging to an affluent Jain family has embraced monkhood today. In the process, he has given up on his career and a family business worth over Rs 100 crores.

A hush seems to have fallen over Borivli's Chikoo Wadi as a four-day mammoth festival - Vijay Prasthan Utsav that literally means 'path to victory' - ended yesterday. Locals saw thousands of visitors throng the neighbourhood for the Jain spiritual festival. It featured 16 young men and women taking 'diksha', where they renounced the material world,...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released the 300th book written by a Jain monk, at an event in Mumbai, through live video link.