The minor girl s diksha or vow of renunciation marks her initiation into the ascetic life. The ceremony began last Saturday. She will now shun all the material comforts and luxury, which her family of diamond merchants could have provided her. Devanshi Sanghvi, Nine-Year-Old Daughter of Surat-Based Diamond Merchant, Embraces Jain Monkhood in Gujarat, Gives Up Luxurious Life.
Devanshi was inclined towards spiritual life since a very young age and had even walked about 700 km with other monks and embraced their life before formally being initiated into monkhood, a family friend said.