A successful diamond merchant in Surat and his wife have decided to follow their two children and become monks, renouncing their wealth and material possessions. Dipesh Shah and Pika Shah s decision comes after their 12-year-old son adopted monkhood five years ago.
Surat: Five years ago, monk Bhagyaratna Vijayji, then as 12-year-old Bhavya Shah, sent ripples across the community when he rode a Ferrari to take an .
A former monk, Phra Ajarn Khom Abhivaro, has been arrested along with two others on charges of embezzling 180 million baht from Wat Pha Dhammakiri, where the monk was based, in Nakhon Ratchasima.