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Renowned Jain seer Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj breathed his last on Sunday at Chandragiri Teerth in Dongargarh in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district after undertaking ‘sallekhna’.
Sallekhna is a Jain religious practice involving voluntary fasting unto death for spiritual purification, a
India News: Renowned Jain seer Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj passed away in Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh, through the practice of 'sallekhna,' a voluntary fasting unto d
Ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Dongargarh, a popular pilgrimage spot, and met Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj on November 5 and took his blessings.