What Is Santhara?. Santhara, also known as Sallekhana, is a Jain religious practice in which an individual voluntarily chooses to end their life through fasting, according to A Sundara, head of ...

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Madhya Pradesh seeks a legal ban on the Jain ritual 'Santhara,' involving fasting unto ...

T he centuries-old Jain ritual “Santhara”, which involves fasting until death, gained attention following the death of a three-year-old girl from Madhya Pradesh. The child, Viyana Jain, had ...

Toddler’s death in Indian religious fasting ritual sparks outrage and legal review. Child with terminal brain tumour was initiated into Jain ritual of Santhara on religious leader’s advice ...

Jain festival Paryushana uses prayer, fasting and meditation to ask for forgiveness. ... 15, from King George V School, who is a Jain. During this Paryushana, she fasted for eight days; ...

Jain monk Acharya Vijay Hansratna Surisvarji Maharaja ended his 180 days of ‘nirjala upvas’ (fast observed without water and food) on Sunday.

A Jain monk who was on a fast against the Jharkhand government's decision to declare Shri Sammed Shikharji as a tourist place died in Jaipur, a community leader said on Friday.

This comes days after another Jain monk, Sugyeysagar Maharaj (72), fasting to protest the Jharkhand government's decision died at the temple on Tuesday. Samarth Sagar died at around 2 am on Friday ...