Businessman leaves assets worth billions to become monk in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, June 02 (ANI): A Delhi-based billionaire embraced asceticism and became a monk in a lavish ceremony in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat. A plastic tycoon and owner of property worth six billion, Bhanwarlal Raghunath Doshi, opted asceticism under the discipleship of Jain Acharya, Shri Gunratna Surishwarji Maharaj. Before embracing Jain monastic life, Doshi said that he was giving up his property worth billions to achieve something even bigger. A father of three, Doshi was longing to live the monastic life since 1982 after getting acquainted with Jain verses on spirituality. The ceremony followed by a procession cost around a billion and saw scores of holy men and women in attendance. Top industrialist Gautam Adani is also reported to have attended the event.

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