Gujarat businessman, wife donate Rs 200 crore wealth to become Jain monks

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In February this year, Bhavesh Bhandari and his wife donated all their wealth during a ceremony...

The Bhandari family, hailing from Himmatnagar, were in the construction business..

Bhavesh Bhandari, belonging to a Jain family, was involved in the construction business in Sabarkantha and Ahmedabad and was accustomed to a life of luxury and prosperity from a young age...

Accompanied by 35 individuals in February, the Bhandari couple led a four-kilometre procession during which they donated all their belongings, from mobile phones to air conditioners..

Notably, in Jainism, undergoing 'diksha' entails a profound dedication, wherein individuals forsake material luxuries and modern technologies, sustain themselves solely on alms, and traverse the nation barefoot...