The incident recently came to light after the Golden Book of World Records issued a certificate declaring the child, Viyana Jain, the "youngest person in the world to vow the Jain ritual Santhara." ...

Viyana Jain, 3, suffering from brain tumor, was guided by her IT professional parents to undergo ‘Santhara’ after consulting a Jain monk. The centuries-old Jain ritual “Santhara”, which ...

It’s the Jain practice of fasting to death voluntarily under certain circumstances New Delhi: Sallekhana or Santhara, meaning thinning out, is the Jain practice of facing death voluntarily at ...

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

Last month, the High Court of Rajasthan ruled that the practice of Santhara — the ancient religious practice of starving to death, practiced by Jains since 300 BC — is against the law.

Santhara is simply a Jain way of mastering the art of dying as much as the art of living. The animating object of the exercise is neither speedy death nor desire for enhanced lifespan.

When 60-year-old Vimala Devi Bhansali chose to undergo santhara, she hoped to conquer death. For the Jain community, santhara — a centuries-old practice where a person starves to death — is ...

The Rajasthan High Court, in a judgment on the August 10, 2015, declared the Jain practice of Santhara, which involves a voluntary fast-unto-death, an offence punishable under the Indian Penal ...

One felt that about the judgments around nuclear energy; equally, one senses these limits in the judicial reading of >Santhara. I refer to the Rajasthan High Court’s verdict against >Santhara ...