A three-year-old girl Viyana Jain, battling brain tumour, died after her parents initiated her into the Jain ritual of Santhara, which involves fasting unto death. What remained was a Golden Book ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The high court has issued notices to the government and Jain organisations after the petitioner sought a ban on the practice. When 60-year-old Vimala Devi Bhansali chose to undergo santhara, she ...

A reductive reading of Santhara The judgment, on the age-old practice on Santhara, has made brief and superficial attempts to make a differentiation between Santhara and euthanasia, sati and suicide.

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 ...

A three-year-old girl Viyana Jain, battling brain tumour, died after her parents initiated her into the Jain ritual of Santhara, which involves fasting unto death. What remained was a Golden Book ...