Jain couple to leave minor daughter, Rs 100-cr property for monkhood

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September 17, 2017

Neemuch, Sept 17: A well-educated Jain couple from Madhya Pradesh has decided to leave behind their three-year-old daughter and property “worth Rs 100 crore” to embrace monkhood.

Sumit Rathore (35), who has worked in London before managing his family business in Neemuch, and his wife Anamika (34), an engineer who was employed with a mining major, decided to renounce the material world recently.

Earlier this year, a Jain teenage boy from Gujarat, who had scored 99.99 percentile in the class XII commerce examination, took the vow of monkhood. The couple will be initiated into Jain monasticism at a ceremony to be held in Surat on September 23.

Their family members said the couple has been married for four years and have a daughter. At present, they have taken a vow of silence till they take ‘deeksha’ (vow) next Saturday. As per the monkhood tradition, their heads will be shaved and they will put on white robes for their entire life.

Anamika’s father Ashok Chandaliya, a former Neemuch district president of the BJP, said he would take care of his granddaughter. “I am not against my daughter Anamika becoming a nun,” he said.

Sumit’s father Rajendra Singh, who runs a factory manufacturing gunny bags for packaging cement, also echoed a similar view. Sumit announced his decision to take ‘deeksha’ at a function in Surat last month.

“However, the pontiff asked him to seek Anamika’s permission. She not only gave her consent but also expressed a desire to become a nun. Their families asked them to rethink, but the couple stood their ground,” Sandip said.

He said Anamika was the first student in Neemuch district to win a gold medal in her Board examinations for class VIII. According to a family member, Anamika completed her BE from Modi Engineering College in Rajasthan. She had worked with Hindustan Zinc before her marriage.

Sandip said Sumit holds a diploma in import-export management from a college in London, where he worked for two years before returning to Neemuch to look after his family business.

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George
 - 
Sunday, 17 Sep 2017

They should have taken this action before the child was born.

AK Shetty
 - 
Sunday, 17 Sep 2017

I salute the couple for their sacrifice and dedication, such people would bring fame to the spiritual world unlike the Ram Rahims.

Rakesh
 - 
Sunday, 17 Sep 2017

It is certain that the couple love each other too much. They r in search of Moksh but this search has made her daughter to suffer. they had a lot to do for the mankind if they r serious about service to God. What a great loss to our society !

Truth
 - 
Sunday, 17 Sep 2017

First stir up all the dust with that Mining and Manufacture. next wear a face mask.

Unknown
 - 
Sunday, 17 Sep 2017

It is a tough choice i am sure. Leaving their young daughter and all the luxuries money could have brought. Most of our giant seers & gurus also renounced worldly pleasures, some early and others late. Without knowing the circumstances we should not comment but appreciate their decision, a rare one indeed. I don't believe anything bad can come out of such an immense sacrifice.

Vijay
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Sunday, 17 Sep 2017

Selfish parents..destroying a childs' life.

Ganesh
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Sunday, 17 Sep 2017

Should stop this practice. After 18 years old let them decide. till that age parents should not take rubbish decisions.

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August 5,2020

Shivamogga, Aug 5: Karnataka Minister KS Eshwarappa on Wednesday hailed the laying of foundation stone (bhoomi pujan) for a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya and said "Kashi Vishwanath and "Krishna Janmasthan temples have to be liberated".

"It is a good day that the foundation stone for Ram Temple has been laid. A beautiful temple will come up, but there are Kashi Vishwanath and Krishna Janmasthan temples which have to be liberated," Eshwarappa said.

The minister said that there is a "sign of slavery" at Krishna temple in Mathura and Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi.

"The whole nation is dreaming of Shri Krishna temple in Mathura and Kashi Vishwanath temple. I have visited the two temples. 

There is a sign of slavery. Mosques are there at holy places. When I visited the place at Mathura, I witnessed the wall. When we look at the wall, we feel like we are still slaves," he said.

"While visiting Kashi, there is also a structure of slavery. Dream of Hindus is fulfilled in Ayodhya. One day, it will be fulfilled in Mathura and Kashi. Mathura Sri Krishna and Kashi Vishwanath will be freed and temple will be built," Eshwarappa added.

The Places of Worship Act, enacted in 1991, says that religious character of a place of worship existing on the August 15, 1947 shall continue to be the same as it existed on that day. The Act kept Ayodhya case out of its purview.

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January 24,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 24: Aditya Rao, who was arrested for planting Improvised explosive device (IED) at Mangaluru airport on January 20, was brought to the airport on Friday for recreation of the crime scene as part of the investigation process.

Yesterday, one more case was registered against Rao in connection with a hoax call to the terminal manager of the airport on January 20, police said.

"One more case has been registered against Aditya Rao at Bajpe Police station for a hoax call to the terminal manager of Mangaluru International Airport on January 20," said PS Harsha, Mangalore Commissioner of Police on Thursday.

Earlier, Harsha informed that Rao, who surrendered before the Bengaluru Police, is now in the custody of Mangaluru Police.

"Our investigation team arrested Aditya Rao in Bengaluru in connection with the planting of an explosive device at Mangaluru airport. We produced the accused before Bengaluru's first JMFC court and the court issued a transit warrant," Harsha said.

"We have brought him to Mangaluru from Bengaluru and now the accused is in our custody. Our investigation team will interrogate him. We will investigate all aspects. He will be produced before Mangaluru 6th JMFC Court," he added.

Rao hails from Udupi and has engineering and MBA degrees.

According to the police, the IED was recovered from a bag at the Mangaluru airport. It was later defused in an open field by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad.

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May 13,2020

Mangaluru, May 13: Union Minister and former Karnataka chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda today assured that he will exert pressure on the authorities concerned to operate more repatriate flights to bring back Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia to Karnataka. 

Speaking in a video conference organised by coastaldigest.com with Kannadiga delegates in Saudi Arabia, Mr Gowda said: “Today itself I will contact the external affairs ministry and Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to convince them the need to add operate flights to bring back stranded Kannaidgas from the Kingdom.

After paying heed to the advices, requests and concerns of Kannadiga delegates that participated in the video conference, Mr Gowda said: “Two things need to be done. First thing is number of flights from Saudi Arabia to Karnataka should be increased. Second thing is to ensure that most of these flights land in the Mangaluru Airport as most of the Kannadiga expats in Saudi Arabia are from the coastal region.

“There should be at least two to three flights from Saudi Arabia to Karnataka (Bengaluru Airport or Mangaluru Airport) every week. That is my intention,” he added.

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