Ahmedabad will witness a historic event, for the first time 35 Mumukshas will take initiation together

Jain Samaj Diksha: A big religious event is going to be held in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad is going to witness a historical event. A grand initiation ceremony is going to be held in Ahmedabad from 18th to 22nd April. In this initiation ceremony, 35 Mumukshus will take Jain initiation together and will give up all their wealth, property and facilities and will adopt the path of renunciation. Complete preparations for this have been started.

With the blessings of Pujya Acharyadev Vijay Yogtilaka Surishwarji Maharaj, initiates aged between 11 to 56 years will take initiation in the grand, divine and beautiful spiritual city built on the Ahmedabad riverfront. From 11 year old child to 56 year old man, 35 Mumukshu will take initiation. Of the 35 Mumukshus who have taken Jain initiation, some are businessmen, while some are students and housewives. In this festival to be held in Ahmedabad, 9 Mumukshus living in Ahmedabad are going to take initiation, in which an entire family, a husband-wife pair, a relative brother and sister are going to take initiation. While 12 Mumukshu are from Surat. 25-year-old Deeksha from Surat is a CA Intermediate and singer-composer. A large number of Jain devotees from across the country will be present on this occasion. A grand procession of 35 Mumukshus who took initiation was taken out. It will be taken out on the morning of 21st April, the length of which will be about 1 km. Out of the 35 Mumukshus who took initiation, 10 Mumukshus are below 18 years of age. They are taking initiation with the consent of their parents.

The whole family will take initiation
Sabarkantha’s veteran businessman Bhavesh Bhandari and his wife Jinal Bhandari are going to take initiation together. The Bhandari family has come into limelight by donating property worth Rs 200 crore before the convocation ceremony. Both the children of Bhavesh Bhandari took initiation two years ago. So along with this the family of a diamond merchant from Surat will also take initiation. Earlier the son of the Shah family of Surat had taken initiation, after which now the parents and daughter are going to take initiation.

Who will do the initiation?
1. Sanjaybhai Manikchand Sadaria of Surat is a big businessman in the textile market. His son and daughter took initiation in the year 2021. Now Sanjaybhai and his wife Binabah will also take initiation.
2. Mumbai based textile businessman Jashwantbhai Shantilal Shah and his wife Deepikabah are going to take initiation in Ahmedabad. His two twin sons have already received initiation.
3. Apart from his wife Monica, Jashwantbhai’s younger brother Mukeshbhai has a son Hit and a daughter Krisha. Now the entire family will have to leave everything.
4. While in Surat, Jagdishbhai Mahasukhlal Shah and his sister Shravika Shilpaben will take initiation. His only son has taken initiation in 2021.
5. Heenalkumari Sanjaybhai Jain of Mumbai, Master degree in Digital Marketing, who will take initiation
6. Mukeshbhai from Ahmedabad, class 12 topper in entire Sirohi district, who will now take Diksha
7. Devesh Nandishenbhai of Surat is a Raatriya singer and musician. Who will take initiation?
8. 18 year old Hit Mukeshbhai Shah of Ahmedabad will take initiation.
9. Surat’s hit Mayurbhai Shah will take initiation at the young age of 13.

What is initiation?
In which people abandon worldly attachments and adopt the path of restraint. In which people leave their wealth and property and set out on the path of penance. This ritual of Jain society is a difficult test. But not everyone gets initiation. Bhagwati initiation is considered very difficult in Jain society. In this, five Mahavratas like Truth, Non-violence, Aparigraha, Brahmacharya and Aucharya have to be followed. All worldly renouncers and initiates, after donating money, do not keep any kind of property with themselves throughout their life. These Jain nuns do not take food or water after evening, hence even in the afternoon they have to go from door to door for food. Also, the entire life has to be lived only through self-study, service and Vaayavaach without using electrical appliances.

Many programs take place before taking Jain Bhagwati Diksha. After the Swastika ceremony after the Mala Muhurta, Varshidan is organized for the initiates to donate their entire wealth. In earlier times, the initiates used to donate all their property to the people present on the public road, but now most of the people donate one after the other to the people present at the initiation site. This donation has great importance not only financially but spiritually and people accept it as a blessing of liberated souls. After Varshidan, a grand farewell program is organized which is very important for this big change in their life. After the farewell, the initiates change their clothes, wear colorful clothes and the white robes of the monks and also remove the hair from their bodies. Therefore, after a week of Guru Bhagwant teaching the initiates, their Vadi Diksha takes place in which they are fully recognized as Sadhus through a scriptural ceremony.