On Wednesday, a nine-year-old daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant in Gujarat renounced material comforts and embraced monkhood. Devanshi, the eldest of two daughters of Dhanesh and Ami Sanghvi, took "diksha" in the presence of Jain monk Acharya Vijay Kirtiyashsuri and hundreds of others at a venue in Vesu, Surat. Her father is the owner of Sanghvi and Sons, a nearly three-decade-old diamond polishing and export firm. The minor girl's "diksha" marks her initiation into an ascetic life and the ceremony began last Saturday. From now on, she will forsake all material comforts and luxury that her family of diamond merchants could have provided her.
