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IIT Engineer and 12-Year-Old Boy Turn to Spirituality and Leave Worldly Life
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News18•13-10-2026, 06:45
IIT Engineer and 12-Year-Old Boy Turn to Spirituality and Leave Worldly Life
- •Twelve-year-old Jahan Betala has decided to take Jain initiation and will receive Diksha from Acharya Shri Mahashramji on January 18, 2027.
- •Twenty-four-year-old IIT graduate Gaurav Jain quit his Rs 18 lakh per annum job in Gurugram to embrace lifelong celibacy.
- •Gaurav has joined the monastic order of his guru, Munipungav Shri Sudhasagarji Maharaj, after years of deep spiritual inclination.
- •Both youngsters chose the path of religion and self-restraint, leaving behind material comforts and family expectations.
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Twelve-year-old Jahan Betala is scheduled to take Jain Diksha on January 18, 2027, at the Jain Vishwa Bharati campus located in Ladnun, Rajasthan, where Acharya Shri Mahashramji will bestow the initiation upon him.
Gaurav Jain is a 24-year-old IIT engineering graduate and the eldest son of Rakesh Jain from Junia village in Rajasthan's Kekri region. Prior to taking a vow of lifelong celibacy, he worked at a multinational company in Gurugram with an annual salary package of Rs 18 lakh.
Gaurav Jain has resolved to stay in the monastic order of Digambar Jain saint Munipungav Shri Sudhasagarji Maharaj, after first meeting him and accepting him as his guru back in 2015.
