33 including a Rajkot doctor embrace monkhood at Girnar

Junagadh: 33 people, including a doctor from Rajkot, left worldly life and had diksha to become Sadhus at Muchkund Mahadev Gufa in the Bhavnath foothills of Girnar Mountain here. The Diksha ceremony was administered by Mahamandleshwar Mahendranandgiri. The Diksha ceremony was held on three occasions this year: on Maha Shivratri, Guru Purnima, and at the beginning of Girnar Lili Parikrama. Among those who took diksha, according to the ashram, one was Dr. Jia Rathod, who works as a doctor in Rajkot. DeshGujarat