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Santhara is a Jain custom of performing voluntary mortification, which involves swearing an oath to physicians to stop eating until they starve to death. According to Jains, it is a way of purifying oneself from bad ‘karma’ and attaining ‘moksha’.
Controversy has also arisen in the Jain community over the capture of Santhara.
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of Rajasthan Barmer district A Jain couple from The Santas decided to take them. According to information, Mr. Pukhraj Sankhalecha, 83 years old, and his wife Santara, residents of Jasol village, Barmer district, announced that they would take them together. According to press reports, when Mr. Pukhraj Shankhalecha, 83 years old, a resident of Jasol village, returned from heart surgery, he was warmly welcomed. It is said that the next day i.e. 28th December he decided to capture Santhra. After that, his wife also announced that she would welcome Santara on January 6. The entire people gave up food and water and are now engrossed in worshiping God. People were chanting the Namokara mantra around them, people from Jain society were serving both.
It has been almost 18 days since Santhara sent Barmer’s Pukhraj Shankhalecha. Because of this, he also gave up food and water. When their relatives and Jains heard the news of the old couple’s announcement of retirement, the relatives and Jains rushed to meet the old couple at their home. Jains flocked to see the old couple.
Nationwide controversy over Santhara, the matter went to court
Controversy has also arisen in the Jain community over the capture of Santhara. In 2006, a person named Nikhil Soni appealed to the court. The Santha procedure is akin to suicide and should not be recognized in this day and age and the procedure should be banned, the petition said. Then, in 2015, a court in Rajasthan declared Santhra illegal. The court’s decision was strongly opposed by the Jain community across the country. The Jain community across the country took to the streets to protest against the judgment of the Rajasthan court. The judgment of the Rajasthan court was later challenged in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court later overturned the decision of the Rajasthan court.
What is Santhara in Jainism?
Santhara is a Jain custom of performing voluntary mortification, which involves swearing an oath to physicians to stop eating until they starve to death. According to Jains, it is a way of purifying oneself from bad ‘karma’ and attaining ‘moksha’.
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