8-year-old daughter of diamond baron from Surat set to embrace monkhood

Since then, Devanshi has been living in an Upashraya - a monastery where Jain monks and nuns live. "She can no longer stay at home, her parents are no longer her parents, she's a Sadhvi [a nun] now," says Kirti Shah, a Surat-based diamond merchant who is a friend of the family and also a local Bharatiya Janata Party politician. "A Jain nun's life is really austere.