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Mahant Expelled By Juna Akhara For Taking 13 Year Old Girl As ‘Donation’

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The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 has seen a lot of people give up worldly ways and join the ascetic life with this year’s event seeing a record number of women receiving ‘diksha.’ According to a Hindustan report, Sanyasini Shri Panch Dashnam Juna Akhara’s female sadhus Divya Giri has revealed that more than 200 women are going to get their ‘sanyas diksha’ (initiation) in their Akhara.

The total number including more than 13 Akharas is expected to cross 1,000 women with many being highly educated and choosing the spiritual path for enlightenment. However, while there are certainly some very good examples of this, the news of a 13-year-old girl choosing this life has been met with a lot of debate and even outrage.

The Juna Akhara, India’s largest Hindu monastic order, though soon after expelled Mahant Kaushal Giri who carried out her initiation as a ‘Saadhvi’ (female monk) and accepted the teenager as a “donation” before the first bathing ritual at the Kumbh Mela.

What Happened With The Young Girl?

The news became known when the video of the family from Uttar Pradesh’s Agra went viral from Prayagraj’s Maha Kumbh camp where they “donated” their 13-year-old daughter to become a Saadhvi (female monk).

As per a Moneycontrol report, the two daughters of the family travelled to Pryagraj with their father on December 26, 2024, and the mother also revealed that the family had been associated in service of Kaushal Giri, the mahant of Juna Akhada, for four years.

On 8 January 2025, a report by ANI claimed that the teenager had decided to adopt the ascetic life and become a sannyasini whereby she was given the name of Sannyasini Gauri Giri and was residing with guru Mahant Kaushal Giri Maharaj.

Speaking with ANI she said, “I was 11 years old when I took Guru diksha. I took sanyas at the age of 13.”

She also said, “It was my childhood wish to take sanyas and become a saint but being the younger one, my family members did not listen to me. When I came to the fair of Maha Kumbh, I told Guru ji and he refused. At first he smiled and kept laughing and said that it is not an easy thing to become a saint. It is very difficult to become one. Not everyone can become one.”


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However, soon after this, senior office-bearers of the Akhara Parishad (monastic orders) during an in-depth discussion at the general body meeting held in the Tent City at the Mahakumbh camp decided to revoke the girl’s sainthood and also expel the Mahant from the Juna Akhara for seven years.

The reason for this was due to the body finding that Shri Mahant Kaushal Giri had not provided the proper documentation for the girl’s initiation and thus was a flouting of the rules.

According to Mahant Hari Giri, “A case of flouting rules for according sainthood was found against Shri Mahant Kaushal Giri, leading to the major decision of his expulsion.”

Srimahant Narayan Giri, the international spokesperson of Juna Akhara clarified that the revoking of her sainthood was against the rules as the girl was still a minor and that they don’t allow entry of women into the camp below the age of 22.

However, a minor boy is allowed entry into the Akhara if his parents donate him to the Juna Akhara.

The girl was subsequently handed over to her parents to return home.

Spokesperson Narayan Giri was also quoted saying, “The girl is a minor, and this was unacceptable. We decided that she should be sent back home. While we will adopt an abandoned infant if found, we will not induct women under 22 years of age under normal circumstances.

The age limit ensures that a girl seeking sainthood is mature enough to make an informed decision. Children cannot be housed in our camps, and we have requested the authorities concerned to intervene and ensure such incidents do not happen again.”

The rules of the Akhada as reported by an official also state that first, the minor’s parents must submit a consent document for her to become a sannyasin, and then a final consent document is submitted along with the minor’s consent itself to ensure that the decision is taken with a sound mind and not an impulse.

Child rights activist Naresh Paras also stated that this incident was a violation of the Juvenile Justice Act, “A child is not a commodity to be donated. Every child aged six to 14 is entitled to free and compulsory education under the Right to Education Act. This action breaches her fundamental rights.”


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Sources: The Hindu, Moneycontrol, TOI

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