The monks who abandoned Ferraris
On March 13, a day before the 44 youths were initiated into monkhood at Salangpur, they were taught by senior monks how to wear their own white pagri (head-dress), shaven, bathed and asked to fast till next evening's diksha (initiation) ceremony. They spent their last night of 'worldliness' with their relatives at the venue. On D-Day, in front of a huge crowd of onlookers, Pramukh Swami blessed them one ...