India, Feb. 7 -- In a historic spiritual gathering during the five-day Jain Diksha Mahotsav 2026, six family lineages will effectively come to an end, as every member renounces worldly life to embrace monkhood this Sunday.

A total of 64 mumukshus or aspiring monks, 18 male and 46 female, will take diksha at the ceremony between 4.40 am and 11 am on Sunday. The ceremony, which will be held at Thackeray Ground in Chikuwadi, Borivali, is expected to draw nearly 100,000 devotees. The five-day celebration, titled Sanyamrang Utsav, began on February 4 and will conclude with the diksha ceremony on Sunday.

The aspirants represent a wide age spectrum, from a 72-year-old senior to an eight-year-old child. They hail from nine regions, including Su...