New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Known for her role in the 2017 film Indu Sarkar, former beauty queen Ishika Taneja bid farewell to her acting career to follow Sanatan Dharma after taking a holy dip at the Ganga river during Maha Kumbh 2025, reported Times Now.

Earlier in 2018, she won the title of Miss World Tourism and made headlines with her bold statements on women's roles in society post taking a spiritual turn.

Ishika Taneja took a dip in the holy waters at the Maha kumbh on January 29, after she visited her Guru Diksha ceremony in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur. There she received spiritual initiation from Shankaracharya Swami Sadanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj.

Speaking about her newfound path, she said, as quoted by Aaj Tak, "I am a proud Sanatani....