Indore, May 4 -- A three-year-old girl named Viyana Jain-battling a brain tumour- passed away after her parents initiated her into the Jain religious practice of fasting unto death in Madhya Pradesh's Indore. What remained, was a Golden Book of World Records.

Both the child's parents, Piyush Jain (35) and Varsha Jain (32) are IT professionals, and Vinaya was their only daughter. She passed away on March 21, according to her grieving parents, who acted on the advice of a spiritual leader, Jain monk Rajesh Muni Maharaj, reported PTI.

The incident recently came to light after the Golden Book of World Records issued a certificate declaring the child, Viyana Jain, the "youngest person in the world to vow the Jain ritual Santhara."

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