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Ryan Fahey

Rich diamond tycoons slammed for letting daughter become nun at just eight-years-old

The parents of a diamond heiress who has devoted her life to strict religious servitude have been slammed for letting her do so at such a young age.

Devanshi Sanghvi, 8, became a nun of the ancient Jain religion in India last week during a lavish ceremony hosted by her millionaire diamond tycoon family.

Tens of thousands attended as Devanshi - who was draped in fine clothes with a diamond-studded crown atop her head - rode in to Gujarat on an elephant before taking her vows of renunciation in front of senior monks.

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