JAIPUR: A 72-year-old, Jain priest who was on hunger strike for the past nine days to protest Jharkhand government’s decision for declaring Shri Sammed Shikharji a tourist place, passed away in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Sugyeyasagar Maharaj was a native of Bilara village in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan. After participating in a peace march in Jaipur against the decision on December 25, he sat on hunger strike at the Sanghiji temple in the city’s Sanganer area.
On Tuesday morning, his funeral procession (dol yatra) was taken out from Sanganer Sanghiji temple.
