Jain Woman Completes 45-Day Fast

November 14, 1998

Source: The Arizona Republic

On November 14, 1998, The Arizona Republic published an article on Prem L. Gandhi, a Jain woman who completed a 45-day fast during which she only drank small amounts of boiled water. Gandhi, who lives in Tempe, AZ but is originally from India, went to the small western Indian town of Palitana to undergo the fast. Gandhi fasted one day for each volume of the Jain holy scriptures, the 45 agams of the Ardhamaghdi.