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Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], February 18 (ANI): The last rites of Jain seer Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj were performed in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon on Sunday. Acharya Shri 108 Vidyasagar Ji Maharaj embraced death through the practice of ‘sallekhna’, a voluntary fasting unto death for spiritual purification. Sallekhna is a Jain religious practice involving voluntary fasting unto death for spiritual purification, a statement from the teerth said. Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj attained Samadhi through ‘Sallekhna’ at Chandragiri teerth at 2:35 am, the statement said. Chhattisgarh government ha…

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