Billionaire’s Son Rejected ₹40,000 Cr, Becomes Monk

Article by Shanaz Published on: 10:20 am, 17 July 2024

Ajahn Siripanyo, the son of telecom magnate Ananda Krishnan, renounced a ₹40,000 crore inheritance to become a Buddhist monk at age 18. Krishnan, who owned the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, is one of Malaysia’s wealthiest individuals. Siripanyo now serves as the abbot of a monastery in Thailand, choosing spirituality over his family’s vast fortune.

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