Baghambari Gaddi Math: A monastery at the intersection of austerity, wealth, secrets, and 'suicide'

Mahant Narendra Giri, the head of Prayagraj’s Baghambari Gaddi Math, was allegedly found hanging from a ceiling fan on Monday.

An elderly renunciate dies mysteriously. A flamboyant ochre-robe protégé is held for allegedly abetting his suicide.At the centre of their stressed relationship lies a more than 400-year-old Hindu monastery.

Mahant Narendra Giri, the head of Prayagraj’s Baghambari Gaddi Math, was allegedly found hanging from a ceiling fan on Monday. The 72-year-old man was initiated into asceticism in the mid-1980s.