Kasauli — The Going Forth, 18 August 1947
Himachal Pradesh, India · 1947
At Kasauli in the Himalayan foothills — three days after Indian Independence — Sangharakshita and Satyapriya formally renounced the world, donned ochre robes, shaved their heads, and 'went forth' as homeless wanderers. The biographical start of Sangharakshita's monastic journey.