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Sanyasi, in order to prove that a person has adopted the life of a sanyasi, it must be shown that he has actually relinquished and abandoned all wordly possessions and relinquished all desire for them or that such ceremonies are performed which indicate the severance of his natural family and his secular life. It must also be proved, in case of orthodox sanyasis, that necessary ceremonies have been performed, such as Pindadana or Biraja Homa or Prajapathiyesthi without which the renunciation will not be complete, Krishna Singh v. Mathura Ahir, AIR 1980 SC 707: (1981) 3SCC 689: (1982) 2 SCR 660.