Summary:
While 14 persons from the extended Hingad family have taken diksha, Heena is the first from her immediate family to set foot on the less-trodden path. What set this diskha apart is the fact that Heena, a topper throughout her student life, is an MBBS graduate with a thriving medical practice at three locations in Maharashtra including Mumbai. “It is indeed a unique event, for through it a practising doctor embraced the life of a sadhvi. Daughter of Ashok and Dhanvati Hingad, Dr Heena, who will now be known as Visharad Mataji, was educated in Chennai, Malegaon and Loni. The family traces its native to Pali in Rajasthan, but have settled in Maharashtra for two generations..