Bikaner: An 82-year-old woman, who was on fast for over one month, publicly resumed her 'Santhara' today after the Supreme Court stayed the Rajasthan High Court decision declaring the Jain religious ritual of voluntary fast unto death a penal offence.

Badni Devi, a resident of Gangashahar area here took the resolution of 'Santhara' on July 17 though the ritual was socially undertaken on July 25, said Jain Mahasabha secretary Jain Lunkaran Chajed.