Recently Corinne "Coco" Leyre, from France, was initiated as a monk of the women's order in a secret ceremony.
BBC: Group of Juna Sanyasini Akhara dancing in a ring
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Ms Leyre, who took the monastic name of Sangam Giri, was the first initiate who chose all her gurus - a Naga monk has five gurus that he or she can choose - from among women.
BBC: Group of Juna Sanyasini Akhara dancing in a ring