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The Aghori (from Sanskrit: अघोर, lit. 'not dreadful', 'dreadless', IAST : aghora ) are a Hindu monastic order of ascetic Shaivite sadhus based in Uttar Pradesh, India . [ 3 ] They are the only surviving sect derived from the Kāpālika tradition, a Tantric , non- Puranic form of Shaivism which originated in Medieval India between the ...
On 7 November 1966, a group of Hindu protestors, led by ascetics, naga sadhus and backed by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bharatiya Jana Sangh (aka Jan Sangh), approached the Indian Parliament to protest to criminalize cow slaughter. [1] The incident resulted in a riot which ended with a death toll of 7 people and hundreds were injured.
Some sadhus such as the Aghori share the practices of ancient Kapalikas, in which they beg with a skull, smear their body with ashes from the cremation ground, and experiment with substances or practices that are generally abhorred by society. [15] [16] Among the Shaiva sadhus, the Dashanami Sampradaya belong to the Smarta Tradition.
Yogis or sadhus along with other Hindu mystics have been known to smoke a mixture of cannabis sativa and tobacco in order to enhance meditation. This is particularly common during the festival of Diwali and Kumbha Mela. [4] There are three types of cannabis used in the Indian subcontinent.
The practice of spiritual nudity is common among Digambara Jains, [4] Aghori sadhus, [5] and other ascetic groups in the dharmic religions. The order of Naga Sadhus, conspicuous in the processions and bathing ritual at the Kumbh Mela, use nudity as a part of their spiritual practice of renunciation. [6]
A father leaves his son Rudhran in Kashi, Varanasi due to astrological reasons. 14 years later, the father, repenting his act, goes to Kashi with his daughter in search of Rudhran and finds him there, but is shocked to learn that Rudhran has become an Aghori, a fierce, tigerish sadhu who gives moksha and prevents the soul from getting reborn.
Siddhashrama (Siddhāśrama; Devanagari:सिद्धाश्रम), popularly called Gyangunj, is considered as a mystical hermitage, which according to a tradition, is located in a secret land deep in the Himalayas, where great yogis, sadhus, and sages who are siddhas live.
The term akhara, is a gender-egalitarian term, [3] which means the circle or more precisely the spiritual core, [4] congregation or league, [5] it is similar to the Greek-origin word academy and the English word school, can be used to mean both a physical institution or a group of them which share a common lineage or are under a single leadership, such as the school of monastic thought or the ...