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10 facts about the terrifying and mystical Aghori sadhus of India.

Aghori is a peculiar clan of sadhus or ascetics of India. It is said that Aghora is more than 1000 years old, the first Aghora was Sage Keenaram.
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They stop at the city of #Varanasi (Banaras) on the banks of the river Ganges, where the most revered temple of Kashi Vishwanath stands proudly. Aghori are devotees of Shiva, manifested as Bhairava, who seek salvation from the cycle of rebirth.

This freedom is the realization of one's identity with the Absolute.

(1) Impurity is the way to Nirvana:

For #DhuniwaleBhaba (as the locals call him) swears in a completely profane manner for virtually no reason.

And they claim that this is the only way that can lead them to nirvana or ultimate enlightenment.

(2) Bad appetite:

Throughout India and among other curious Westerners, Aghori are known for their extremely voracious appetites.

Their eating habits include everything that a civilized human would not eat at any cost, such as rotten foods, foods from dump sites, animal feces, animal urine, and decayed human corpses, often in cups made from human skulls. are eaten in

But it seems his poor appetite has its reasons. The consumption of feces is said to destroy the ego and derail the human perception of beauty.

(3) Tailang Swami:

Here comes another baba who again did the unthinkable. The people of the area consider this Baba very powerful.

Records say that he was slapped by a priest and thrown out of the #KashiVishwanathtemple, when he was worshiping an idol of Lord Shiva using his own excreta. History says that Lord Shiva himself was a local of #Banaras. Appeared in the king's dream and

complained about the humiliation of #TailangaSwami, and also told that Swami himself was an incarnation of his purity. The priest was also later found mysteriously dead.

(4) Legitimate Cannibalism:

Despite Varanasi being a densely populated city,

cannibalism is practiced openly by the Aghors in Varanasi without any public uproar as they usually do not kill humans for their mortal needs, but only at the cremation grounds. Let's consume dead bodies. The carcasses are eaten raw and are sometimes roasted over an open fire.

After eating a certain amount of meat, they begin a #meditation sitting over a corpse which continues the whole night.

(5) A creepy style of fashion:

Aghor is known for his scary fashion sense. They move around the city with nothing on their body except a small jute loincloth

and sometimes naked. Being naked is, in his words, a complete renunciation from the material world and its attachments. Often, they smear their bodies with the ashes of human cremated remains to cover their nudity.

Talking of accessories, the human skull is worn as a neck ornament.

(6) Mysterious Medicines:
To the surprise and amazement of scientists all over the world, the Aghors claim that they have medicines that can cure some of the most stubborn diseases like cancer and even AIDS.

You guessed it right. These medicines called 'human oil' are collected from the burning pyre.

(7) Tantric powers and black magic:

The healing powers of #Aghori sadhus are said to come from their expertise in #blackmagic.

What they say about these practices is that they never use their powers for harmful purposes. Instead they absorb the diseases that the victims carry into their bodies and burn them using black magic to eliminate the diseases.

(8) The left path to reach God:

This may sound like a pun, but it really isn't. While the whole world follows the right path to reach God, these sadhus proudly claim that they follow the 'left path' to reach God which is much faster than before.

According to him, true devotion lies in the search for 'purity in filth'. One of those sadhus says that they are true Aghors if they were able to concentrate on the Lord while doing the most perverse acts like necrophilia, necrophagy and coprophagy.

(9) Mantra, Tantra and Marijuana:

Any Aghora will never abstain himself from smoking Marijuana as he believes that it is #Marijuana which helps him to concentrate on the religious chants and the difficult yoga exercises which he performs regularly.

Despite being under the influence of marijuana all the time, he appears very calm.
Whether he consumes #marijuana for pleasure, he denied the claim. The illusions and hallucinations provided by weed are taken as a form of religious ecstasy and high spiritual experiences.

(10) The Five 'M' Concepts:

And finally, the Aghoras are cool enough to compile their beliefs into the 5M Protocol. There are many other versions of the 5M concept, but 5M is only a translation of the original in the Aghoric version of the concept or Dakshinakara.

Madya - Liquor (a heavenly fluid that drips from the glands of the human brain.)
Mamsa - flesh (swallowing the tongue)
Matsya- fish (twin-fish an '8' shaped structure that forms a part of the spinal cord)

Mudra – Dried grain (Kundalini Yoga status, followed by Aghori Sanyasi)

Maithuna - sexual intercourse.