Aghori

The Living Environment Of Agoris

1. THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF AGHORIS

2. HISTORY OF AGHORIS Kina Ram was the founder of aghoris He died during the second half of the 18th century ..   Baba Kinaram  was believed to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva.. The Aghoris are not to be confused with the   Shivnetras , who are also devotees of Shiva but do not indulge in extreme ritual worship practices like the aghoris..

3. TRADITIONS Lord Shiva is the main diety of the aghoris.. The male Hindu deities primarily worshiped by Aghoris for supernatural powers are forms of   Shiva , including   Mahakala ,  Bhairava , Virabhadra ,   Avadhooth i , and others ..

4. The most popular of the ten Mahavidyas who are worshiped by aghoris are   Dhumavati ,  Bagalamu khi , and   Bhairavi .. Tara one of the ten   Mahavidyas   can bless the Aghori with supernatural powers..

5. BELIEFS OF THE AGHORIS Aghoris go in search of powers through which they can avoid the  punarjanma  (rebirth) in this life.. An aghori believes in getting into total darkness by all means, and then getting into light or self realizing..

6. Aghoris base their beliefs on two principles: That Shiva is perfect and that Shiva is responsible for everything that occurs  in this   phenomenal universe.. Aghoris believe that every persons soul is Shiva, but is covered by Astha maha pasha or the eight great bonds i.e , krodha , lobha , kama , moha , bhaya , ghirna etc..

7. Symbols of aghoris The Aghori is himself a symbol of the God  Shiva  in Shiva's form as  Bhairava .. The main symbol is the skull cup, which they also use as a begging bowl..

8. The Aghoris are naked or wear the shroud of a corpse and cover themselves in the ashes of the cremation ground.. An aghori always has his hair untidy or in   dreadlocks.. Aghoris feed on human flesh as part of their ritual..

9. Spiritual headquarters The main Aghori pilgrimage centre is   KinaRam's   ashram in Ravindrapuri,  Varanasi.  The full name of this place is  Baba Keenaram Sthal , Krim-Kund ..   Here, Kina Ram is buried in a tomb or  samadhi which is a centre of pilgrimage for Aghoris and Aghori devotees..

10. Any cremation ground would be a holy place for an Aghori.. The 51 holy centers for worship of the Hindu Mother Goddess scattered across South Asia and the Himalayan terrain, are key locations for performing sadhana by the Aghoris. Aghoris are also known to meditate and perform sadhana in haunted houses.

11. MEDICINAL POWERS OF THE AGHORIS Aghoris practise healing through purification as a pillar of their ritual .. Their patients believe that the Aghoris are able to transfer pollution and health from patients called " transformative healing “,

12. KUMBH MELA OR MAHA KUMBH " kumbh mela " is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Agoris along with other hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river …

13.   The rivers at these four places are: the Ganges (Ganga) at Haridwar , the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna and the Saraswati  at Allahabad, the  Godawari  at Nashik , and the  Shipra  at Ujjain..  It is held once in three years at one of the four places by rotation:  Haridwar ,  Allahabad ( Prayaga ),   Nashik  and  Ujjain.

14. PLANATORY POSITIONS DURING KUMBH MELA When Jupiter and the sun are in the zodiac sign Leo , it is held in Nashik … When the sun is in Aquarius it is celebrated at haridwar

15. When Jupiter is in Taurus and the sun is in Capricorn Kumbh Mela is  celebrated at Prayag ….   A nd Jupiter and the sun are in Scorpio and the Mela is celebrated at Ujjain ….

16. The sadhus are seen in saffron sheets with Vibhuti ashes on their skin as per the requirements of ancient traditions . . Some , called Naga sanyasis, do not wear any clothes even in severe winter .. The first foreigner to beome an aghori is California-born   Baba Rampuri

17. T hough Aghoris are present in cremation grounds across India, Nepal, and even across cremation grounds in South East Asia, The secrecy of this religious section leaves no desire for practitioners to aspire for social recognition and publicity. Therefore, no official figures of their population are available…