Meet India’s Holiest Men : Naga Sadhu | Akhada entry in Kumbh HD | best of Kumbh mela
Naga Sadhus are mostly half clothed Saints, long Jata on their heads. Their faces are always covered with the ashes of burning of dead bodies. They smear the ashes of dead bodies on their whole bodies. They are almost all are the followers of Lord Shiva.
Considered the holiest beings in the faith, sadhus are ascetics who’ve successfully let go of all attachments to society – material, familial, sexual – in pursuit of moksha or total liberation from ignorance and desires. These ascetics occupy a peculiar position in Indian society.
Some sadhus have never been married. Other remain married while functioning as sadhus. … Some become sadhus by following the Vedic progression of life stages. They often go through an initiation process and change their names when they become sadhus.
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