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[10] [11] There are naked (digambara, or "sky-clad") sadhus who wear their hair in thick dreadlocks called jata. Sadhus engage in a wide variety of religious practices. Some practice asceticism and solitary meditation, while others prefer group praying, chanting or meditating. They typically live a simple lifestyle, and have very few or no ...
[1] [2] Juna Akhara is the largest Akhara for Naga Sadhus in India. [3] [4] Giri has initiated about one million Naga sadhus. [5] [6] His Ashram is situated at Kankhal, Haridwar. [7] He is the president of Hindu Dharm Acharya Sabha and also a board member of the World Council of Religious Leaders. [8] [9] [10] [11]
[web 7] Each akhara is divided into sub-branches and traditions. An example is the Dattatreya Akhara (Ujjain) of the naked sadhus of Juna Naga establishment. [web 8] The naga sadhus generally remain in the ambit of non-violence, though some sections are also known to practice the sport of Indian wrestling.
It has the largest number of akharas for the Sadhus, Sants and the Naga Sadhus as well. There are seven Nirvani Akharas: [7] Shri Panchadashanam Juna Akhara : It is the largest of the 13 akharas. The Juna Akhara follows the Dashanami Sampradaya of Shaivism founded by Adi Shankaracharya. They worship Lord Dattatreya. [8]
A Digambara monk or Digambara Sādhu (also muni, sādhu) is a Sādhu in the Digambar tradition of Jainism, and as such an occupant of the highest limb of the four-fold sangha.
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Baba Rampuri, born William A. Gans (July 14, 1950) is an American born Sadhu.He claims to be the first westerner to become a Naga Sadhu, having been initiated in 1970.He is the author of the 2010 Destiny Books published book Autobiography of a Sadhu: A Journey into Mystic India, originally published in 2005 by Harmony/Bell Tower as Baba: Autobiography of a Blue-Eyed Yogi, and now released by ...
Believing that sadhus should live alone until they had attained the goal, they lived in caves, huts, ruined buildings, or empty houses, and always away from towns and villages. Reference to the Adinath Sampradaya is pointed out by Rajmohan Nath (1964) who lists them among the twelve traditional sub-sects of the Nath Sampradaya . [ 1 ]