Many Sadhus ( Hindu monks ) are also celibate as part of their ascetic discipline.

* Naga Sadhus, Hindu ascetics of the Himalayas

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It is said that Hindu Sadhus have a history of paranormal levitation and that when one progresses on the path of spiritualism levitation comes naturally.

Sadhus ( Hindu ascetics ) still meditate beneath sacred fig trees, and Hindus do pradakshina ( circumambulation ) around the sacred fig tree as a mark of worship.

Used by Sadhus, or wandering holy men.

Dreadlocks are associated most closely with the Rastafari movement, but people from many ethnic groups in history before them have worn dreadlocks, including many ancient Semitic and Indo-Aryan peoples of the Near East and Asia Minor, Sadhus of Nepal, India and the Sufi Rafaees, the Māori people of New Zealand, the Maasai and the Oromo of Ethiopia, and the Sufi malangs and fakirs of Pakistan, and medieval Irish Warriors.

In complete contrast to the settled monastic establishment of their day, which concentrated the Buddhist intelligenzia in a limited number of large monastic universities, they adopted the life-style of itinerant mendicants, much the wandering Sadhus of modern India.

Sadhus are known for the extreme forms of self-denial they occasionally practice.

Many Sadhus, Yogis, or Yoga practitioners keep beards, and represent all situations of life.

Sadhus openly smoke ganja and there are government licensed bhang shops in some regions.

# Sadhu Keertanas ( hymns on Sadhus and sants.

The Greeks, the Pacific Ocean peoples, the Naga people and several ascetic groups within various major religions have at times worn their hair in locks, including the monks of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Nazirites of Judaism, Qalandari Sufi's the Sadhus of Hinduism, and the Dervishes of Islam among others.

Sadhus and Sufis use Bhang to boost meditation and to achieve transcendental states.

The Nagas or Naga Sadhus ( Naked Saints ), are often called Indian gymnosophists.

Like Naga Sadhus, the Digambar sect of Jain monks of India, remain unclothed.

Many Sadhus and Tantrikas live in the smashan, some with permanent huts as residences.

Sadhus often wear ochre-colored clothing, symbolizing renunciation.

He started torturing Rishis and Sadhus.

It is still borne by some of the heretic sects of Indian Sadhus.

At that time, present-day Uttarakhand also served as a haunt for Rishis and Sadhus.

The Naga Sadhus, Aghoris and Tantric Bhairav sects smoke it freely as an integral part of their religious practice.

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In the company of the Sadhus, he travelled through Northern India and finally arrived at Nanded ( in present-day Maharashtra ), situated on the bank of the river Godavari.

Within the Vedas the Hindu holy texts, Women were given the highest possible respect and equality.

Certain Vedic Hindu holy books contain beautiful narrations about various Jain Tirthankaras ( e. g. Lord Rushabdev ).

During this period, Gandhi claimed to be a " highly orthodox Hindu " and in January 1921 during a speech at a temple in Vadtal, he spoke of the relevance of non-cooperation to Hindu Dharma, " At this holy place, I declare, if you want to protect your ' Hindu Dharma ', non-cooperation is first as well as the last lesson you must learn up.

Most of the 15 Sikh Bhagats who are mentioned in their holy book were non-Sikhs and belonged to Hindu and Muslim faiths, which were the most prevalent religions of this region.

This Hindu holy city is described as early as in the Hindu Epics.

Ayodhya is said to be one of the most ancient, magnificent and holy of Hindu cities.

* Pratyayataḥ ( lit, from faith ): the Hindu holy scriptures, the Vedas, are regarded as the source of eternal knowledge.

The Sanhita portion of the Samaveda ( Hindu holy verses ), that date back to 1300-1000 BCE were later set to music using this technique.

They have called for the protection of native Hindu traditions, holy structures, rivers and the cow ( which is considered holy by Hindus ).

The fifth day of holy Shrawan ( श ् र ा वण ) month i. e. Shrawan Krishna Panchami of the Hindu Lunar Calendar is marked as auspicious day for the religious procession, Nrisimha Yatra ( न ृ स िं ह य ा त ् र ा).

Deutsch observed that this man's mostly Jewish followers interpreted the guru's pathological mood swings as expressions of different Hindu deities and interpreted his behavior as holy madness, and his cruel deeds as punishments that they had earned.

Hence, during the time of Mahamaham festival, it is also believed that taking bath in the holy stream of water from the famous rivers like Ganges, Yamuna, Sarasvati River, Sarayu, Godavari River, Mahanadi River, Narmada River, Pavoshnl and Kaveri River, which are mixed together in Mahamaham tank, would get rid of sins according to Hindu religion.

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Becoming a disciple meant assuming a new name and wearing the traditional orange dress of ascetic Hindu holy men, including a mala ( beaded necklace ) carrying a locket with his picture.

His son, C. R. Narasimhan, was at his bedside at the time of his death reading him verses from a Hindu holy book.

The Hindu holy shrines of Amarnath in Kashmir Valley attracts about. 4 million Hindu devotees every year.

Vedic science may refer to a number of disciplines: ancient and modern, scientific and unscientific, religious, metaphysical, Hindu, occultist, New Age, proto-scientific, or pseudoscientific found in or based on the Vedas ( the oldest holy texts of the Hindu religion, written beginning ca.

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For example the devotees of ' Swami Ayyappa ', the name of a Hindu God very popular in Kerala, India ( Sabarimala Swami Ayyappan ) strictly observed forty days fasting and visit ( Only mail devotees are permitted to enter into the God's Temple ) with their holy submittance or offerings on 41st or a convenient day after a minimum 40 days practice of fasting.