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Aghora, as I have understood - I


- Shishir Kumar

Not even in vicinity of reality! No, not aghora but our understanding of it.

What thoughts come in your mind when you hear the word Aghora?

Cannibals? Sex with Corpse? Fierce?

None of the above is correct and this I can say after a deep plunge into the world of Aghoris. I say this as I did not make an attempt to research like a journalist for a piece of writing or a documentary but I understood it being one of them. 

Aghor is a Sadhna that is done by those who dwell in the funeral ground and those who lead a normal life. 

It originated from Lord Dattaterya who gave it to his disciple Lord Shiva and later in time was practised by one the the Navnaths his holiness Kanifnath. 

Aghor has three divisions. Those in west India follow Dattaterya and Girinar Mountain Range is there abode. They have a firm faith in Mahakaal. 
Then comes those who dwell in East India, an area influenced by Kamakhya and Kali. Those in Central India are known to have taken up the Aghor Vidya and are seen as second liners, mostly found in Varanasi.

The one from Banaras, that has been mostly shown, is a later misunderstood version of the original Aghor. To be more precise those who come on camera and show the process cannot be from the real clan. But there are those in Banaras who are never seen, the real ones. 

Coming to the aghor rituals, they are as systematic as those done by the Bhramins but with a few differences. The place is mostly a funeral ground or some secluded location. The other difference is the use of liquor and meat as offering. 

The base line of aghor is that all everything is the part of creation, and that is a perfect plan. There is no good no bad, no beautiful no ugly and there is nothing as ‘Other’. 

Aghor is the next best thing India would see, yet again!


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