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When we see #Sadhus Either we feel scared or think they r beggars.
There has been a gradual brain washing to believe that Sadhus or Babas cannot be trusted
Blame #Bollywood or past Govt for not teaching the history right
But fact is we have largely being ignorant about them
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#Nagas especially instill either fear or dark fascination
However, its far from truth
Naga basically means mountain
So these sadhus live in akharas situated there
Only during Kumbh Melas they come out
Reason?
During 1st att@ck of Md Ghouri, Nagas surrounded his army in
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#Kurukshetra
Ghouri's arm was cüt in Tarawadi
Pleased, Prithvi Raj Chauhan gave right of 1st holy dip in #Kumbh To Nagas

Nagas are different from #Aghoris However both are #Shaivites, that is worship Shiva

When a person decides to join as Naga his tenacity, brahmacharya
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disciplined meditation, sannyas & loyalty to religion are examined in a major way.

It takes 6 mos to 12 yrs.
If the Arena decides that it has been worth the initiation then it is taken to the next process
He makes his Shraddha, Mundan, & Pindada,kept in the Sanyas religion
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By taking Guru mantra
His 5 gurus are
Punch Dev or Punch God (Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti, Sun and Ganesha)
saffron & rudraksha are symbols & ornaments of Nagas

They have to observe complete celibacy,not just of body but mind & soul
Also observer severe penance to elevate above
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Body pains & pleasures
Except the defence of Dharma, there is no other goal of Nagas
They can eat only once, asking in 7 houses, if they get food or stay hungry
Sleep on floors strictly

Some Akharas accept female sadhus too
Rules are exactly same except they wrap a
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Cloth around them,even during holy dip.
The ash on the body signifies that worldly body is mortal
Absence of clothes signify the abstain from worldly pleasure, braving heat & cold

They r also trained in using @rms & martial arts
While other religions it's seen as normal
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For Nagas, it worked to terrify people, although they r deeply spiritual

They r then made Avdhootas
Perform pinda daan, & declared de@d to the world
People from all #Varna
Can become Nagas
Coming to #History
If u can see ur ancient Temples, or practice Hinduism
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Celebrate the victory do great Kings, first thank a Sadhu, more specifically a Naga Sadhu ❤🙏

* Taimur Lung was k!lled by Nagas near Haridwar when he wanted to plunder it
*Timur Lung, who no Indian King could defeat was forced to escape by Nagas
*Peshwa MadhavRao invaded
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Afghanistan to avenge #Panipat ,where Nagas had already k!lled the helpers of Abdali

*1757 Gokul, was invaded by Ahmad Shah Anjali
Hindu #Jats under resistance of Jawahar Singh ji fought with valour but 10,000 men lost lives
Next was #Vrindavan
Thousands of women flung
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Themselves in river to escape r@pe from #Afghans
Mid 17th century, bands of Sadhus merged into larger group
Even when Abdali directed all his strength to fight them,no one could match up with the holy men fighting to save their Dharma
Sardar Jahat Khan called retreat
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* In 1664 Aur@ngzeb was defeated badly near Gyan Vapi well by Nagas of
#Mahanirvani akhara, Varanasi
He may have been glorified as the great Conquerer but

James G.Lochtefeld's book
The illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Vol 1
Mentions that he may or may not have been
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In the w@r but his army was badly defeated
His att@ck in 1669 could have been mostly for punishing the rebellions.

This is the History we need to learn!
Which we r largely unaware of!
Just bcoz the Sadhus are focussed only on #Karma, without expecting anything
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In return,we have let them down.
We fail to give them the due respect they deserve!
It's time #Hindus unite against propaganda & forces breaking India
Learn, Regroup to reclaim!
I may hav missed few points, as I am not an expert
These are concise snippets of what I read 🙏
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