Aghori Baba

Aghor is one of the main Indian traditions, which is considered to have been started by Lord Dattatreya. The word Aghor is a combination of two words 'a' and 'ghor' where 'a' means not and 'ghor' means intense or deep. The word symbolises a lifestyle where a person of the Aghor tradition does not have any intense feelings of affection, hatred, love, jealousy, greed and other worldly feelings .He is indifferent to all these feelings. He does not differentiate and discriminate between any of these feelings .A person who follows this path is called an Aghori. Aghoris seem to follow a path, which is strikingly opposite to that of ideal Hinduism. They take liquor, eat flesh and utter obscenities, meditate at night and have uninhibited sex. All this makes one believe that they are uncultured Hindus but that is incorrect. Aghoris also believe in Hinduism's fundamental reality of Moksha i.e. salvation .For them it is the unification of the self with the supreme consciousness.Aghoris are one of the most controversial of Hindu holy men .They are known to possess magical powers. Stories of Aghoris curing people suffering from serious diseases are common in the Indian villages. Their powers at awakening the dead are also talked about by people. Even in India the word 'Aghori' cannot be used freely without drawing suspicion on peoples faces.