An Indian ascetic wearing an iron collar around his neck so that he can never lie down 1870s.
An Indian ascetic wearing an iron collar around his neck so that he can never lie down 1870s. Aghor sadhana. They are the Extreme people in the sadhana world, they believe in sacrificing something to attain widom and peace, they tend to sacrifice thier comfort. Be it by not sleeping horizontally, wearing heavy ear piercings or keeping your hand up for couple of decades Sanyasis or sadhus in Hinduism are holy men who have taken the path of renunciation. In the Hindu tradition, a man's life was divided into four ashramas or stages: brahmacharya (childhood and celibate youth), grihastha (householder) vanaprastha (householder devoted to spiritual pursuits) and sanyasa (ascetic). Sanyasa was in essence the culmination of an ideal life, when a human being practised austerity and tried to discover life's truths and oneness with God. Having turned their back on material comforts, sanyasis sported unshorn hair and beards, meditating and performing rigorous penances an...