Aghor-Mantra-Prayer-Kavach-With Meaning
Aghor Mantra ॐ अघोरेभ्योऽथ घोरेभ्यो घोर घोर तरेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यस् सर्व सर्वेभ्यो नमस्तेऽस्तु रुद्र रूपेभ्यः My salute to the non-terrible, the terrible, and both terrible and non-terrible. Everywhere and always I bow to all forms of Rudra. ॐ नमः शिवाय महादेवाय नीलकंठाय आदि रुद्राय अघोरमंत्राय अघोर रुद्राय अघोर भद्राय सर्वभयहराय मम सर्वकर्यफलप्रदाय Continue Reading
Aghori-A Mystic Enigma
The Aghori (from Sanskrit अघोर aghora; lit. ’Not-fearful’, ‘fearless’) are a monastic order of ascetic Shaivite sadhus based in Uttar Pradesh, India. They are the only surviving sect derived from the Kāpālika tradition, a Tantric, non-Puranic form of Shaivism which originated in Medieval India between the 7th and 8th century CE. Similarly to their predecessors, Aghoris usually engage in post-mortem rituals, often dwell in charnel grounds, smear cremation ashes on Continue Reading
Kaulachar-Hindu religious traditions of Shaktism and Shaivism
In the Hindu religious traditions of Shaktism and Shaivism, Kaula, also known as Kula, Kulamārga (“the Kula path”) and Kaulācāra (“the Kaula tradition”), is a Tantric tradition which is characterized by distinctive rituals and symbolism connected with the worship of Shakti and Shiva that is associated with cremation-ground asceticism. Kaula preserves some of the distinctive features of the Kāpālika tradition, from which it is derived. It Continue Reading