Sant Dadu Dayal was a poet-saint religious reformer who spoke against formalism and priestcraft, and was active in Rajasthan.
Dadu Dayal
Akhara or Akhada is an Indian word for a place of practice with facilities for boarding, lodging and training, both in the context of Indian martial artists or a sampradaya monastery for religious renunciates in Guru–shishya tradition. For example, in the context of the Dashanami Sampradaya sect, the word denotes both martial arts and religious monastic aspects of the trident wielding martial regiment of the renunciating sadhus.
A ceremonial procession of akhara marching over a makeshift bridge over the Ganges river, during Kumbha Mela at Prayagraj, 2001
The historic Jarasandha's Akhara at Rajgir, mentioned in the Mahabharata.
Youth in langota harvesting lotus in pond, 850 CE
Front facade of Naya Udasin Akhara, Kankhal