Vamachara
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Vāmācāra is a tantric term meaning 'left-hand path' and is synonymous with the Sanskrit term vāmamārga. It is used to describe a particular mode of worship or sadhana that uses heterodox things to sub
A goat being slaughtered at Kali Puja. Painting by an Indian artist dated between 1800 and 1899. Inscription on verso: "A Hindoo sacrifice"
Puja at the temple of the left-handed goddess Kamakhya
An Aghorī carrying a human skull, Varanasi, c. 1875
Aghori
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The Aghori are a Hindu 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 Sha
Vamachara
…panchamakara is emphasized by Swami Madhavananda, and said to have been practiced by numerous saints. Barrett discusses the charnel ground sadhana of the Aghorī practitioners in both its left and right-handed proclivities and identifies it as principally cutting through attachments and aversion in order to…
An Aghori at a ghat in Varanasi
An Aghori in Satopant
An Aghori in Badrinath smoking hashish or cannabis from a chillum