Aghori tradition

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Hindu festival
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Vaishnavism
gptkbp:coreBelief non-duality
unity of all existence
Shiva as the absolute
transcending social taboos
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:mainstream_Hinduism
gptkb:Vaishnavism
gptkb:Dashanami_Sampradaya
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Durga_Puja
gptkb:Maha_Shivaratri
gptkbp:focusesOn moksha
spiritual liberation
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Aghoris
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Aghori tradition
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Shaiva_philosophy
Tantric practices
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Baba_Kinaram
gptkb:Baba_Keenaram
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Baba_Keenaram_Sthal
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Varanasi
gptkb:Kashi
gptkb:Tarapith
gptkbp:opposedBy social norms
purity and pollution concepts
caste distinctions
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:India
gptkbp:practicedIn gptkb:meditation
gptkb:Tantra
asceticism
eating food from human skulls
living in cremation grounds
ritual cannibalism (rare and symbolic)
rituals at Manikarnika Ghat
rituals at burning ghats
rituals involving cremation grounds
use of human skulls in rituals
use of intoxicants in rituals
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Kapalika_tradition
gptkbp:sacredText gptkb:Shiva_Purana
gptkb:Trishula
gptkb:Damaru
Tantras
gptkbp:worshippedIn gptkb:Shiva
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Keenaram
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5