Now let’s talk about who is the Naga Sadhus and how they are formed. Nagas have to be different and special from the common world. The process of becoming a Naga Sage is very difficult. To become a Naga Sage, you have to undergo such difficult examinations that perhaps no ordinary person can overcome it, this process takes many years to complete.
When a person goes to an orchard to become a monk, he is never included directly in the arena, first, the akhada will find out at his level why he wants to be a saint? The entire background of that person and his family is seen. First of all, it is introduced to the hardships of Naga monk life.
If the Akhara thinks that he is the right person to become a monk, then he gets permission to enter the arena. After entering the arena, he is given the education of celibacy. His tenacity, brahmacharya, disciplined meditation, sannyas and discipline and loyalty to religion are examined in a major way.
It takes 6 months to 12 years. If the Arena decides that it has been worth the initiation then it is taken to the next process. After this, he makes his Shraddha, Mundan, and Pindada and is kept in the Sanyas religion by taking the Guru Mantra. To make your Shraddha break the relation with worldly relatives.
In many aakhras, women are also given the initiation of Naga Sadhu. By the way, the rules of the female Naga Sadhu and the male Naga Sadhu are the same, the only difference is that the woman Naga sadhu has to wrap a yellow cloth and keep this garment has to wear and dip. They are not allowed to have nude baths.
The person who passes successfully from the examination to follow Brahmacharya, then he is made a great man from Brahmacharya. His five gurus are made. These five Guru Punch Dev or Punch God (Shiva, Vishnu, Shakti, Sun and Ganesha) are there. These things are consumed like saffron and rudraksha etc. These are symbols and ornaments of Nagas.
After the great men, the Nagas are made into Avadhoota. First of all, he has to cut his hair. In the form of an avadhoota, the person who initiates the initiation has to do his own pinnacle and sacrifice. These Pindas make priests of the Akhara. Now they are dead for the world and the family. Their only aim is to protect Sanatan and Vedic religion.
Naga sadhus are not allowed to wear clothes too. If you want to wear clothes, you can wear a Garuda colored Naga only. Naga sadhus are allowed to consume only on the body. Naga sadhus have to wear Vibhuti and Rudraksha, they have to sacrifice their peak and keep the yoke.
Naga sadhus have to eat only once in 24 hours. That food has also been asked for alms. A Naga Sadhu has the right to take alms from as many as seven houses. If there is no begging for asking for begging from seven houses, then he cannot even go for a beggar in the eighth house. He has to be hungry that day.
Naga sadhu cannot use the bed, cot or any other means for sleeping. Naga sadhus sleep only on earth, this is a very strict rule, which every Naga Sage has to follow. After the initiation, he has to keep complete faith in the gurmantra he met from the master. All the penance of his future is based on the same guru mantra.
In addition to the Kumbh Mela, Naga sadhus are completely away from ordinary accumulation and make harsh tenets in caves and kandras. These people reside outside the settlement. They do not bow to anyone and only salute the Saints. There are other such rules that every Naga Sadhus who take initiation have to follow.
The Nagas are considered not just a monk but a warrior. They are master of the art of war, the master of the angry and strong body. Often Naga Sadhus take with them the sword, axis or trident. These weapons are proof of their being the warrior, it is compulsory to keep a limb in the navy. The tongs are also weapons and their tools are also available.
The Naga Sages give blessings to their devotees by touching the tongs. It is believed that – the well-known Naga sadhu peamata touches it becomes welfare. Since the arrival of modern firearms, these akhadas have abandoned their traditional military character. Now, in these akhadas , meditation on living a life restrained while complying with unity values.
At present, there are 13 major akhadas , each of which has a prominent place on top. The Naga who got a title in the Kumbh of Prayagraj, the bloody Naga in Ujjain, the Blister Naga in Haridwar and the person who got the title in Nasik was called Khichadiya Naga. From this, it is possible to know that in which Kumbh it has been made a Naga.
The names of these major akharas are: Sri Niranjani Akhara, Mr. Junadatt or Juna Akhara, Sri Mahanirvana Akhara, Shri Atal Akhara, Sri Avelan Akhara, Shri Anand Akhara, Sri Panchagani Arena, Sri Nagakanti Gorakhnath Akhada, Shri Vaishnav Akhada, Shri Nasin Panchayati Big The Akhara, Shri Nasin New Arena, Sri Nirmal Panchayati Arena, Nirmohi Akhara.
According to Priority, they are given posts such as Kotwal, Pujari, Bada Kotwal, Bhandari, Kothari, Bada Kothari, Mahant and Secretary. The biggest and important position is of the Secretary. Naga Sage lives in the ashram and temples of the Akhara. And spend life in the caves of the Himalayas or the high mountains to perform penance.