Smoking marijuana in a chillum is widespread among the recluse Naga Sadhus and is a part of their way of life. The issue was touched upon by Maniraj Puri Maharaj at the India Today Conclave.

Explore the sacred journey of becoming a Naga Sadhu at the Maha Kumbh 2024. Learn about the registration, interviews, initiation rituals, and the Amrit Snan ceremony.

“Finally got darshan of the Naga sadhus at 6 am after waiting 2.5 hours and being herded like sheep, then I joined them towards Sangam but almost got squished so I came back.

Ash-smeared and dreadlocked Naga sadhus or Hindu ascetics, naked except for rosary beads and garlands and smoking wooden pipes, are a huge draw at the world's largest religious festival that began ...

Men with tonsured heads sit in rows for initiation into an order of naked Hindu ascetic holy men known as the Naga Sadhus, during the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, Saturday ...

Meet Naga sadhu, an Indian, who speaks fluent English, is an engineer, university topper too, he is at Mahakumbh The Mahakumbh is being celebrated after 12 years, and over 45 crore devotees are ...

The first Amrit Snan of Maha Kumbh 2025 occurred on Makar Sankranti, 14 January 2025. The second Amrit Snan of Maha Kumbh will be done on Mauni Amavasya on 29 January 2025. In this, Naga Sadhus ...

The Naga Sadhus, he explains, are not seeking attention. On the contrary, they have renounced worldly matters and performed their own last rites. “There is a term for this attitude; ...

Showing their utter reverence for Naga sadhus, devotees collected the sand of the path from where these ascetics returned after taking the holy dip at the Sangam on Mahakumbh’s first Amrit Snan ...

During the Maha Kumbh 2025, around 12,000 ascetics will become Naga sanyasis in various akharas after a rigorous 12-year monitoring process. A signifi ...

A Naga sadhu was killed allegedly by his two disciples on the premises of Ayodhya's famous Hanumangarhi Temple, police said on Thursday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Hanuman Garhi Ayodhya/Facebook ...