Who are female Naga Sadhu?know the details here
Who are female Naga Sadhu? India’s cultural heritage is rich in the case of sadhus. There are many types of sadhus and saints; some live luxurious lives like kings, and some live in dense forests, mountains, and caves. One generation of these sadhus is the Naga sadhus. These Naga sadhus are seen only on very special occasions. These sadhus, who are naked, wear long coiffures, and their bodies are covered with ashes. These Naga sadhus are seen only during the Kumbh and Mahakumbh melas. The rest of the time, they live in forests and mountains. However, very few people know that, like the male Naga sadhus, there are also female Naga sadhus.
Naga Sadhus? In the brotherhood of Naga Sadhus, there are not only men but also women Naga Sadhus. Although there are very few women Naga Sadhus. In such a situation, the next questions come to mind: How do women become Naga Sadhus? do women Naga Sadhus remain naked? And when are women Naga Sadhus seen? So their answer is that women become Naga Sadhus after very difficult penance. Staying away from the world for years, she does hard penance in forests, caves, mountains, etc., donates her body while alive, cuts her hair , and then somewhere she gets the recognition of a woman Naga Sadhu.
Since the word Naga is associated with their name, Mahila Naga Sadhus remain naked. Female Naga Sadhus do not remain naked like male Naga Sadhus. They wear an unstitched ochre-colored cloth on their body. Like other Naga Sadhus, they also try to cover their body by wrapping ashes around their body.
Female Naga saints come to the world only on special occasions like Kumbh and Mahakumbh. After bathing in the holy river, they quickly return to their own world and immerse themselves in devotion to God. For this reason, photos of female Naga saints are also very rare.
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