Aghori Cannibalism. For centuries, the Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls.
Aghori tradition also includes Tantric practices, Hinglaj Mata being their kuladevta. They're like 18th century Darwin Awards. An Aghori holy man sits vigil on a hill overlooking the Ganges River. This is the representation that the final abode for everyone is the cemetery. Aghori eating human flesh is false cannibalism debunked Close.
Mark Chadbourn The sources from this era are few and far between, and many of those are questionable. Unlike ours, the life of the Aghoris is totally inexplicable. Reza Aslan learns why some fear the Aghora Hindu sect when he sits down with a bizarre guru covered in cremated ashes. The general concept is that they avoid human habitations and stay is secluded, hidden places away from the prying eyes of the curious human beings. The Aghoris usually live by the ritual fires, however, besides that, they live in remote places far away from human habitation such as Himalayan cold caves, Sundarbans jungle, under the scorching heat of the deserts of Gujarat and lastly, the Aghori sadhus of Kumbh Mela are infamous.
One of the things that make the Aghori so bizarre is their practice of cannibalism. Slept on the ashes in the cremation grounds and chatted with the sadhus, you know. Aghori will be a supernatural thriller based on Aghori, who are devotees of Lord Shiva and build their abode near cremation grounds.
Members of the Aghori drink from human skulls and practice cannibalism in the belief that eating human flesh confers spiritual and physical benefits, such as the prevention of aging. Nothing less. Now, to be fair there is not specific law against cannibalism in India. Since the Aghori view human corpses as natural matter with no trace of the human life that had once occupied it, taboos against cannibalism are not considered to apply and the human flesh can be eaten in the same way that flesh from animals can.
