Naga sadhus are Hindu sages who reside in Himalayas doing meditation and self realization

Naga sadhus are Hindu sages who reside in Himalayas doing meditation and self realization.They are more than 250000 in number.They are all males only.They stay naked and do not wear any clothes.They are naked at the temperature of -30 degrees.They stay cut off from human habitation.I do not know much about what they eat and drink to live.I hear that some of them are more than hundred years old.They keep perfect health and there is no doctor there to attend on them.Once in twelve years they come down from Himalayas to take a dip in the holy waters of river Ganges during Kumbh Mela season.As they stay naked it will be awkard or indecent to allow them to bathe during day time.Therefore the local government makes arrangements to allow them to take dip in the river during night night time from 12 midnight to say 3 AM when others are not allowed to go there where they take bath. You can see it yoursel in youtube.My doubt is as to how they are able to maintain health and live naked under severe cold conditions.Can any one say..

After mentioning all these beliefs or should I say credulous nature of YOGIC FAITHS, I would like to mention the NAGA SADHUS who made the front cover news of all the papers in the last thirty days whenKUMBH MELA was in progress.

Austere, mystic and nomadic vicars are some descriptions used for theNAGA SADHUS who are believed to be the practitioners of YOGA and believed to be enlightened humans in search of MOKSHA. They are considered to have relinquished all the worldly attachments and pleasures including the sexual desires and live in forests, caves and temples all around INDIA.

Among the many clans of SADHUS like the JATA who carry swords, the AGHORIS who are expected to keep company of the ghosts and reside in the SHAMSHANS where the dead bodies are burnt; there are the NAGA SADHUS who are naked and non shaven wearing their hairs in form of thick locks. They are also called DIGAMBARAS.

NAGAS are considered to be a paradigm of renunciation. With their long hairs and ash smeared bodies, the NAGAS regard themselves as the illustrations of LORD SHIVA. They are even accompanied with ancient weaponries like TRISHULS, SWORDS and STICKS representing their warrior naturism. They smoke on CHILLAMS with marijuana and the blues eyes represent them being high, not due to some enlightenment but due to the dope.

The NAGAS make their public presence felt during the KUMBH by taking the holy bath in the GANGES in HARIDWAR.

They are the sole show stealers of the grand event and people flock from around the corners to see them.

The SADHUS and their unconventional ways have always left the world mesmerized. They feel to be holy because they are not concerned with the regular needs of a normal human. Anything which is different is appealing but to the extent where you are not aware of the grave secrets behind it.