Aghoracharya Baba Kinaram Maharaj

Pranams at the lotus feet of Baba Kinaram Maharaj!

Chapter – 4

There are several mutts all over India, each Mutt has its own disciplines, monastic sect, and  Dharmic rites, and these Aghoris are one among them,  the follower of an Aghori sect is called Aghorin.   Pandit Gangashankar Mishra describes, “ Aghora Thanthra is a Shivaite philosophy, one of the five faces of  Lord Shiva is addressed as Aghora who has pleasant appearance,  saints who worship the Aghora face of Lord Shiva is called Aghori, he holds skull in his hand, so he is also called Kapalin, sacred scriptures describe elaborately about the Aghora face of Lord Shiva.  Previously Aghoramutt was located in Bodhgaya, Girinarparvath, Mount Abu, Hinglaji, Bengal, Bihar, Utter Pradesh, Ajmeer, Marward, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Assam.   The Aghoris of Bengal and Assam worship Goddess Shakti as the presiding deity,  Aghoris of  Bihar and Utter Pradesh worship Lord Shiva as the presiding deity".  Baba Kinaram performed various miracles in his lifetime, and he had several disciples, there are Samadhis of eleven illustrious Aghoris in his Ashram in Kreemkund known as Ekadhasha Rudra. 

Baba Kinaram after receiving Dheeksha from Sant Shivaramji, he rigorously continued the practice of meditation, after serving Guru he utilized all his valuable time in the practice of meditation.  Suddenly an unfortunate event took place, Sant Shivaramji’s wife expired.  He was a Grihastha as well as an ascetic, he was tortured by the absence of his wife, he found it difficult to perform the daily rite in her absence.  He thought with the remarriage he could bring stability in his life.  He discussed the same with his favorite disciple Kinaram, he said “ Maharaj, it is not graceful to remarry at this age, it is good if you spend the rest of your life in worship of Lord and recitation of scriptures.”  Sant Shivaramji was not expecting this answer from Kinaram. He was quite displeased and expressed his frustration “ None of my daily rites is taking place without her, I am not in a position to take care of all the responsibilities of the home,”  In this way, the disciple and preceptor kept arguing on this matter.