akhara

अखाड़ा akhara

A militant ascetic or monastic order; the akharas organize and lead the processional bathing at the Kumbh Mela.

Where this term appears

The Kumbh Mela Temples
The people who lead it The Kumbh is organized and led by the akharas , the militant monastic orders of Hindu asceticism.
Surya Namaskar: The Sun Salutation Yoga
They revived the akhara , the wrestling ground that was gymnasium and temple and school at once, and made bodily strength a matter of national regeneration, a discipline studied by the anthropologist Joseph Alt…
Who is Hanuman? Deities
He is the patron of the wrestling grounds, the akharas , where his celibacy and disciplined strength are the ideal, and his red shrines stand at the edges of countless villages, the protector posted at the boun…
The steps to the river Treatise
…it teaches here under a palm umbrella, and the wrestler trains at the akhara at the top of the steps, and the boatman waits, and the widow prays, and the dead are carried down to the fire, and the children fly …
The Dashanami Order Philosophy
…e contemplative core of the order grew a more striking outgrowth, the akharas , the organised regiments of ascetics, including the famous Naga sadhus, the warrior-renunciates who in earlier centuries took up ar…
The Pot of Nectar Treatise
The orders of ash The festival is led by the akharas , the ascetic orders, and they are among the most extraordinary presences in all of Hinduism.