sadhu


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Synonyms for sadhu

(Hinduism) an ascetic holy man

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Before the Sadhu sets out on the new path, he gives up all bonds with his past.
Sadhu Brahmavihari Das praised the initiatives of Bahrain in strengthening relations between the two countries.
Sadhu, who is originally from India, set up his digital marketing agency Sadsisya Ltd with the support and guidance of the University's Student and Graduate Enterprise team and a year on, has a host of clients.
The round also featured participation from Bloodstone, CrunchFund, FundersClub, Google Ventures, Homebrew, Sherpalo Ventures, Patrick and John Collison of Stripe Inc, ZenPayroll Inc's CEO and co-founder Josh Reeves, Jeff Epstein, former CFO of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) and DoubleClick, Naval Ravikant of AngelList, Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail of Venmo LLC, Adam Erlebacher of Simple Finance Technology Corp, Sumon Sadhu of Quid, Nas and Paul Buchheit of Y Combinator.
L&T's scope will include design, engineering and construction of the statue along with an exhibition centre at its base, a memorial garden, designer bridge connecting Sadhu Island with the mainland along the Narmada River, an internal roadway stretching 5km, and improvements to the existing roads/bridges/culverts connecting the area of Sadhu Island.
It stars Chiranjeevi Sarja, Shanvi Srivastava, Nagshekar and Sadhu Kokila in the lead roles.
Sadhu Aufochs Johnston (Deputy City Manager of Vancouver, Canada) Steven S.
"No names, please," he says, adding, "I left home at 18, travelling to Amsterdam, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India." Rampuri is now as much an Indian as the sadhu in the next camp.
INDIA A Naga Sadhu, or Naked Hindu holy man, displays his nails as he participates in a religious procession towards the Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, as part of the Mahakumbh festival in Allahabad.
This raised several issues regarding not just the misrepresentation of the Kumbh Mela as an anachronistic, exotic festival, but also of the honor of pious women (who go to the sangam to perform a religious ritual, and are in the process beamed across the world in their wet saris), and the correct performance of ritual (photographers entered the hallowed waters before sadhu akharas, in order to get the best possible shots, in defiance of custom that allows the holy men precedence in bathing).
These books are reviewed together because they present two different perspectives on the life of Sadhu Sundar Singh.