(1) Sometime before the age of 20, he was initiated into sannyas by an old sadhu named Pandit Devi Sahaya Shukla.(2) It is our opinion that ashrams developed by a sadhu should be run by sadhus after the founder's passing.(3) In ecstasy, the disciples prepared a huge feast, the guru ate heartily and the ashrama was once again a happy home for sadhus .(4) India is the birthplace of Hinduism as well as Buddhism, motherland of Sikhs and Jains, the abode of more rishis, sadhus , mahatmas, and maharishis than any place on earth.(5) Those who follow the fast track, mostly men, are the sadhus , the ÔÇÿholy menÔÇÖ of India.(6) It was at times as if the Western press was reflecting the images of a colonial India: mysterious Pagan rites, naked sadhus , teeming masses praying to an alien God.(7) During Muslim and British times, the mela gathering of pilgrims and sadhus was a significant force in the preservation of Hinduism and the continued identity of India as a Hindu nation.
