Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c5.73

c5.73

But the origin of the practice of splitting the ears is traced to others as well. It is said that Bhartri asked his guru, Jālandharipā, for a distinguishing mark. So holes, three inches wide, were made in Bhartri’s ears and rings of clay were inserted. Later, those rings were changed for others of wood, then of crystal-gilt and finally of ivory.⁵