Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c5.75
Gorakhnāth and the Kānphaṭa Yogīs c5.75
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c5.75
Legends and traditions which refer the custom to Gorakhnāth are numerous. It is said that Śiva ordered Pārvatī to split Gorakhnāth’s ears¹ and that thus the practice arose. Again, Karkāī and Bhuskāī received consent from their guru, Gorakhnāth, to split each other’s ears.² The agreement was made at a place on the road to Hiṅg Lāj, a shrine which every perfect Yogī must visit. Gorakhnāth is said to have split Bhartri’s ears.²