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unusual facts about Sadhu


Prabodhini Ekadashi

Sadhus gather here and stay from ekadashi to full moon day in caves.


Anirudh Dave

Aniruddh moved to Delhi and started enacting in renowned plays like Rashomon(by Akiro Kurosawa; International), Haye Mera Dil(with Ranveer Singh), Man Without Shadow, Jaat Na Pucho Sadhu Vijay Tendulkar.

Duniya Vijay

In 2009, Vijay was seen in action oriented films,namely, MR Ramesh's Thaakath and Junglee directed by Soori and also in Sadhu Kokila's directorial Devru.

Gathering of Vadodara

A satsangi from Vadodara, Nathbhakta met Swaminarayan and requested him to send a sadhu to quell the scholars there who were stating the Swaminarayan Sampraday was not Vedic.

Ghoti people

Some surnames are specific only to Ghotis and Edeshis, like Ghosh,Adak, Adhikary, Bagui, Bhaduri,Bor or Bar, Daffadar, Dandapat,Dolui, De, Dey, Gorai, Guin, Chowdhury, Hazra, Hela, Jana, Karan, Karak, Karmakar, Kundu, Laha, Mahapatra, Maity, Middye, Modak, Nag, Nandi, Naskar, Nayak, Neogi, Paik, Pain, Pal, Panja, Patra, Sadhu, Sadhukhan, Samanta, Sardar, Sapui, Sasmal, Sett, She-al, Sinha, Tarafder, Topdar, Mihiracharyaa etc.

Kailash Mehra Sadhu

Kailash Mehra Sadhu, also known as Malika-e-Ghazal, was born in Dogra, Nainital.

Sadhu Ram Sharma

Sadhu Ram Sharma is also the father of Ashok Kumar Sharma, an MP in the Rajya Sabha under the banner of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Sadhu Yadav

The 2003 film Gangaajal, which is based on true events in Bihar and features a politician character called Sadhu Yadav, caused Yadav's supporters to attack cinemas when it was released.

Swami Sundaranand

Nicknamed "the Sadhu Who Clicks" because of his photography, he is a noted mountain climber having scaled over 25 Himalayan peaks, climbing twice with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.


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