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The Aghori Sanskrit aghora are a small group of ascetic Shaiva sadhus. They engage in post-mortem rituals. They often dwell in charnel grounds, smear cremation ashes on their bodies, and use bones from human corpses for crafting kapalas skull cups which Shiva and other Hindu deities are often iconically depicted holding or using and jewelry. Their practices are contradictory to orthodox Hinduism.