Philosophical grounding Aghor asceticism as a philosophical, social, and ontological intervention into the mainstream Hindu cosmological fold has been regarded with a mixture of fear, bewilderment, and disgust. Their overarching spiritual goal is primarily to achieve a salvific state of non-duality by overcoming quotidian oppositions (pure/impure and pleasant/disgusting) and in its pursuit they dwell naked Discover how Aghor philosophy interprets death, disease, and disability through non-duality, challenging stigma, purity, and social exclusion