Thursday, February 09, 2006

The 18 Yoga Siddhas - Goraknath


Goraknath is one of the 18 yoga siddhas in the 'nath' tradition. He was initiated by Dattatreya (Vishnu), Macchamuni, Allama Prabu. Some of his contributions include "Avadhuta Gita" and 13 other works, order of ascetics, medicine, alchemy, Hatha yoga pradipika classic etc. He has attained samadhi at Poyur (Girnar). You can find his cave in Sathuragiri hills.

You can find lots of information about this siddha and his works in the following books

Babaji and 18 Siddhas
The Yoga of the Eighteen Siddhas: An Anthology

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