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Aghor is a spiritual of worship of Lord Shiv that originated in Northern India around the 11th Century C.E. The word Aghor literally means "that which is not difficult or terrible." Aghor is a simple and natural state of consciousness, in which there is no experience of fear, hatred, disgust or discrimination. One of the five faces of Shiv was known as Aghor. In the Shiv Purana, one of India's oldest legends, there is a hymn to the glory of Shiv by Pushpadanta, head of the Gandharva clan, called the Shiv Mahimnah Stotram. One of its Sanskrit verses reads: Aghoranna paro mantro, Nasti tatvam Guro param.

It means that chanting the name of Aghor (Shiv or Lord Dattatreya, an avatar of Shiv.) is a mantra in itself that is above all other mantras. Let us pray to Lord Aghor - a form of Shiv, to get rid of fear and attain bliss.