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Background: A sadhu is one who is deeply devoted to the path of spirituality. The term sadhu refers to a mendicant, ascetic, or any holy person within Hinduism who has repudiated all earthly, physical and materialistic attachments with the unfaltering intention of spiritual connection to the Divine. So that this study was carried out for psychosocial aspects of people becoming sadhus. This study aimed to assess psychosocial aspects of sadhus and subst Aim: Methods: ance abuse in sadhus. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches were applied in the process of obtaining information and analysis. Information on sadhu was gathered by means of structured Interview Schedule having. A sample of 100 sadhus was selected through purposive sampling procedure. The interviews were conducted in the months from May 2021 to July 2021. Data was veried manually at various stages, tabulated and analysed in the form of tables, bar diagrams, histograms, charts, etc. In this study, the sample distribution by Results: age shows that the maximum numbers of sadhus, about 52% are between 51-60 years of age. Most of the sadhus are coming from rural background which is 80% of total sample. Most of the sadhus are uneducated i.e. 70% of total sample. 60% of sadhu are never married. Of which 20% are widowed and another 20% left their family in pursuit of inner peace. most (about 90%) of the people become sadhu at 20-40 yrs of age. Most (about 50%) of the people become sadhu to attain salvation and 20% were inuenced by other sadhus. In this about 10% become sadhu to avoid work and rest 10% are running away from their responsibilities to their families. There is need to understand the psychology Conclusions: of people opting for sadhuism as their way of life |
