Shaivism .

Dark skinned Shiva, it is well known is the god provided by the Aryan conquerors to the enslaved indigenous population. The purpose of his invention was to retain the indigenous people as willing slaves for ever. He is represented as a drug addict and as a sexually indulgent god. His exploits in the Kanan forest where he is shown as raping the wives of the learned rishis, is described in detail in a Hindu scripture. His spouse is the famous Black Goddess. She is depicted as a very efficient slayer of demons. She is fond of human blood and thuggee which was banned by William Bentinck was a ritual calculated the keep the Black Goddess supplied with human blood. It involved enticing trusting rich travellers and offering their blood to the goddess as a sacrifice.

Shiva and Kal's followers are represented as worshipping the genitals (the lingam[means penis in English] and the yoni [means Vagina in English] ) of their god and goddess . This practise continues to this day and at thousands of temples in India and abroad the worship continues. Shiva is described as a god of serpents, nether beings, demons and ghosts and all such beings. Several of the sects owing
allegiance to him are represented as having deviant social and sexual behaviour. They use drinking sessions, cannibalism and sexual indulgence as religious rituals to facilitate the achievement of summum bonum .

Aghori sect

Followers belonging to the Aghori sect eat human flesh as a religious ritual (one case came up in November 2006 in Ropar district in which a follower killed his spiritual master, roasted his flesh and ate it. This was described by the police as an execution of a religious ritual by a member of the Aghori sect.

Choli Sect

The choli sect is well known for worshipping by sexual indulgence . They go to a place of worship and after drinking alcohol and eating fish, indulge in the main ritual copulation. This involves placing the choli or the blouse of every woman present in the

gathering in an earthen pot. Men present there then pull out a garment each. Thus the sexual partners are paired for the ritual sex act. The deed is done even if a chance pair happens to be brother and sister or even mother and son. This is considered a very holy act.

Shakats

Shakats worship Shiva in his most potent (uggar) form of Mahakaal and the Mahakali in her most war-like form of Chandi or Durga. They worship weapons also.