Swami Vivekananda called Jain monks the first great ascetics. Woollen clothes were traditionally associated with ascetics and mystics. He was fascinated by wandering ascetics and monks. Brahmins, states Olivelle, were the social class from which most ascetics came. Most Hindu ascetics adopt celibacy when they begin Sannyasa. Female ascetics and Svetambara male monks always wear un-stitched or minimally stitched white clothes. The Jain Agamas enumerate five vratas (vows) which ascetics and householders must observe. The elite included advisers, military leaders, courtiers, priests, religious ascetics and officials. It is practised by Jain ascetics and lay Jains. The Nagas are ascetics and followers of the god Shiva. Jardaqa was a jurist and litterateur; he was well known for his ascetics (piety), too. They attired in the garbs of ascetics. "Sallekhana" is a vow available to both for Jain ascetics and householders. It is prescribed both for the ascetics and householders. At Srirangam, the invading army desecrated the shrine and killed 12,000 unarmed ascetics.