Karni Mata Temple Bikaner
Rajasthan
Karni Mata ji
lives in the temple with her entire family. Whose number is up to 5000. The
family which is going to roam around in the form of Kava in the main temple. Which
is called rat in common language. 25000 rats live in the temple. Karni Mata Temple is located 30 km
from Bikaner in
Deshnok. Which is in the south direction from Bikaner.
Karni Mata
Temple is famous for its children Kava Rat. The
main attraction is the white mouse whose number is 7 or 8. Who
gives darshan only to the fortunate devotee. The architectural carvings made of
the same stone of Merval and the door of the main gate are made of 220 kg of
silver. Even in the Jain community, people also keep their faith in Karni Mata.
This is not to be seen anywhere.
In the temple of Karni Mata, milk is given in a large
silver paratha as prasad for Kava. No Kava stays in his bill at five o'clock in
the morning and during the evening aarti at seven o'clock in the evening. The
procession of Kava is worth seeing in the temple at the time of Aarti. At that
time the devotee has to drive the toes of his feet in the ground. So that no
Kava gets injured by being pressed under the foot. For which Karni Mata temple
is famous in the world. The temple was built by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner
in the early 20th century.
The saffron-coloured
idol of Karni Mata in the cave
of Karni Mata's temple
was made by one of her devotees who was blind. This place is the same place
where Karni Mata did penance for 100 years. Karni Mata herself has installed
two stones at this place. Which is placed one on top of the other, which Karni
Mata herself had brought from Sundha Parvat Jalore. Where Karni Mata's mother
used to go to worship her adorable Kuldevi, she brought it from the same place
and established it with her own hands. Which is installed on one side of the
cave of the temple
of Karni Mata. Karni Mata
Ji Jyotilin was held in the cave of this temple.
History of Karni
Mata
Debu Bai and
Mehaji Kiniya had five children. Joe Pacho was a girl. Who lived in Suab
Jodhpur. He was the descendant of the Charan clan. In the wish of the boy, he
used to visit Hinglaj Mata which is in Multan Pakistan many
times. When Mehaji Kiniya went with his wife Debu Bai for the seventh time, he
realized that now he will have a boy. Pleased with this, Suab returned to Jodhpur. One day Debu ji
had a dream of Mother Durga that I would be born from your womb. In this way, a
girl child was born after being in the womb of Mother Debu ji for 21 months
as the sixth child.
Born on Ashwin
Shukla Paksha Saptami Friday, the daughter of Mehaji and Debu ji, born on 20
September 1387, was named Ridhu. However, Mehaji Kiniya
and her sister were depressed due to the re-birth of the girl child. There was
a famine at that time, people used to do animal husbandry. After the birth of
Ridhu, gradually the improvement started, the animals also started giving good
milk.
Once at the age
of 6, Ridhu's aunt came to her maternal brother. Then one day she was
making Ridhu's hair with one hand. So Ridhu said that aunt make my hair with
both hands. So my aunt said that today I am having pain in one hand. Then show
Ridhu bidding, the mysterious Ridhu with a mere touch, healed her aunt's hand. After
this, after revealing many more secrets, Ridhu's name was named Karni by her
aunt.
It is said about
Karni ji that when she was 8 years old. So his father-in-law Mehaji
Kiniya was cut by a snake. People had picked him up and brought him home in a
dead state. There was an atmosphere of sadness in the house. Karni ji was
sleeping then. As soon as she came to know about her father, she came to her
father-in-law Mehaji Kiniya, where the snake had bitten. Touching that place
made him alive from unconscious state.
Talk about Karni
ji's secret started spreading far and wide. Once, Rao Shekha, who went out for
war, was passing through Suab with his soldier. On the way, he asked a girl, Karni
ji, where does Karni ji live. Then he told that I am Karni. Then Karni ji
brought Rao Shekha along with her soldier to her house. There were two rotis
and some in earthen pots in the house. Karni ji fed all the soldiers and Rao
Shekha with the same bread, which filled everyone's stomach by taking small
amounts of food. While going to Rao Shekha, Tan Rao Shekha was taking Karni ji
with the boon of victory in the war, when Karni ji asked for the boon of
immortality, then Karni ji kept some condition from him, which he could fulfill
by fulfilling it.
Karni ji took an
avatar for the welfare of the people and made the then Jangal Pradesh his place
of action. Karniji blessed Rao Bika to establish a kingdom in Jangal Pradesh. Karni
ji established Oran
in ten thousand bighas in Deshnok for the upbringing of humans, animals and
birds, which is called animal pasture. Karni ji freed Rao Shekha of Poogal from
the prison in Multan which is now in Pakistan. His
daughter Rangkanwar got married to Rao Bika.
The shepherd of
Karni ji's cows was named Dashrath Meghwal. Those who lost their lives while
fighting the robbers while protecting the cows from the dacoits Penthad and
Pooja Mahala. Karni ji finished Dasaratha Meghwal and made Dasaratha Meghwal
revered by eliminating the dacoits Penthad and Pooja Mahala. Due to which he
became a symbol of respect in the society.
Bikaner and Jodhpur
states were established only with the blessings and favors of Karni ji.
On 23 March 1538, Karni
Mata became Jyotirlin on Chaitra Sukla Paksha Navami Saturday. After which the
idol was installed in his meditation hall and that gold umbrella was offered.