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Mehandipur Balaji Temple, Dausa
The Mehandipur Balaji Temple is situated in the Dausa district. Basically Shri Mehendipur
Balaji Temple is Lord Hanuman Ji's Temple. According to legend, the present-day
forms of the "Divine Trinity" found in the Mehandipur Dham appeared around one thousand
years ago in a valley amidst the hills of the Aravali Range. Shri Ganesh Puri ji
Maharaj, who was the 11th Mahant of this pilgrimage center used to say that this
area was covered by a thick and dense forest, full of wild animals, once upon a
time.
Balaji temple at Mehandipur in Rajasthan is very powerful place. It is believed
that the deity in this temple has divine power to cure a person possessed with evil
spirit. Hundreds of 'Sankatwalas', as the possessed people are refereed to in local
lingo, throng to the temple everyday to offer prayers and have 'darshan'.
The temple has also become a home and the last respite for the victims. The 'Mahant'
of the temple, prescribes the treatment. It can include reading holy texts, following
a strict vegetarian and simple diet, and even afflicts physical pain to one's body.
Now people suffering from malignant spirits and black magic or spell get their relief
when they make an appeal for relief to Shri Bhairav ji and Shri Pret Raj Sarkar
who holds his court and awards punishment to the malignant spirits, ghosts, goblins,
ghouls, evil eyed witches etc. Shrine of Balaji, Court of Pret Raja, Pooja griha,
Bhairav ji temple and Ram Darbar are some of the spots worth seeing here.
Religious ritualistic performances, charity, feeding the poor, homeless and incapacitated
people, water supply for all and fodder for cows and stray animals are the activities
of this temple.
One can witness people going through various physical therapies like keeping heavy
stones on their body, on arms, legs and chest , to ease their pain. There are others
who inhale the smoke that fumes out of the sweet Patasa's kept on smoldering cowpats.
The ones with serious case of spirit possession, who tends to get violent, are even
shackled in chains within the temple premises.
This may appear a bit anachronistic at the first glance, but thousands of people
are believed to have been cured in this way. Festival time (Holi, Hanuman Jayanti
and Dusshera etc) are regarded as the most auspicious time to emancipate from the
evil spirit
Medical science may discard such approach to the ailment as self-deceptions based
on blind faith, but for the believers, the power of Balaji is something supernatural,
something beyond metaphysics.
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