She's d ultimate divine power...jai chandi mata di...
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Machail Yatra-2007:: Machail Yatra in the hills of Bhadarwah tehsil in Doda district commenced on August 18 2007 from Chinote, Bhaderwah. 'Thali Poojan' ceremony for the yatra was performed on August 16 from 5 pm to 8 pm in the premises of Shri Maha Lakshami Mandir, Pacca Danga, Jammu. A religious procession along with the pious 'thali' and 'jyot' was taken out from the temple on August 17 and passed through Jain Bazar, Link Road, Purani Mandi, City Chowk, Ragunath Bazar and Indira Chowk in Jammu, after which the yatris boarded Bhadarwah bound buses and joined the main yatra commencing on August 18 from Chinote.
MACHAIL YATRA
In the month of August a "Chhari" religious procession of "Chandi Mata" starts from Chinote Bhadarwah to Machail Paddar. In which thousand upon thousands of people participate.
Subar Nag and Nagni Melas. On 12th April a grand Mela is held at Sabar Dhar in honour of Sabar Nag in which thousands of Bhadarwahis pay obeisance and on the next day i.e. 13th of April on Ist Basakhi again a very grand Mela of "Nagni Mata" is held at Manthla where thousand of people all around Bhaderwah pay obeisance, sing Bakti songs and dance in order to please Mata for their good crops and health.
In short people of Bhaderwah are very God fearing and offer prayers in their houses and where ever there is a sign of any diety in the Jungles, caves, mountains etc. over and above the worship of above mentioned deities, Lord Shiva's worship has great importance. Every year twice "Manmahash Yatra" starts from Bhaderwah and ends at Manmahash in Himachal Pardesh. This is a highly revered yatra and takes at least 25 days because devotees have to tried the whole journey on foot.
These yatras mostly come in the month of August. At home in order to get the blessing of Lord Shiva, people perform yagna in the form of Piyala, Bagni, Chanehk, Khadha etc. .
As already said that Naga rulers ruled this valley for a pretty long time so Naga cult immensely effected the Bhaderwahi culture and civilization. People erected their temples on different names such as Vaski Nag temples at Gatha, Nagar, Nalthi, Bheja, Subar Nag temple at Subhar Dhar Mahal Nag in Bhalasa etc. etc.
Every Nag diety has its own "Yatra" but Kailash yatra and Ashapati Yatra are very famous.
4 янв 2012