श्री गोगानवमी : Shri Goga Navami (Gogamedi)

Shri Goga (Guga) Navami : Tuesday, 23 August 2011

भाद्रपद श्रीकृष्णाष्टमीके दूसरे दिनकी पुण्यतिथि नवमी ही ‘श्री गोगानवमी’ Guga Navami नामसे प्रसिद्ध है। इसी तिथिको श्रीजाहरवीर गोगाजीका जन्मोत्सव श्रद्धालु भक्तोंद्वारा अपार भक्ति-भावसे मनाया जाता है।

यह व्यापक व्रत नहीं है। लोकाचारमें इसका प्राधान्य है। इसके लिये कुम्हारलोग काली मिट्टीकी एक मूर्ति बनाते हैं। वह वीर पुरुषकी होती है। उसे भाद्रपद कृष्ण नवमीको प्रातः सद्‍गृहस्थोंके घरोंमें ले जाते हैं और पूजन करवाके ले आते हैं। देखा जाता है कि अधिकांश गृहस्थ उस अश्वारुढ मूर्तिको अपूप और श्रावणीका रक्षासुत्र (राखी) अर्पण करते हैं।

Gogaji is regarded as a saint by the Kayam Khani Muslims who are beieved to be his descendants. He is an eminent warrior-hero of the region. Hindus called him by the name of Goga Veer while Muslims call him Jahar Peer. His devotees spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat, where an annual procession is taken out in his honor.

Some people also regard Gogaji as a snake-god and almost all the Rajasthani villages has a ‘Than’ (sacred place) dedicated to him. The devotees come to visit the place and believe that Gogaji grants the wishes of his believers, expecially, in case of curing snakebites and other diseases. His ‘samadhi’ is made of marble and has two minarets and a boundary wall. His idol shows him riding a blue horse and with a snake coiled around his neck.

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