Good Morning Friends, 9 October 2008.
Last night was end of nine night festival called Navaratri. We can define Navaratari meaning Nine Night Dance festival. It is celebrated all over India. Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal are states were Navratri celebrated maximum.
Last night, I visited Rupal , a small village around 40 km away from my city Ahmedabad. Rupal is known for Ma Vardayini Temple and Palli of Ma Vardayini.
Palli is a wooden frame of around 6-7 feet height. Its having holy fire kindled at top of it and also on all four corners. Pure Ghee or clarified butter is being poured onto a Palli.. More than 600,000 Kg of Pure Ghee poured onto a Palli. The price for that ghee is around 100 million rupees.
Pure Ghee or clarified butter is been kept at around 27 different spots from all over village. These spots are call Chakalu or cross road. Pure Ghee was kept in Trailors and Big size of Bucket. View following picture where devotees and volunteers walk in a vat of ghee before it is poured onto a Palli.
Bellow picture is of Palli. Volunteers are standing on it and taking kids on top of holy fire kindled at top. Kids are being blessed by this way. Once kids at that spots are done with blessing process it comes to poured ghee onto Palli. Volunteers use buckets to poured ghee. All volunteers get wet with ghee and its ghee all around. View below picture.
Jay Vardayini Ma
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