Bijaynagar/Beawar: There is a practice of burning Mahishasura rather than Ravana throughout Asoj Navratri in Shaktipeeth Shri Bari Mata Temple positioned on Beawar Road close to Bijaynagar in Rajasthan. This is the primary place within the state the place the effigy of Mahishasura is burnt. Actually, this development began about 23 years in the past. At the identical time, tomorrow i.e. on eleventh October, Maa Bhagwati Mardini will burn the 41 ft effigy of Mahishasura within the temple premises.
Know why Mahishasura is burnt: Krishna Tak, head of the principle Shaktipeeth Shri Bari Mata Temple Trust positioned close to Bijaynagar, mentioned that Mahishasura was a demon. To kill him, Mother Bhagwati was outfitted with weapons and weapons by the ability of Lord Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh and different gods and goddesses. After that, Mata, using on a lion and assuming a monstrous type, fought with Mahishasura and killed him.
Here on Dussehra, not Ravana, however Mahishasura is burnt (Etv Bharat Ajmer)
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Mahishasur Dahan has been occurring for 23 years: The burning of Mahishasura has been happening at Bari Mata Tirtha Dham for the final 23 years. Every yr on Dussehra, Ravana Dahan is organized at numerous locations, however that is maybe the one place within the state and nation the place Mahishasura is burnt as a substitute of Ravana.
There isn’t any particular cause given for the burning of Mahishasura in Bari Mata temple. It is just mentioned that years in the past, Smritishesh Chunnilal Tank, a fantastic devotee of the Mother Goddess, had began this custom, which is being adopted since then. On this present day, together with the group of the truthful, grand tableaux are put up, which an enormous crowd of devotees collect to see.
The peak of the height of Bari Mata temple is 185 ft. The temple has statues of Bholenath, Maa Lakshmi, Dharmaraj, Shri Krishna-Radha, Shri Ram Darbar, Charbhujanath, Ganga Maiya, Chitragupta, Suryanarayan Bhagwan, Ramdev, Gayatri Mata, Sheetala Mata and different deities.
