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Ravan as a worshiper

Himachal Pradesh ki khoobsurat pahadiyon ke beech ek shaant aur pavitra jagah hai — Baijnath. Yeh jagah sirf nature ke liye hi nahi, balki ek prachin mandir ke liye bhi mashhoor hai: Baijnath Temple.

Is mandir se judi ek interesting local belief aaj bhi logon ke dilon mein zinda hai.

Mana jata hai ki yahan jo Shivling sthapit hai, uski sthapna khud Ravana ne ki thi. Haan, wahi Ravana jise hum aksar Ramayana mein burai ka pratik samajhte hain. Lekin Baijnath mein uski ek alag pehchaan hai.

Local kahaniyon ke mutabik, Ravana Bhagwan Shiv ka bahut bada bhakt tha. Usne yahan kathor tapasya ki aur apni bhakti se is jagah ko pavitra bana diya. Dheere dheere mandir ke aas-paas log basne lage. Ghar bane, kheti shuru hui, parivaar bane, aur dekhte hi dekhte yeh gaon samriddh ho gaya.

Yahan ke log maante hain ki unki tarakki aur sukh-shanti ka connection isi mandir se hai — aur is mandir ki shuruaat Ravana ki bhakti se judi hui hai.

Isi wajah se Baijnath mein Dussehra baaki India se alag tareeke se manaya jata hai. Jahan desh ke kai hisson mein Ravana ka putla jalaya jata hai, Baijnath mein aisa nahi hota.

Yahan ke log Ravana ki pooja bhi nahi karte, lekin use sirf villain ki tarah bhi nahi dekhte. Unke liye Ravana ek aisa vyakti hai jisne yahan Shiv ko sthapit kiya, jiske kaaran yeh bhoomi basi, phali-phooli, aur logon ko jeene ka sahara mila.

Isliye Dussehra ke din yahan Pind Daan ki parampara hai. Log apne purkhon ko yaad karte hain, shraddha dete hain, aur is pavitra sthaan ke prati apna aabhar vyakt karte hain.

Yahan Dussehra jalane ka nahi, balki yaad karne aur dhanyavaad dene ka din hota hai.

Baijnath ki yeh kahani hume yeh sikhati hai ki har character ki sirf ek pehchaan nahi hoti. Jo ek jagah burai ka pratik hai, wahi kahin aur bhakti, sthapna aur jeevan dene wala bhi maana ja sakta hai.


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