mehandipur balaji history : Special mention of worship of Shri Hanuman ji is found in the seven crore mantras mentioned in ancient texts. Sri Rambhakt, Rudra Avatar Surya-Shishya, Vayu-Putra, Kesari Nandan, Shri Balaji, Shri Hanuman ji is worshiped in the whole year of India. Hanuman ji, manifested from the womb of Mother Anjani, contains the sharp of five gods. “Ajar-Amar Gunnidhi Sut Hohu” This boon was given to Hanuman ji in Ashoka Vatika. Lord Shri Ram himself said that- ‘Sun kapi tohi equal benevolence, no kou tarn, male, monk, tanudhari’. Hanuman ji, the symbol of force and intellect, is very dear to Rama and Janaki. As a result of being incomparable, he has been called Balaji. All the devotees worship different deities according to their reverence. But in this era, the eleventh Rudra avatar of Lord Shiva is worshiped the most. This is the reason that Hanuman ji has been called the vibrant deity of Kalyug.
Millions of temples of Hanuman ji are located all over India, but some temples are famous for their own specialty, where the people flourish, one such temple is a miraculous temple of Balaji in Mehndipur in Dausa district of Rajasthan. This temple is also called Ghat Mehandipur due to being situated in the valley between two very picturesque hills. The temple is about a thousand years old. The Balup statue of Bajrang Bali located in this temple was not made by any artist, but it is self -proclaimed.
This statue of Balaji also acts as the back wall of the temple as the unbroken part of the mountain. The rest of the temple has been constructed considering this idol as the head. There is a very subtle hole on the left side of the chest of this idol, due to which the stream of holy water flows continuously. This water continues to gather in a pool located under the feet of Balaji, which the devotees take with them as Charanamrit. In Kali Yuga, Balaji is the only deity who can easily provide salvation to his devotee and followed by Ashtasiddhi.
The history of Balaji is something like this
Initially there was a rugged forest. The dense bushes spread all around contained wild animals. The ancestor of Shri Manhat Ji Maharaj had a dream and he got up and walked up in a dream. They did not know where they were going and during this time they saw a big strange Leela. Thousands of lamps have been running from one side. The sounds of elephants horses are coming and a very large army is coming. The army performed three pradakshinas of the idol of Shri Balaji Maharaj and the head of the army came down and offered obeisance to Shri Balaji Maharaj and went to the path he came.
Gosai Ji Maharaj was amazed and kept watching all this. He felt some fear and went back to his village but could not sleep and repeatedly considering the same topic, he saw three idols in his dream as soon as he got his eyes. This voice came in their ears – “Get up, take the burden of my service. I will expand my pastimes,” Who was saying this, no one was visible. ” Gosai ji again did not pay attention to this and in the end Hanuman Ji Maharaj himself appeared to him and urged him to worship.
On the second day, Gosai Ji Maharaj reached near that statue, he saw that the sound of bells and drums was coming from all around, but did not show anything. After this, Shri Gosai ji gathered the people around and told them all the things. Gosai ji, along with everyone, made a small Tiwari of Balaji Maharaj there, after that there was worship there.
During the Muslim rule, some emperors crushed to destroy this idol, but they failed. The more the root of the idol that was dug, the deeper it became as deeper. Tired, he had to give up his misconduct. During the British rule, Balaji automatically abandoned his hundreds of years old Chola in 1910. Devotees reached the nearby Mandawar railway station with this chola, from where they had to go to the Ganges to flow into the Ganges. The British station master prevented Chole from carrying free and began to lose it, but the miraculous Chola would sometimes become more and sometimes reduce. The railway station master lying in a dilemma event finally had to let Chola go without luggage and he also greeted Balaji’s miracle. After this Balaji was offered a new chola.
This temple of Balaji is famous all over the world for the prevention of upper obstacles, it is believed that a person suffering from the upper powers of Tantra also returns to healthy by the grace of Balaji Maharaj. The sad person has to reach the temple and offer offerings to the three gods. Balaji is offered rice to Laddu, Phantaraj Sarkar and Urad Prasad to Kotwal captain (Bhairav).
Shri Phantraj Sarkar
Phantraj Sarkar holds the post of magistrate in Balaji temple. On the Deity of Phantaraj Sarkar, Chola is also offered. The Phantaraja government is worshiped as a deity punishing evil spirits. His Aarti, Chalisa, Kirtan, Bhajan etc. are performed with devotion. The Phantaraj government is worshiped as the assistant deity of Balaji. They are not worshiped separately, they are not performed anywhere, nor do they have a separate temple. There is no mention of the Phantaraj government in Veda, Purana, Dharma, Granth etc. Phantaraja is the god of reverence and emotion.
Some people get nervous as soon as they hear Balaji’s name. They believe that only a person suffering from ghosts and obstacles go to Balaji’s temple but is not like this. Any devotee who is going to have devotion to Balaji can worship these three gods. Many devotees come regularly to offer prasad in Balaji’s court from India and abroad.
Kotwal captain Shri Bhairav Dev
Kotwal Kaptan Sri Bhairava is the incarnation of Lord Shiva (Bhairavah Purnarupahi Shankarasya Paratmanah Moodhaste Vai Na Kevalam Shiva Majnyaya) and their devotees are pleased with the a little worship of the devotees. Bhairav Maharaj is four-armed. His hands rests on the fifth wing of Brahma, the trident, the tambourine, the Khappar and the Creator. They do not wear red clothes in the waist. They smear the ashes. On his statue, the oil of sesame seeds with fragrance of chameli is offered to the chola by rising the oil. The scriptures and folklore describe the many forms of Bhairava Deva, in which a dozen forms are authentic, Sri Bala Bhairava and Sri Batuk Bhairava, the child form of God. Devotees often worship these forms of the Lord Bhairava. Bhairav is the Kotwal of the army of Dev Balaji Maharaj. They are also called Kotwal Kaptan. Their bhajan-kirtan, Aarti and chalisa are sung at Balaji Temple. As Prasad, Bhairav Dev is made of the great and khir of the rice of the rising pulse.
