Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 24: The week long festivities organized to mark the Kaal Bhairav Asthami at ancient Bhairav Temple located at Chowk Chabutra, concluded here today with a grand Bhandara organized under the supervision of Pandit Rumil Sharma.
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Thousands of devotees from all walks of life participated in the Bhandara and sought the blessings of the Almighty. On the occasion, the Temple as well as entire Chowk Chabutra and Dhounthly Bazaars were beautifully decorated with flowers and lights while the surroundings of the Temple were covered under laser lights.
Businessmen and traders of the area also decorated their shops and participated in the Bhandara. A number of stalls were arranged during the Bhandara. In the evening, a grand ‘Aarti’ of Baba Kaal Bhairav was organized in the Temple in which about hundreds of devotees participated and paid obeisance to Lord Kaal Bhairav.
Earlier, speaking to media persons, Pt Rumil Sharma informed that every year a celebration in the form of Prabhat Pheris and bike rally, followed by a mass Bhandara is organized to pay obeisance to Kaal Bhairav. He said that Kaal Bhairav is the Rudra form of reincarnation of Bhagwan Shiva who holds great spiritual and religious importance in all prayers held in India.
He further informed that a day prior to the Bhandara, congregation of different castes (about 52 in number) was held at the Temple premises. “No pooja is complete without paying obeisance to Kaal Bhairav, who resides in Bhrikuti (eyebrows) of Bhagwan Shiva and is equally important as Bhagwan Ganesha,” he added.
Situated in the heart of Jammu at Chowk Chabutra, the historic Bhairav Temple, where Lord Bhairav resides in the form of a natural Pindi, has become a spiritual center for thousands of devotees from across the region. Devotees come to seek the blessings of Lord Bhairav, the fifth Rudra of Lord Shiva, and to overcome the negative effects of planets such as Shani and Rahu in the Indian zodiac.
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