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routine of the rituals, the deities are daily bathed morning and evening and offering
Prasad and Arti follows this. So far as facilities for visitors are concerned, there are
no dharmashalas or rest sheds near the temple and in the village. No one has thought of
building them despite the relatively isolated nature of the locality. Visitors generally
stay under the trees and in the huts of pandas, who charge money for affording shelter.
The troubles of the pilgrims and visitors can well be imagined. It may be mentioned that a
goodproportion of the pilgrims is from Nepal. This Girija temple, with its immemorial
tradition of Sita meeting Rama for the first time and the subsequent marriage of all the
four sons of king Dasharatha of Ayodhya to the four daughters of King Janaka, prompts us
to make a few observations on the enduring impact of the Rama-Sita cult which has
permeated Hindu India through Mithila. It is said that the sage Vishwamitra took Sri Rama-
chandra and Lakshmana to the court of King Janaka at Janakpur where Rama broke the bow and
Sita garlanded him.
The Malyadan by Sita completed the marriage, though
the father of the bride- groom was not present at the time. Later the formal invitation to
King Dasharatha was sent and he came with the other sons. As Janaka and his brothers had
threemore daughters, they were given in marriage to the three sons of King Dasharatha. |
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