PUSHKAR - RAJ
The Lone Earthly Abode of Brahma

THE CURSE OF SAVITRI

Onto Brahma decided to perform a sacrifice at Jyestha. According to tradition, the performer's wife should sit beside him at Yagnavedika, but Savitri, his wife delayed her arrival in reaching the alter at the auspicious moment, and that moment should not be slipped by. So Brahma asked Devendra to secure fur him a titling spouse to meet that exigency. Procuring a Gopakanya, Devendra throw hoc into the mouth of the cow, for purification: Oil her coming out reborn, she was named Gayatri. Anon, marrying her, Brahma completed the yaga in scheduled time. Just at this moment Saviln came and finding Gayatri beside her Lord, she dumped a volley of curses, though met with counters fittingly, she left for penance hurling the most potent and awful curse on Brahma that he would never be worshipped anywhere; and it came true. This accounts for the absence of temples for Brahma elsewhere. But grateful devotees have been holding fairs and festivals here annually in a grandiose manner. And Karthik Pournami sees their exuberance and religious fervour reaching the pinnacle. Millions of devotees- congregate on this Punyathithi here to offer their prayers. Moreover, when the religious fanaticism of Moghul kings demolished old shrines, the theist Rajput princes and philanthrophic public renovated and rebuilt them with additions that only bears testimony to their achanchala bhakti in Brahma.

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