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A trip to the Terath (Pilgrimage) of past gods. This sacred
place of pilgrimage for Hindus specially the devotees of Aadh
Shakti Devi Maata is
situated in the mountain cave "HINGLAJ" on the river bank
of "HINGHOL" at the tail of Kheerthar mountains called Kanraj in
tehsil Lyari of Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is
considered one of the famous and largest TEERATHS Pilgramage of
Subcontinent.
LOCATION:
It is about 170 miles 250 KM from Karachi. One has to go by road
on main Karachi-Quetta Highway (RCD) up to zero point for about
75 miles. Then by road towards west through Lyari town and then
to Signal fauji camp stop,crosssing Aghore River. Then through
Goongi River and last stop to "Asha Pura" sarai (INN). There are
worship places of GANESH DEVA,MATA KALI,GURU GORAKH NATH
DOONI,BRAHAM KUNDH,TIR KUNDH,MAHA KALI KUNDA,GURU NANAK
KHARAO,RAM JAROKHA BETHAK,ANEEL KUNDH ON CHORASI MOUNTAIN and on
the way CHANDRA GOOP , KHARI RIVER and AGHORI PUJA.
HISTORY :
During the Treata Yuga, in the days of PERUSHURAM
AVATAR , Rishi
Dadechi narrated this story. In the TATARI MONGOL CLAN there
lived a king named VICHATAR.
He had two sons HINGOL and SUNDER. They belonged to Suria
Dynasty of Kshtrya class. They were brave but cruel and lived
luxurious lives. Their empire was adjacent to China. The people
who lived in these countries belonged to Chandra Dynasty of
Kshtrya Class and were followers of LORD SHIVA. Prince sunder
attacked the neighboring countries and killed thousands of
people and looted gold ornaments and demanded royalties from
them. The people then prayed to Lord SHIVA to save them from the
cruel prince by fulfilling their prayers and request , Lord
SHIVA granted a boon where GANESH DEVA killed the demon prince
Sunder in three days. After the death of Prince Sunder , his
brother Hingola became furious and swore to take avenge his
brother's death. He underwent penance and by his austerity for
years he received the boon that no living being in the three
worlds could kill him with any sort of weapon and his death will
only occur at a place where Sunlight does not penetrate. He
thereafter defeated other kings, extended his reign with terror
and cruelty. He referred to himself as HINGOl DEVA. People
became very sick and tired in his reign and they performed great
Yagna Hawan in their Devi Mata Temple in order to get rid of
HIngol , the King. Devi Mata appeared and promised to kill
Hingol. Hingol came in SATA DEEP, presently located in
Balochistan and went inside a dark cave where Devi Mata with her
wooden weapon TRISHUL killed him. In his last moments of life
hingol prayed to Devi Mata that in future this place may be
called after his name as HINGAL TEERATH and so the place came to
be known.
Another History:
According to another story in the PURAN , once SATI the consort
of LORD SHIVA and the daughter of King Daksha was annoyed with
her father for not inviting LORD SHIVA in the ceremony of Yagna.
She jumped to in Agni Havan Kunda and burnt herself. LORD SHIVA
then became furious and came and took the dead body of SATI and
started roaming in all the Dishas and there was danger created
all over the world. Hence LORD VISHNU cut the body of SATI in 52
pieces with his Sudarshan Chakra in order to cool down LORD
SHIVA's anger. The pieces of SATI'S body fell at differant
places; the head fell at KUNRAJ mountain and was so called as
HINGLAJ TEERATH of SHAKT DEVI MATA. 51 pieces at different
places and were known as DEVI TEERATH ASTHANS also by differant
names. There is no doubt that HINGLAJ TEERATH is very old and
remained famous even during Mahabharat period when King Jaidrath
of Sindh constructed Devi temples. When King Sikander of Yoonan,
Europe when invaded India, he fought with King Balram at Bali
Kot Fort and stayed at Hingol River. At that time, yatri
devotees were performing HInglaj Yatr and they were safe. Samrat
Vikramjeet, the king of India also visited Hinglaj as yatr after
conquering all of India. Raja Todarmal of Mughal regime also
visited this teerath. Other Rajput rajas like Bihari Mal, Raja
Bhij Singh, Raja Madhoo Singh, Raja Jagat Singh of Jaipur, Ram
Devji Pir of Rajasthan with his Army chief Agva Laloo Jakhraj
also came to Hinglaj for yatra, Dada Mekhan the great saint of
Gujarat also came to Hinglaj Teerath and he was called first
KAPRI of Mata and after this all the Yatris are called KAPRIS.
Kapris wear mala of Thumra in their neck.
Hinglaj Mata Yatra In Photo Gallery
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