Holi of historical Gangshyamji temple

Rajasthan Holi:

A lot of enthusiasm is being seen among the people regarding Holi festival across the country.

With the beginning of the month of Phalgun, Krishna temples across the country are seen drenched in Holi songs and Holi colors.

Meanwhile, the tradition of playing Holi on the lines of Vrindavan is still going on in the ancient Gangshyam ji temple in the inner city of Jodhpur, the cultural capital of Rajasthan.

Here, Holi is not just for one day but for a total of 40 days from the beginning of the month of Phagun till Rang Panchami, the devotees, dressed in the colors of Krishna devotees, play Holi with Abir, Gulal and flowers in front of Lord Krishna along with Holi songs.

This tradition started from 1818

This 263 year old historical Gangshyamji temple situated in the city park has a unique religious belief in itself.

This tradition, which has been going on even before the monarchy, is still alive today.

Where every year in the month of Phalgun, Holi is played here in the form of a colorful festival.

In which hundreds of devotees of Krishna come to the temple premises.

In this Holi, which is celebrated on the lines of Vrindavan, not only Sanatani people but also foreign people come to see and play this Holi.

This tradition, which started from the year 1818, continues even today where the priests belonging to Vaishnav sect are still serving as priests in the temple from generation to generation.

Holi of flowers started in 1932

While talking exclusively to NDTV, Purushottam Maharaj, priest of the historical Gangshyam ji temple, said that the tradition of playing Holi has been going on in this historical temple even before the monarchy rule.

Here the festival of Holi starts from Basant Panchami and continues till Rang Panchami.

This tradition has been going on since the year 1818 and if we talk about the year 1932, when Jaipur Maharaja Dilip Singh ji was born.

Who seemed to be the nephew of the Jodhpur royal family.

Where the then Maharaja of Jodhpur, Umed Singh ji, started the Holi of flowers to further enhance the celebration of this Holi.

Where this continuous tradition of Holi festival continues even today and Holi is played here till 5 days after the Holi festival.

On the day of Rang Panchami, Pandya dance is also performed as per the tradition prevalent since the time of our ancestors of Vaishnav sect.

History of the temple

The history of Jodhpur's historic Gangshyam Ji temple is many years old, where Jodhpur's ruler Rao Ganga Singh (1484-1531) had queen Padmavati, who was the daughter of Rao Jagmal of Sirohi.

She was a devotee of Krishna and on the advice of Queen Padmavati, Rao Ganga Singh, while returning from the marriage, asked for a dark-skinned idol of Lord Krishna as dowry.

This idol became famous by the name Gangshyam because it was brought by Rao Ganga Singh of Jodhpur.

Shakdweepiya priests also came along with this idol.

Before being installed in this temple, this idol was installed for some time in the Panch Deoria temple, the house of Shakdeepiya priest family in Jodhpur Fort, after which Maharaja Vijay Singh got this historical Gangshyam ji temple built.

Where the idol of Gangshyam ji was consecrated on Basant Panchami in 1818 AD, even today it is a center of great faith for the people associated with Sanatan Dharma.

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