Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 6: Over one-week long festivities organized to mark the Kaal Bhairav Asthami at ancient Bhairav Temple located at Chowk Chabutra, concluded here today with a Vishal Bhandara organized under the supervision of Pandit Rumil Sharma.
Thousand 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 nearby market was 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. A special stall for children was also erected where the children enjoyed their favourite chocolates, juices, toffees, jellies and balloons.
In the evening at about 6 PM, 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 week-long 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) are 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.
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