Charbhuja nath temple — Attraction in Rajasthan

Charbhuja nath temple is located in Merta, Rajasthan next to Meera Mahal, of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.Around 60 kms from Pushkar In .this nondescript town the Rajput Saint Princess Meera Bai was born.

Meera Bai was born as a daughter of Ratan Singh, grand-daughter of Merta's Rao Duda; and great-granddaughter of Rao Jodha, founder of Jodhpur. Meera's mother died when the girl was 10 and the princess went to live with grandfather, Rao Duda, at Merta.

Charbhuja Temple in Merta is the Temple where Meera Bai worshipped Lord Krishna before her marriage to Prince Bhoj of Chittor. The 400 year old Temple is also known as Meera Temple of Merta.

Mirabai is well-known in India to this day as a Bhaktai (a worshipper) and composer of devotional songs to Krishna that continue to live on. Charbhuja temple houses the idol of Lord Krishna which Saint Meerabhai had worshipped. Nice calm, serene and divine temple - quite spacious inside - lectures and musical discourses take place in this temple.

The historic Charbhuja Nath temple built during the tenure of Meera Bai's father Rao Duda. This tradition continues here from the 15th century till today. At 12 o'clock in the night, congratulations are given for the birth of Lord Krishna with the blowing of conch shells and then after Maha Aarti, Prasad Panchamrit is distributed to the devotees. Almost the entire city throngs here to take Panchamrit of Janmashtami. Only after that people go home and break their fast by worshiping Laddu Gopal. The historical Charbhuja Temple was built in the 15th century.

According to legends, Rao Duda, son of Rao Jodha, the founder of Jodhpur, had laid the foundation of Merta. Even before that, Merta had been settled and destroyed many times, but Rao Duda built Dudagarh here in the 15th century. There is a story of that time that Ramdhan Mochi of Merta City found that the cow automatically sheds milk at one place. When that place was excavated on the orders of Duda, a black colored idol of Lord Krishna with four hands was found there. Rao Duda named it Charbhuja Nath and first built a platform there and later a grand temple was built there. Today the Charbhuja temple here is famous by the name of Meera temple. Here, right in front of the idol of Charbhuja, there is also a standing statue of his devotee Meera Bai.

It seems that the family members of Ramdhan Mochi had the first bhog. As soon as the doors of the temple open in the morning, the first offering i.e. milk would be made by Ramdhan Mochi. At present, child bhog is being offered on behalf of Bhajanlal Chhaganlal Gehlot (Cobbler) family, son of Damodar Jinagar, a member of Ramdhan's clan. Apart from this, sandalwood from this family is also offered to God.

Meera, born in Merta, got absorbed in the idol of God in Dwarka.

In the courtyard of Rao Duda Garh near Charbhuja temple, where Meera Bai was born, Vasundhara Sarkar, during her last tenure, built a panorama of Meera Bai, which is today famous by the name of Meera Memorial. Every year thousands of domestic and foreign tourists come here to get information related to the life of Meera Bai. This panorama was completed in October 2008. Since then, more than 10 lakh devotees have acquired information from the life of Meera Bai here. In this memorial, there are statues made of fiber depicting many incidents from the life of Meera Bai as well a large collection of paintings depicting Saint Meera's life,. Because of this memorial, Krishna devotee Meera Bai has become immortal in Merta.

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I have never seen such a peaceful temple before. This temple is situated at center of the the city or u can call it...

Iye mandir Meera bai ke samy se bna hua he or bhot hi acha mandir he is me sb devo ke mandir bne hue chote chote or charbhuja nath ki bhot hi sundar murti he andr or is mandir ke pass hi chota sa Meera bai ki jivani par museum bna hua he jisme Meera bai ka pura jivan kaal drsata he Jay ho charbhuja nath ki jodhpur se...