lrburdak
March 20th, 2005, 02:51 PM
Veer Teja (1074- 1103) was a Jat folk-deity who lived in the state of Rajasthan in Indian. The history of Rajasthan is filled with lots of heroic stories and instances where people have put their life and families at risk and kept the pride and values like loyalty, freedom, truth, shelter,social reform etc intact. Veer Teja was one of these famous people in the history of Rajasthan.
Veer Teja is considered to be folk-deity and worshiped in entire Rajasthan by all communities. He was born on Bhadrapad Shukla Dashmi, dated 29 January 1074, in the family of Dhaulya gotra Jats. His father was Chaudhary Tahar, a chieftain of Khirnal in Nagaur district in Rajasthan. His mother’s name was Sugna. Mother Sugna is believed to have got son Teja by the blessings of Naag-deity.
Teja was married to Pemal, daughter of Rai Mal Jat, of village Paner in early childhood at Pushkar. After marriage there was a dispute between two families in which mama of Pemal and father of Teja were killed. Teja did not know that he was married. His bhabhi, one day, taunted that his wife was in her father’s home and it was same on his part. This prompted him to go to bring his wife from in-laws.
Lachhan Gujari of village Paner helped Pemal to meet with Teja. For this Lachhan rode on camel and went to Teja facing many clashes with Meena sardars enroute. Lachhan reached Teja and gave Pemal’s message that if Teja does not come she will die. Parents of Pemal decided to re-marriage her with some other person. At this time Pemal was going to die but saved by Lachhan. Teja came to Paner and after war with meena sardar did gona with Pemal at Lachhan’s residence.
Meanwhile Teja found that some dacoits had stolen the cows of Lachhan Gujari. Teja, who was made for helping others, decided to bring those cows. The myth is that he encountered a snake burning in fire that was saved by Teja. That snake cursed Teja and wanted to bite Teja. He promised to come back after bringing his wife Pemal. He was badly wounded in the process to bring Gujari’s cows back from dacoits. Veer Teja was man of words. While returning he kept his words and produced himself before the snake. The snake did not find unwounded place on the body of Teja so he offered to bite on tongue. The snakebite was on tongue of Teja. Teja died due to snakebite on 28 august 1103.
Veer Teja was a great saint. A large number of temples of Veer Teja have been built in entire Rajasthan. It is believed that if a person suffering from snakebite goes to samadhi of Teja or puts a chord (tanti) in Tejaji’s name, he is cured.
A large fair, Mela Tejaji, Takes place on the eleventh lunar day of Bhadrapad Shukla Paksh (Aug.-Sept.) every year in village Parbatsar, District Nagaur in Rajasthan. Veer Tejaji Cattle Fair at Parbatsar near Makrana is also organized every year.
Veer Teja is considered to be folk-deity and worshiped in entire Rajasthan by all communities. He was born on Bhadrapad Shukla Dashmi, dated 29 January 1074, in the family of Dhaulya gotra Jats. His father was Chaudhary Tahar, a chieftain of Khirnal in Nagaur district in Rajasthan. His mother’s name was Sugna. Mother Sugna is believed to have got son Teja by the blessings of Naag-deity.
Teja was married to Pemal, daughter of Rai Mal Jat, of village Paner in early childhood at Pushkar. After marriage there was a dispute between two families in which mama of Pemal and father of Teja were killed. Teja did not know that he was married. His bhabhi, one day, taunted that his wife was in her father’s home and it was same on his part. This prompted him to go to bring his wife from in-laws.
Lachhan Gujari of village Paner helped Pemal to meet with Teja. For this Lachhan rode on camel and went to Teja facing many clashes with Meena sardars enroute. Lachhan reached Teja and gave Pemal’s message that if Teja does not come she will die. Parents of Pemal decided to re-marriage her with some other person. At this time Pemal was going to die but saved by Lachhan. Teja came to Paner and after war with meena sardar did gona with Pemal at Lachhan’s residence.
Meanwhile Teja found that some dacoits had stolen the cows of Lachhan Gujari. Teja, who was made for helping others, decided to bring those cows. The myth is that he encountered a snake burning in fire that was saved by Teja. That snake cursed Teja and wanted to bite Teja. He promised to come back after bringing his wife Pemal. He was badly wounded in the process to bring Gujari’s cows back from dacoits. Veer Teja was man of words. While returning he kept his words and produced himself before the snake. The snake did not find unwounded place on the body of Teja so he offered to bite on tongue. The snakebite was on tongue of Teja. Teja died due to snakebite on 28 august 1103.
Veer Teja was a great saint. A large number of temples of Veer Teja have been built in entire Rajasthan. It is believed that if a person suffering from snakebite goes to samadhi of Teja or puts a chord (tanti) in Tejaji’s name, he is cured.
A large fair, Mela Tejaji, Takes place on the eleventh lunar day of Bhadrapad Shukla Paksh (Aug.-Sept.) every year in village Parbatsar, District Nagaur in Rajasthan. Veer Tejaji Cattle Fair at Parbatsar near Makrana is also organized every year.