Dev Kamrunag
In this post we will talk about importance of Dev Kamrunag in the history of Hindu religion.
The story starts from Mahabharat Kal during the Pandva time. Dev Kamrunag’s original name was Ratan Yaksh and he was a self learned warrior. A another story also give indication that he was a son of a woman which not have any son from a long time. she was blessed by Sheshnag Devta and she give birth to 7 child which all were Nag or snake. after some time the Kamrunag was captured in grass of Gumru due to an incident of fire by which all of nag escaped. Due to finding of him in Gumru he was named Kamrunag. This was the story which I had heard from my grandmother a long time ago, to be continue with other we were discussing he would practice by keeping Lord Vishnu’s idol in front of him and he considered it as his master, the Guru.At that time Mahabharat battle was going on and everybody was coming to know about it and wants to take part in it. He got to know about the story of Mahabharat battle being fought in Kurukshetra and decided to take part in it. Brave and courageous he was, he decided to fight with the weaker party, which meant he was going to join the army of Kaurav’s because at that time pandv were leading. Lord Krishana got to know about it and he decided to stop the self learned warrior before he could reach the battlefield. Disguised as a yogi, Lord Krishna appeared before the Yaksh. He asked him about his journey and told him about the hardships being experienced by wounded soldiers.
Ratan Yaksh was listened to the story and it strengthened his determination.
Lord Krishana gave him a tough test to find out the potency of his arrows and said, “I will be convinced if you can pierce every leaf of that enormous peepal tree with the arrow.” When the Yaksh was preparing his arrow, the Lord plucked some leaves and hide them in his closed fists. To his surprise the arrow pierced even the leaves in his fists. Then Lord Krishan asked him about his guru, upon which the Yaksh replied it to be no one but the almighty himself. And there Lord Krishana spotted an opening, transformed into his actual formless eternal form, and asked the young man for Gurudakshina, fee for services he had never offered to his student. The yaksh could not resist and he had to offer what the Lord had asked for, his head. He gave away his head and asked the Lord to keep it alive until the Great War was over. The Lord immediately agreed and blessed him with the same, his head was brought to the Kamru Hill and today it is known as Kamrunag Temple. Legend also says that the head was kept at the Nalsar Lake in Mandi district but because of climatic/physical/economical problems faced by the head, he was shifted on the top of the hill, from where he could see the greatest wars of all time, live and exclusive.One can reach kamrunag from two ways. one way is from Jalpa Devi Temple and other from Tohanda. The Kamrunag temple is situated in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh. For reaching Rohanda one can take bus or other vehicles from Mandi or Sundernagar which are major towns in Mandi District. From Mandi route via Chail Chowk is prefered. As I am from Chail Chowk so people from here prefer route via Saroa Jalpa devi to Kamrunag. It is a very beautiful way with dense devdar forests. Reaching Jalpa Devi temple is a matter of not more than 3 hours.
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| Jalapa Mata Mandir |
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| Temple Inner view |
The temple is built in pagoda style and there is a unique story associated with it. In those parts of Himachal, construction work of any temple should be done without eating anything but fruits. Few years ago, when the temple was almost complete, the laborers worked on eat after they had their full course meal and the temple fell down the very next day. It was reconstructed again and today it is one of the most beautiful temples in Himachal Pradesh that I have seen.
The trek starts from here and one can reach here by Mandi from his own vehicle or on taxi. It is around 45 km from Mandi. From here it took four hours to reach Kamrunag lake. The pilgrims of nearby area visit this place probably one in year in month of June. In local language it is called Saja and people from different parts of Mandi and of other Distt too visit this place on that day. it is called Sarnahuli mela.
On the way to kamrunag one will reach Jhaur on the way which is shallow hole that never runs out of water. In my area all water supply comes from this area Jhaur.
The second landmark is Khunda, which marks the start of the boundary of Dev Kamrunag.
On the other way from rohanda it will take around 3 hours to reach the temple.it is a 9 km trek with steep way. From this way you will also reach Jhaur. For the experience of greenery wild forests mildews etc you must take route of Saroa. Some beautiful place picture in the track of Saroa to kamarunag
When you will be near to temple you will feel like entering into heaven. dense deodar forests and other views removes your all tiredness.
In the last you will reach Kamrunag temple which is situated at bank of a natural fresh water lake. It is situated at a height of around 10000 feet.
The lake contains gold and silver as devta only take donation in form of gold and silver. If some people put donation on the temple then it is also thrown in lake later. The lake remain frozen from december to april every year.
The Kamrunag dev also is very important in mandi region and also called Bada Dev means biggest devta. It is most popular in the area and is also famous for his control over wheather. All festivals or functions in nearby area is protected from rain if hosts requests the devta.
The famous Shivratri International fair is also starts by the presence of Bada dev and is worshiped first. Devta never travels by vehicle and it took around 2 months to reach mandi and back at home. On the day of Sarnauli you can call kamrunag lake lake of gold also.
The trek starts from here and one can reach here by Mandi from his own vehicle or on taxi. It is around 45 km from Mandi. From here it took four hours to reach Kamrunag lake. The pilgrims of nearby area visit this place probably one in year in month of June. In local language it is called Saja and people from different parts of Mandi and of other Distt too visit this place on that day. it is called Sarnahuli mela.
On the way to kamrunag one will reach Jhaur on the way which is shallow hole that never runs out of water. In my area all water supply comes from this area Jhaur.
The second landmark is Khunda, which marks the start of the boundary of Dev Kamrunag.
On the other way from rohanda it will take around 3 hours to reach the temple.it is a 9 km trek with steep way. From this way you will also reach Jhaur. For the experience of greenery wild forests mildews etc you must take route of Saroa. Some beautiful place picture in the track of Saroa to kamarunag
When you will be near to temple you will feel like entering into heaven. dense deodar forests and other views removes your all tiredness.
In the last you will reach Kamrunag temple which is situated at bank of a natural fresh water lake. It is situated at a height of around 10000 feet.
The lake contains gold and silver as devta only take donation in form of gold and silver. If some people put donation on the temple then it is also thrown in lake later. The lake remain frozen from december to april every year.
The Kamrunag dev also is very important in mandi region and also called Bada Dev means biggest devta. It is most popular in the area and is also famous for his control over wheather. All festivals or functions in nearby area is protected from rain if hosts requests the devta.
The famous Shivratri International fair is also starts by the presence of Bada dev and is worshiped first. Devta never travels by vehicle and it took around 2 months to reach mandi and back at home. On the day of Sarnauli you can call kamrunag lake lake of gold also.
The devta was offered with goat which were countless in past but from the time when high court of HP made ban on it was stopped. Local people make a sweet dish called Bakaru which contain dry fruits and coconut. Every people in the region made these bakaru and offer firstly it to devta and then distribute to other people. We can say Devta have a huge effect on the local area and it is believed that if you wish something from Dev Kamrunag it will come true. In the area many people are blessed with Children which had no hope.
I will end my post here and later i will discuss more in the trek from Kamrunag to shikari which is also very popular place as I will visit it next year.
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