Goga Navmi will Celebrated 23 August 2012.this Festival is Grand Celebration in Rajasthan.
About Gogaji
23rd of August is day when Goga Navami will be celebrate with its original mean in all over country especially in region of Rajasthan. This is day not only to pray Gogaji but also to be a follower of his direction to reach on the destination of religion. Gogaji was also a famous saint of Rajasthan.
Gogaji is regarded as a saint by the Kayam Khani Muslims who are beieved to be his descendants. He is an eminent warrior-hero of the region. Hindus called him by the name of Goga Veer while Muslims call him Jahar Peer. His devotees spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat, where an annual procession is taken out in his honor.
Some people also regard Gogaji as a snake-god and almost all the Rajasthani villages has a ‘Than’ (sacred place) dedicated to him. The devotees come to visit the place and believe that Gogaji grants the wishes of his believers, expecially, in case of curing snakebites and other diseases. His ‘samadhi’ is made of marble and has two minarets and a boundary wall. His idol shows him riding a blue horse and with a snake coiled around his neck.
Goga Navmi Celebration In Rajasthan
Goga Navami is the day of birth celebration of famous deity of Rajasthan named by Gogaji. Gogaji is the name famous among the people belongs to Hindu religion while it is famous as the name of Jahar Veer Gogga among the communities of Muslim religion. Gogaji is one of the popular deities of Rajasthan. Gogaji was a worrier hero of Rajasthan. There is a tribe known as the name of Rabari one of the popular priests of Gogaji. This community spread out in various parts of the country like Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat along with Rajasthan.
Gogaji had born as a son of Chauhans a Rajputana community on day of ninth dark fortnight of Shrawan month. He is a deity which is worshiped in all around the Rajasthan. Goga Navami is a birth celebration of this famous deity of Rajasthan. It is celebrated by the various tribes of Rajasthan but especially by the Rabari tribe. On that day people worship this deity with performing of various ritual acts like folk dances and folk music.
