KATHA SRAVANTHI (BEDTIME STORY 8/6/22):
In the 15th century, an entourage reached PURI, from Nagpur for the darshan of JAGANNATHA. Amongst the pilgrims was a young girl called KARARA BAI, who came along with them in search of her Husband who left her. Upon the darshan of
In the 15th century, an entourage reached PURI, from Nagpur for the darshan of JAGANNATHA. Amongst the pilgrims was a young girl called KARARA BAI, who came along with them in search of her Husband who left her. Upon the darshan of
Prabhu JAGANNATHA, she becomes overwhelmed with motherly affection towards Bhagawan, and she makes him her son and stays back in Puri while the entourage leaves . She builds a small hut nearby the temple, and every day visits the temple for the darshan of Bhagawan,and stays there
From morning to night. She realises that breakfast is served to Bhagawan pretty late after various sevas, and decides to prepare food and fees him before the naivedya in the temple so that Bhagawan doesn't have to starve till that time. Thinking so,she wakes up pretty early, and
As a mother would for her child, prepared KHICHIDI for Bhagawan, and offer it to a small wooden idol of JAGANNATHA she had in her hut. As she was an illiterate, she wouldn't clean herself or her hut before offering food. One day, a Sanyasi visits her and sees that she's offering
Naivedya without bathing and cleaning tell Her that JAGANNATHA would not accept her unclean naivedya. Next day she gets up cleans her house, and she hears a voice "JALDI KARO MA", She hurries with all her cleaning and then offers food to Bhagawan. When the poojari opens the door
Of Sanctum sanctorum, he sees JAGANNATHA'S face full of KHICHIDI. Astonished by this, he starts panicking. He then hears the voice of Bhagawan that everyday he eats KHICHIDI early in the morning prepared by his mother, and today she was late because a Sanyasi preached her about
Cleaning. As it was getting late to reach the temple, he didn't have time to wash himself. Bhagawan then asks him to go to his mother KARARA BAI, and find the Sanyasi and tell them he can't wait, and she should offer him food as she used to before. The poojari then finds her and
Conveys the same. The Sanyasi then falls at her feet and says Ma your bhakti has surpassed all the ritualistic levels, and apologises to her. KARARA bai with tear filled eyes says that is why I heard the voice JALDI KARO MA. From then on she was known as Karoma Bai. She served
Prabhu JAGANNATHA till she attained Moksha on 25th of July 1634. On this day, Prabhu JAGANNATHA did not eat food( even today when naivedya is offered to JAGANNATHA, when the shadow of JAGANNATHA appears in the food it is offered as NAIVEDYAM. If they dont it means something is
Wrong and everything is discarded and Naivedyam is prepared again), and Prabhu JAGANNATHA shed tears . This is recorded in the shasanas and is preserved in temple records. Even today the first nivedana before cleaning the temple is KHICHIDI in a pot . To this day, during Ratha
Yatra, Prabhu JAGANNATHA'S Ratha stops for a while near KAROMA BAI'S samadhi. Without the sight of her samadhi, the Chariot won't move an inch.
She is called BHAKTA SHIROMANI KAROMA BAI🙏
The pure innocent bhakti of his devotees, is what moves Bhagawan 🙏
JAI JAGANNATHA 🙏
She is called BHAKTA SHIROMANI KAROMA BAI🙏
The pure innocent bhakti of his devotees, is what moves Bhagawan 🙏
JAI JAGANNATHA 🙏
*8/2/22 sorry for the typo. Apologies 🙏
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