Kheteswara
Shri Kheteshwar also known as Khetaram Ji (22 April 1912 - 7 May 1984) is a noted saint of Rajasthan.[1]
He belonged to of Rajpurohit community.[1] He became a sanyasin at young age of twelve.[1]
His ishta-devata was Brahma.[1] He preached non-violence, chastity, high moral values and conservation of natural resources.Rajpurohit are the people who also praise Kheteswar as a god. Heitalized the importance of spiritual means to achieve self-realization and emphasizing humanity above all other man made barriers like casteism[1] He founded the second largest temple of Brahma at village Asotra near Balotra in Barmer district in Rajasthan, which second only to the Pushkar temple of Brahma.[1] This is only temple, where Brahma is with his consort Savitri.[1] While doing pran-pratishtha ceremony of idols of temple, Khetheswaraji, he realized, time has come to leave his earthly body. So, he informed his followers of same. He died on 7 May 1984, a day after temple was inaguarated.[1]
There are many followers of him and temples also have been built of him after his death in various towns of Rajasthan Delhi Gujarat Maharashtra Bangalore and Chennai . Every year annual fair and ceremonies are also held on his birth anniversary.[2][3][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 दिव्य गुणों के संवाहक थे संत श्री खेतेश्वर Dainik Divya Jyoti 23 February 2017.
- ↑ हरि झंडी दिखाकर किया खेतेश्वर पद यात्रा को रवानाDaily Hunt 21 Feb 2017
- ↑ वार्षिकोत्सव में खेतेश्वर महाराज के गूंजे जयकारे Apr 12, 2015 Dainik Bhaskar
- ↑ ..खेतेश्वर महाराज की शोभायात्रा आज Rajasthan Patrika 23-02-2015