Jasma Odan

Jasma Odan is a legendary character and folk deity from medieval Gujarat in India.

Legend

Jasma was a wife of Rooda who was a pond digger. They belonged to the Od tribe. They were at Anhilwad Patan to dig Sahastralinga Tank, a lake and thousand shrines with lingam. Siddharaj Jaysinh, a king of Chaulukya dynasty, was captivated by the beauty of Jasma and proposed marriage. He offered to make her queen of Gujarat but she refused. Jaysinh killed her husband. She committed sati (suicide), by jumping into the pyre, to protect her honour. Her curse made the tank of Sahasralinga Tank waterless and Siddharaj without an heir to his kingdom of Gujarat.[1][2]

Jasmadevi temple dedicated to her was constructed by the Od tribe in 12th century is situated near Sahasralinga Tank at Patan, Gujarat.

A Bhavai vesha, a folk theatre form, based on legend is performed since nineteenth century.[3][1] It was recreated for stage performance titled Jasma Odan was by Shanta Gandhi in 1982.[4] A Gujarati film titled Sati Jasma Odan was produced by Chandrakant Sanghani in 1976.[5]

See also

References
  1. Bharati Ray (2009). Different Types of History. Pearson Education India. pp. 374, 380–381. ISBN 978-81-317-1818-6.
  2. Bharati Ray (4 October 2005). Women of India: Colonial and Post-colonial Periods. SAGE Publications. pp. 527–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3409-7.
  3. Manohar Laxman Varadpande (1992). History of Indian Theatre. Abhinav Publications. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-81-7017-278-9.
  4. Vasudha Dalmia; Rashmi Sadana (5 April 2012). The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture. Cambridge University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-139-82546-7.
  5. Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.
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