Sanskriti welcomes you all in 2nd episode of Bundeli Vaibhav today's attraction is Orchha : the only place in India where lord Ram is worshipped as a king 🙏. I have my exams in sept so there will be no long posts in August so I am just completing this episode today
[ Raja Ram ]
📍LOCATION : Orchha is a town , near Niwari city in the District Niwari of Madhya Pradesh ( MP ) just some km away from Jhansi and Gwalior
[ Historical incident how Lord Ram become king ! ]
Orchha Nagri was founded in 1531 ( 16th century AD ) by Bundela Chief , Rudra Pratap Singh [ first king of Orchha ] and also built the fort of Orchha .
This all incident revolves around Madhukar Shah Ju who was king of Orchha ( 1554 - 1591) and his wife Queen Ganesh kuwari , so Our king was ardent devotee of Shri Krishna whereas our queen was ardent devotee of Lord Rama ,
( Queen = Rani , King = Raja ) in Hindi
So once Rani came to Raja ju and said - “ we always go to me Braj Mathura can't we go this time to Ayodhya I want to meet Ram ji !! And the Raja denied and said - “ Rani you are coming in between me and my Shri Krishna if you love Rama this much so bring Rama to Orchha “ ——————— Raja wanted to go Braj - Mathura and Rani wanted to go Ayodhya but Rani decided to bring Lord Rama to Orchha as a proof of her bhakti !
Rani went to Ayodhya she wandered everywhere but couldn't find lord Rama at last tired queen started praying near Sarayu River she continued it it some years , months and decided to give her life by drowning in River Sarayu she tried two times but Maa sarayu denied as Rani was a pure devotee of lord Ram ,,,,,, 3rd time when Rani jumped into river she found One Lord Ram’s idol inside the river but Rani said - Prabhu I want you to come and talk to mee rather i want to die only !
[ Rani Ganeshan Kuwari and lord Rama in child form near Sarayu River ]
Then Lord Ram came in Baal swaroop ( in the form of a child ) and Rani asked Lord to take him to Orchha ,,, Lord agreed and said but there are my 3 conditions:-
1) To travel Orchha only in Puksha Nakshatra
2) wherever he will go he will be the only king there
3) the first place where she will seat him , will become his final place to stay !
These were 3 conditions Rani took 6 months to travel back to Orchha , Raja Madhukar was happy and he started constructing new temple for Lord Ram - Chatrabhuj Temple चत्रभुज मंदिर
• When Rani Ganesh kuwari reached Orchha Chatrabhuj temple wasn't ready yet so she respectfully seated lord Ram in Rasoi ghar of her Mahal ( kitchen of her palace ) for a women purest place is her kitchen , But at the time of inauguration as per condition everybody was unable to replace Lord Ram ‘s idol and thus palace ( Mahal became temple only )
[ Chatrabhuj Temple ( UNESCO site ) specially made for Lord Ram it took 20 years to be made but still Lord Ram can't be inaugurated here ! ]
[ Chatrabhuj Temple was made in a way that from every window , every door so that Raja Rani every day in morning first take darshan ( glimplse of Lord Rama ) and still you can see Chatrabhuj temple from even a small hole in fort ) ]
Now as per conditions Raja Madhukar Shah give his seat , whole administration and everything to Lord Ram and shifted to Tikamgarh because now New king of Orchha is Raja Ram 🙏 and he promised that his upcoming generation will be servant of Raja Ram and Palace is temple now !
[ Palace which is a temple now known as - Raja Ram temple 🚩 ]
[ Ayodhya ‘s Ram Lalla ‘s Idol and reincarnation of Maa Kaushalya]
There is an another saying that Before Babur Destroyed Ayodhya Ram temple priest get to know from somewhere that temple will be destroyed soon so he immersed Ram Lalla’s idol in Sarayu River which Rani found and brought to Orchha ! The whole story was already planned by Lord Rama and even this that Raja and Rani were reincarnation of Maa Kaushalya and Raja Dashrath it is said lord just wanted to get love of his parents once again ! I believe in this a lot ,,,,,, all orchhaiya believe in this idk about what Ayodhya vaasi think about this !
Now many of you will ask how can god be the king ???
So what is a king ,,,, ? A king is someone who is in hearts of his people ( his praja ) and king is someone whom his praja respects a lot and happy to have him as a king !!!!! So are people of Orchha happy to get lord Ram as a king ??? You all see this by yourself!!☺️
[ It is said that every paperwork in orchha is done by name of Raja Ram ]
Orchha is so cultural and have accepted raja Ram as their king with their all love
[ Raja Ram gets police guard of honour daily 2 times ]
[ People celebrate every festival with Raja Ram with whole enthusiasm this is night view of Raja Ram temple ! ]
It is said that every District Magistrate have to come and first bow down to Raja Ram !
• Every house in Orchha is coloured with the same as Raja Ram Temple , , People of Orchha have accepted Raja Ram as their king DM , CM , PM , police head no one is superior to Raja Ram for People of Orchha ,, ❤️
[ It is strictly prohibited to take pictures inside temple there is police 24/7 as he is king but i managed for u all RAJA RAM DARBAR : Raja Ram , Siya ju , Lord Lakshman and Lord Hanuman 🙏🚩]
~ Mughals can never capture Orchha because of its difficult geographical features present that time and this still is so cultural and i cant even tell 😭 it have my whole heart ❤️ i sometimes think that if Mughals and Britishers never came to India Raja Ram will be Maharaja adhiraja of Whole Bharatvarsh🛐
[ Average shop in Orchha : Orchha is so cultural]
VIVAH PANCHAMI : biggest festival of Orchha is marriage of Raja Ram and Siya ju ( in braj basha dialect ji = ju so people of Orchha also call ji as ju ) every wedding ritual is done , wedding cards are printed for their marriage, haldi ceremony is there whole Orchha took part in that , baraat is there ,,,, a whole 4–5 day festival ❤️ celebrated in oct - nov time whole orchha town took part in that
I have gone to Orchha like for many times but still i can't capture every beauty of Orchha in my eyes and heart and you all are literally thinking it will be possible to capture it in one post impossible 😭next episodes will be about vivah panchami , betwa river of Orchha , chhatri , forts , Laxmi Narayan temple and others maybe vivah panchami episode will come today only !!!
[ River betwa in Orchha ]
• People of Orchha have accepted Raja Ram as their everything, he was king of Orchha , he is king of Orchha and he will always be king of Orchha ❤️ please go to this Place once in your lifetime and remember here King is Raja Ram and he is checking on everyone ❤️
And in honour of Raja Ram people of Orchha always say - Raja Ram Sarkar ki jai ( Raja = king , Sarkar = government) stating that Raja Ram is king , Raja Ram is government, Raja Ram is god 🙏