Veer Tejaji Maharaj Leelan
Veer Tejaji Maharaj is a Rajasthani folk deity. He is considered one of the eleven major incarnations of Shiva and is worshipped as a deity in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Anthropologists say that Tejaji is a hero who opposed the caste system..
Veer Tejaji Maharaj
It is said that a person becomes a god or a demon due to his deeds.
Today we are telling you such a real story. This is about 950 years ago. When a Jat family lived in a small village Kharnal in Rajasthan, father Tahar ji and mother Ram Kanwari were worshippers of Lord Shiva.
It is believed that mother Ram Kanwari got a son with the blessings of the serpent god. Tejaji's aura at birth was so strong that he was named Teja Baba.
Birthday married
According to the English calendar, the birth anniversary of Shri Veer Tejaji Maharaj is celebrated on 29 January 1074.
Tejaji was married to Pemal, daughter of Raimal ji Mutha, who was the head of village Paner. Pemal was born on Buddha Purnima 1074.
Tejaji's marriage with Pemal took place in Pushkar in 1074 when Teja was 9 months old and Pemal was 6 months old. The marriage took place on Pushkar Purnima at Pushkar Ghat.
Tejaji grows up slowly and goes to his fields with his father. Once Tejaji goes to plough his field early without having food. And his Bhabhi brings food very late. Tejaji gets very angry with Bhabhi on this.
Bhabhi had finished all the household chores and as soon as she came Tejaji scolded her a lot. So Bhabhi also got angry. And said that if you want to eat so early then why is your wife staying at her parent’s house. Tell her, she will bring it.
Tejaji did not know that he was married because he got married at a young age. Tejaji went to his mother as soon as he heard all this. Tejaji went to his mother and asked her, “Mata, when was I married, and who is my wife? And where is my in-laws’ house?”
Mother understood that there was a fight between Bhabhi and him and Bhabhi had told her all this. Tejaji said that now I will eat food from her hands only, tell me, I will bring her. Mother said, son, we don’t bring it like this, first the auspicious time is decided and then we bring it and before bringing her, bring your sister Rajal. Tejaji goes and brings Rajal.
Tejaji's in-laws' place
Tejaji tries to get an auspicious time to go to his in-laws' place but the time turns out to be inauspicious. The Pandit forbids him from going there. Tejaji threatens the Pandit and leaves without the auspicious time. Tejaji's horse is named Leelan. When Tejaji is going to his in-laws' place, he experiences all kinds of bad omens. Still, Tejaji leaves for his in-laws' place without caring. He gets late by the time he reaches his in-laws' place and it becomes dark in the evening.
Tejaji's wife pemal
When he reaches his in-laws’ place, his mother-in-law is milking a cow. Seeing Tejaji’s mare, the cow gets scared and the milk falls down from his mother-in-law’s cow. Hearing this, his mother-in-law gets angry and abuses him. She says, “May the one who made me spill my milk, eat the black snake.” Tejaji got angry with his mother-in-law and started coming back from there. Pemaal’s friend told Pemaal that Tejaji is going back, he had come to take you and your mother has said a lot to him.
Somehow, Pemaal convinced him to stay for the night. She apologized for what her mother did and said that since you have come after a long time, My mother did not recognize you. Tejaji and Pemaal were talking for some time. In the meantime Laachha came and told Tejaji that the thieves have taken away her cows and she should get them released. At that time Tejaji had two options. On the one hand, there was his wife, whom he was meeting for the first time and he had to talk to her about a lot. And on the other hand, there were the cows, whom it was his duty to get released.
And from here begins the story of Tejaji Maharaj becoming God. He left his selfishness, his love, his family and chose his religion. He chose his karma. Here if he were a human being, he would have seen his caste, his religion, which people of today see, but he was God, so he did not pay attention to these things because in reality there is no such caste or religion. We all have the same God, so we all have been made the same. If everyone’s God was different, then we all would have been made different.These religions and castes have all been created by selfish humans.
Thousands of examples can be found in Rajasthan like Tejaji, Baba Ramdev did not believe in any caste or religion, there is no religion greater than humanity and there is no caste greater than human beings.
Now Tejaji goes to free the cows from the thieves. On the way, he sees two black snakes burning in the fire. Tejaji takes them out. But they get angry due to the separation from their pair
The snake starts biting Tejaji but Tejaji requests him to let me bring the cows and then bite me. I have promised you that I will leave the cows and then come to you.
When Tejaji goes to release the cows, there is a fierce fight with the thieves and in the fight he gets completely injured. But he frees the cows from the thieves and brings them back. Now to fulfill his promise, he goes to the snake. The snake sees that there is no place left on his body where there is no wound.
So the snake refuses to bite, then Tejaji takes out his tongue and tells him to bite his tongue, there is no wound here. Then the black snake promises Tejaji that from today onwards whoever worships you and comes to your temple.
Whoever has bitten a snake will be cured at your place. And he will be worshipped like your God because you have also fulfilled the promise given to a snake. Saying this, the snake bites Tejaji. From here Leelan goes to her house without Tejaji and tells everything there. And this tells us everything
Veer Tejaji is a Rajasthani folk deity. He is considered one of the eleven major incarnations of Shiva and is worshipped as a deity in states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Anthropologists say that Tejaji is a hero who opposed the caste system.
तेजाजी का जीवन लुटेरों से गायों को बचाने में दिखाए गए उनके साहस और बहादुरी के लिए जाना जाता है। साथ ही, उन्हें अपने वचन को निभाने के दृढ़ संकल्प के लिए भी जाना जाता है। उन्होंने अपना वादा अधूरा नहीं छोड़ा। इसी के लिए उन्होंने सर्वोच्च बलिदान दिया और अपने प्राणों की आहुति दे दी।
एक ऐतिहासिक व्यक्ति के रूप में तेजाजी का जन्म 29 जनवरी 1074 को खरनाल, नागौर में धौल्या गोत्र नागवंशी जाट परिवार में हुआ था।
तेजाजी के पिता ताहर जी थे, जो राजस्थान के नागौर जिले के खरनाल के मुखिया थे। उनकी माता का नाम राम कंवरी था। तेजाजी के माता और पिता भगवान शिव के उपासक थे।
पेमल वीर तेजाजी की पत्नी थी। वह पनेर के सरदार झांझर गोत्र के रायमल की पुत्री थी।
भाद्रपद शुक्ल दशमी को सुरसुरा (किशनगढ़) में सर्पदंश के कारण उनकी मृत्यु हो गई। उनकी पत्नी पेमल भी उनके साथ सती हो गई। तेजाजी के वीरतापूर्ण कार्य, वचन पालन और गोरक्षा ने उन्हें देवत्व प्रदान किया।
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तेजाजी की पत्नी की मित्र लच्छा गुजरी थी। लच्छा पनेर के रंगबाड़ी बास में रहते थे। लच्छा चौहान के गोत्र की गुर्जर थी।
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