Goddess Springs From Dream to Reality

[Guest guest]

SANGRAMGARH (KUNDA) [uttar Pradesh, India], April 30, 2005: It is a

dream come true for Jagannath Patel. And practically so for all the

2,500-odd villagers in this non-descript hamlet of Kashipur situated

in Kunda tehsil of Pratapgarh.

 

For [it was] Jagannath's unusual dream in January led them to dig

out idols of a goddess coupled with the remains of a temple

structure, dating back to the Rajput era.

 

The signs of prosperity that this new find has brought for Kashipur

residents can easily be seen in the form of make-shift stalls of

eatables and prasad, where the villagers are now earning more than

they got as farm labourers by catering to the needs of the thousands

who visit the site every day.

 

In the centre of all the festivity that is evident in Kashimpur,

stands Jagannath Patel — a 45-year-old illiterate spinster who, the

villagers believe, saw the deity in his dream on the night of

January 24, 2005.

 

"Hum yahan dabe hain humko nikalo yahan se" (I am buried here...take

me out), is what a female voice had thundered in his ears when he

was fast asleep outside the Mathna Devi Mandir near the pond

situated at the village entrance.

 

It was this dream that saw Jagannath dig up the area where the

villagers often set up bonfire to kill the chill of a wintry night.

And barely a few strokes of spade later, they unearthed a marble

idol — two and a half feet tall neatly chiselled "Asht Bhuja" (eight

arms) figure of woman laden with bead ornaments.

 

As the information about this idol spread like wildfire, other

villagers joined him. And every other stroke of spade brought them

face to face with a civilisation old enough that none in the village

or those around, could remember to have heard of, even from their

forefathers.

 

Two days later, two-feet-high remains of a 26-room structure [were]

clearly visible at the site. It comprised a well-defined portico and

a canopy with the sanctum-sanctorum right in the centre lined with

corridors on either sides which connected a series of rooms in the

rear — all made of irregular kiln bricks measuring something around

12" X 9" X 2" stood their.

 

"Yeh Maisa Surmardhani hain," says Jagannath, bowing before the idol

now clad in a red chunari with glittering gota and lachka resting on

a stone slab under a makeshift canopy on the pond's banks.

 

SOURCE: The Times of India. Goddess springs from dream to reality.

By PERVEZ IQBAL SIDDIQUI. TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SATURDAY, APRIL 30,

2005 01:01:23 AM ].

URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1093715.cms

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

This is so cool! Can you explain a couple of things for me about this:

 

"Yeh Maisa Surmardhani hain," says Jagannath, bowing before the idol

now clad in a red chunari with glittering gota and lachka resting on

a stone slab under a makeshift canopy on the pond's banks.

 

 

What is the translation of what he is saying here?

 

Also, what is a chunari? what is gota? and what is lachka?

 

Thank you!

 

Blessings,

 

prainbow

[Guest guest]

, "prainbow61"

<paulie-rainbow@u...> wrote:

> "Yeh Maisa Surmardhani hain,"

 

This is "Mahishasura Mardini" (Durga)

> chunari - cloth put on the idol's top part of the body

> gota and lachka - ???

[Guest guest]

Thank you for this!

 

, "manoj_menon" <ammasmon@s...> wrote:

> , "prainbow61"

> <paulie-rainbow@u...> wrote:

>

> > "Yeh Maisa Surmardhani hain,"

>

> This is "Mahishasura Mardini" (Durga)

>

> > chunari - cloth put on the idol's top part of the body

> > gota and lachka - ???