Mehājī Maṅgalīāwas
Deities

Mehājī Maṅgalīāwas

Mehājī — Rajput folk-warrior-god

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Tier 2
Tradition · Hindu
Period · Oral / medieval / documented history

Mehājī Maṅgalīāwas

Tradition

Hindu / Rajasthani / Folk

The Place

  • Location: Mangaliavas, Pali, Rajasthan (25.8356°N, 73.3506°E)

Sacred Narrative

Mehājī (15th c.) — Rajput warrior deified after defending village cattle from bandits. His shrine at Mangaliavas is circumbulated by Marwari farmers for harvest-prosperity. The Mehajī Melā in Chaitra (March–April) features horse-charge reenactments of his battle.

Why This Entry Matters

India's sacred landscape embraces Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Zoroastrian, tribal, regional-folk traditions — each with its own cosmology and priestly lineage. This entry honours Hindu on its own terms.

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✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

MantraTradition-specific invocations
Offerings
tradition-specific
Sacred colours
tradition-specific

📖 Stories

  • The sacred narrative of Mehājī Maṅgalīāwas
    Mehājī (15th c.) — Rajput warrior deified after defending village cattle from bandits. His shrine at Mangaliavas is circumbulated by Marwari farmers for harvest-prosperity. The **Mehajī Melā** in Chaitra (March–April) features horse-charge reenactments of his battle.
    — Community tradition + scholarly sources

🪔 Worship Procedures

Daily rites
• tradition-specific daily observances
Puja sequence
  1. tradition-specific

🛕 Principal Temples

🎊 Festivals

  • Annual Mehājī Maṅgalīāwas festival
    Seasonally determined · 1–15 days

📜 Primary Scriptural Sources

  • Primary texts of Hinduscriptural / devotional / folk