Historical PeriodEra
Oral / medieval / documented history
3000 BCEOral / medieval / documented historyPresent
Sacred Facts · At a Glance
Mantra
Tradition-specific invocations
- Gender
- male
- Sacred Colours
- tradition-specific
- Sacred Offerings
- tradition-specific
Primary Scriptures
1 source- Primary texts of Hinduscriptural / devotional / folk
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.
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
MantraTradition-specific invocations
- Offerings
- tradition-specific
- Sacred colours
- tradition-specific
🪔 Worship Procedures
- Daily rites
- • tradition-specific daily observances
- Puja sequence
- tradition-specific
🛕 Principal Temples
- Main shrine of Mehājī MaṅgalīāwasMedieval-modern📍 Mangaliavas, Pali, Rajasthan, IndiaFestivals: Annual festival · Weekly/seasonal special-day worshipMehājī — Rajput folk-warrior-god
🎊 Festivals
- Annual Mehājī Maṅgalīāwas festivalSeasonally determined · 1–15 days
📜 Primary Scriptural Sources
Sources & provenance
🎓 1 Scholarly📖 1 Tertiary
- 🎓Scholarly sourceBookHindu tradition: scholarly and community sources
- 📖Supporting referenceGazetteerPali District Gazetteer