Here the worship of ‘demon’ is done before the goddess! After washing his feet, by applying tilak, virgin girl

We all know that deities are worshiped in our country. But have you ever heard that a demon (demon) is also worshiped somewhere? And that too with full devotion and tradition!

This is not a story, but a unique and surprising reality of the land of Bundelkhand. Near Jhansi district, a tradition is played in a famous temple of Maa Sharda Devi, seeing that you will also press the finger under the teeth.

What is this unique tradition?
Here, on the Navami day of Navratri, among the crowd of thousands of devotees, their ‘protector’ sitting outside the temple before worshiping the Goddess is worshiped. And this puja is none other than one, but one Virgin girl (Little girl) does. She wash the legs of the demon with full legal practice, applies tilak on them and offers aarti by offering flowers. Only then does the worship of the goddess start inside the temple.

So why worship a demon? (An interesting story behind it)
You must be wondering why the demon who is considered a symbol of evil, why is it worshiped?

According to local beliefs, this demon is not a common demon, but the biggest devotee of the Goddess and Gatekeeper (bodyguard) Was. His name Mardan Singh Was. It is said that when the Goddess Maa came to live here, she was pleased with the devotion and power of Mardan Singh, and gave her a boon that, “You will always be worshiped before me in this temple.”

Since then, this tradition has been going on for centuries. The people here consider Maradan Singh not a demon, but the most loyal protector of his goddess and worships him with the same honor.

This unique tradition shows us how diverse and deep India’s faith and culture is, where a demon is also worshiped for his devotion.