Himachali Famous Folklore that Dates Back to 1000 Years || Raja Bhambu Rai & Devta Palthan

Описание: I got an opportunity to present my Himachali culture and a famous folklore at High commission of London


Many Rishis,Yogis in the past have done their Tapasya and
Sadhana for thousands of years in this region .The continuous
flow of cosmic energies can still be felt here.
For this event i have a folklore form the interior of Himalayas
According to folk tales and legends, this story dates to different
periods. Some suggest it of the Mahabharata period, or the
Banasura period.
There was a king named Bhambu Rai.
Bhambu Rai was a legendary king who lived at Kot, he along with
his deputy and brother Ahimal. Soon he became a hero by virtue
of his strength and Charity. According to folklore, he was so
powerful that he used to go for morning bath to Duttnagar,
which is 20 miles on the bank of river Satluj, return back to
meditate and then go to Hatkoti, 20 miles on the other sides of
the hill, situated on the bank of River Pubbar, for daily prayer and

get back to his fort for breakfast. It is said that he used to cover
100 miles in 6 hours.

He was a justice-loving, truthful, and obedient king. He was the
ultimate devotee of Lord Shiva and Shakti. After the daily puja, he
used to play chaupad ( chess-like Game) with Chaunsath Yogini
at a place called Rani Patangan of Moral Kanda (now known as
Moral Danda). A yogini is a female master practitioner of tantra
and yoga. Who devoted all her life away from family and for
spirituality.
One day while playing chaupad, he became fascinated by the
Yogini and purposed her. The enraged Yogini cursed him to death
for his lust.
After few years, One-day King set out towards the forest of for
hunting. While hunting he met a beautiful woman in the forest
and the king was fascinated by her and proposed her to become
his queen. The woman accepted the marriage proposal by
keeping certain conditions.
Conditions were ......
The Lady asked for two promises.
1. The king will not ask anything about her clan.
2. He will not restrict her for whatever she asks to eat and will
provide it.
The king agreed to both the promises and brought her to his
palace and lived happily.

A few days later, the queen asked the king to fulfill his promise.
The queen requested for the meat.
Surprised by the queen’s desire, the demand put the king in a fix
as it was against his ethics and devotion towards the god. At the
same time, he was also committed to fulfilling his promise.
He called his advisors to discuss the problem and ordered them
to arrange the meat but no creature should be killed.
The advisors were also confused as if how to provide meat
without killing any creature? They could not think of anything
better than providing the meat of the breasts of women and
started feeding the queen with the meat. There was a wave of
anger in the state. The people got angry with this inhuman act.
The king was blind by love and promise and the atrocities started
to cross the limits.
Fed up with the atrocities of Raja Bhambu Rai, the locals went to
Devta Palthaan, the local deity of the area, for help. Devta
Palthaan advised locals to organized a fair and invite the family of
Bhambu Rai. I will came in the guise of a golden bird. Moment
Bhamburai and his got distracted cut everyone's head at one go.
Because you will not get any second chance.
On the day of fair a unique bird came and was so unique and
attractive that everyone got engaged in watching the bird. The
bird dropped the fruit of the Kayal tree called Bhelru which fell on
the eyes of Bhambhu Rai, Bhambhu Rai started rubbing his eyes,
taking advantage of the situation locals chopped Bhamburai’s

head and together with their allies, attacked and killed the king’s
brother and other members.
The queen who used to eat the flesh of living beings disappeared
and nobody could ever find her.
It is said that all this was the result of the curse given by the
Yoginis to King Bhambu Rai.
This ended the rule of the state of Bhumbu Rai in Kot state.
Later The Spirit of Bhambu Rai started tormenting the people of
Sholi, to give him peace, a devta Palthan gave him space
alongside him and separate temple was built for him.
Devta k rath k uper jo phela mohra apko nazar ata ha vo
bhamburai ka ha.
Every 12 years, the palki of Bhambu Rai comes out at night. The
children and women shut themselves in the house when the
palanquin is out in the night.
Ye to thi folklore Thi vo generation to generation pass on hoti aj
hamare tak paunchi ha.