Bada Mangal 2024: The month of Jyeshtha is starting from 24th May. In this month, worshipping Lord Hanuman is extremely fruitful. According to religious texts, when Lord Shri Ram met Lord Hanuman while wandering in the forest in search of Sita, that day was Tuesday of the month of Jyeshtha.
Therefore, every Tuesday of Jyeshtha is celebrated as Bada Mangal. On this day, Bajrangbali is worshipped in the form of an old monkey (Budhwa Mangal), hence it is also called Budhwa Mangal. Bada Mangal is definitely a Hindu festival but its history is linked to the Nawab of Uttar Pradesh. Let’s know how.
The history of Bada Mangal is related to which city of UP (Bada Mangal History)
According to the scriptures, Budhwa Mangal is related to Mahabharata and Ramayana, but the history of Bada Mangal is also associated with Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. Bada Mangal is celebrated here with great pomp and show. It is said that 400 years ago, the health of the son of Nawab Mohammad Ali Shah of Awadh had deteriorated a lot. Due to which his Begum was very sad.
This is how the tradition of celebrating Bada Mangal started (Bada Mangal significance)
Even after all the efforts, when the son did not get well, then some people advised the wife of Nawab Mohammad Wajid Ali Shah to pray for him on Tuesday in the ancient Hanuman temple located in Aliganj, Lucknow. He did the same and after a few days his son’s health started improving.
To celebrate this, the Nawab of Awadh and his wife got the old Hanuman temple of Aliganj repaired, the work of which was completed in the month of Jyeshtha. Got jaggery and prasad distributed all over Lucknow. Since then, the work of providing refreshments, organizing Bhandara and distribution of Prasad started in Lucknow on the day of Budhwa Mangal. Since then, every year Bhandara is organized at different places on every Tuesday of Jyeshtha month.
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