Khatu Shyam Baba Birthday: Hare Ka Sahara: Baba Khatu Shyam’s birthday is celebrated every year with great pomp. On this occasion, the Kartik fair organized in Khatu Shyam ji temple located in Sikar district of Rajasthan also attracts a large crowd of devotees. Baba Khatu Shyam is considered the god of Kaliyuga.
Khatu Shyam’s Birthday (Khatu Shyam Baba Janamdin 2024)
Khatu Shyam’s birthday is celebrated on Gyaras i.e. Ekadashi date of Shukla Paksha of Kartik month, which is today on 12 November 2024. However, some devotees also celebrate the birth anniversary of Khatu Shyam Baba on Gyaras of Phalgun month. He is called the god of Kalyug. According to religious belief, due to the boon of Lord Krishna, Barbarik, grandson of Bhima and son of Ghatotkacha, was born in Kaliyuga.
Barbarik is worshiped in Kalyug in the name of Baba Khatu Shyam. Some devotees consider Khatu Shyam to be the Kalyugi incarnation of Shri Krishna. According to the legend, Shri Krishna had given this boon to Barbarik at the time of Mahabharata that you will be fulfilled in Kalyug in my name ‘Shyam’. That is why he is called Khatu Shyam.
Khatu Shyam Mandir Rajsthan is at a distance of 43 kilometers from Sikar district of Rajasthan. There is a huge crowd of devotees in the temple on the birth anniversary of Shyam Baba. The temple is decorated in a supernatural way, Baba Shyam is decorated with Satrangi flowers, special worship is done and cow’s milk is offered.
There is a description in the mythological stories about Khatu Shyam Baba that he had donated his head on the request of Shri Krishna. That’s why they are also called Shishadani. Baba’s head had appeared in Sikar district itself. That is why the head form of Shyam Baba is worshipped.
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