Huge fair, Bhandara and Jagran will be organized, 51 thousand kg churma is being made from JCB-thresher.
Goods are being transported in tractor-trolleys for two and a half lakh people, villagers have been busy making churma for a week.
A huge and grand Kalash Yatra will be taken out by 11 thousand women on Monday.
Kotputli, 28 January 2024
The 15th anniversary celebration of Shri Champala Wala Bhainru Ji Temple, built in the Aravalli hills located in nearby village Kalyanpura Kuhada, will be organized with great pomp and joy on Tuesday, 30th January. On this occasion, a huge and grand fair, Bhandara and Jagran will be organised. There is a lot of enthusiasm among the villagers regarding the fair. Regarding this, the villagers have been busy preparing for the Bhandara with public cooperation for the last one month. Churma is being made for the Bhandara by the villagers since last one week with the help of JCB-thresher. About 2.5 lakh devotees will get Prasad of Bhainru Baba in Bhandara. For which 515 quintals (51 thousand 500 kg) of churma is being prepared. Bhainru ji's huge Bhandara is on Tuesday, January 30, but preparations for making such a large quantity of churma start a month in advance and churma starts being made about seven days in advance. The special thing is that JCB, tractor trolleys and threshers are used to make it. This fair is now known in the state because of the churma made in this special style. The surrounding villagers handle the management of the fair at their own level. It is believed that here churma is offered as special prasad to Bhainru ji. Last time, 350 quintal prasad was made here and this time 515 quintal churma will be offered. The work of making churma started from 23rd January. For this, this time a pandal has been prepared in an area of more than 50 bighas.
Every villager provides service in the fair: Sarpanch Vikram Chhawadi said that this time more than 2.5 lakh devotees are likely to come to the fair. For this, 515 quintals of Prasadi are being prepared. One person from every house of the village is giving his time every day to serve here. There is always a team of at least 100 people here at a time. Churma rotis are being prepared from 150 quintals of flour, 80 quintals of semolina and 70 kg of milk. Churma will be made from roti, 200 quintals of cow dung cakes are being used to bake the roti. A 140 meter long and 20 feet wide Jagra has been prepared daily for the rot that is baked for 04 days. After removing the rot from the jug, it is cleaned with a compressor so that there are no ash particles in it. After baking the rotis, they are first loaded in trolleys, then thresher machines used in agriculture are being used for grinding. The thresher machine has been thoroughly cleaned before using it. After grinding the churma, it is being made into a heap.
Two trolleys of churma are being prepared every day: The work of baking rot has been started from 23rd January. Two trolley rotis are being baked daily. Two days' worth of rot, i.e. 04 trolley rot, was ground with the help of a thresher on 24th January. On January 24 itself, dry fruits and sugar were mixed in it with the help of JCB. After this it was filled in clean trolleys and packed with polythene. Similarly, on 25th and 26th January, two trolley rotis were baked for two days each. Which were ground on January 27 and dry fruits and sugar were added. A total of 113 quintals of sugar and 25 quintals of dry fruits (cashew nuts, almonds, raisins, sugar candy, copra) are being mixed in both the batches with the help of JCB. Also, people of the village were seen mixing churma with shovels. The feet of those who climbed the hills to make churma were also covered with clothes and polythene. After adding dry fruits, they were packed in trolleys. On Sunday 28 January, ghee and mawa were mixed in churma. For this, first of all the entire churma was collected at one place by spreading a tarpaulin in a clean place. 20 quintals of ghee and 15 quintals of mawa were heated in big pans and poured over the churma. JCB was once again called to mix it and with the help of people it was mixed. After making churma, they are being packed back in trolleys.
Ghee collected from the village itself:- Villagers told that the ghee used in churma is the ghee collected from the village itself. Not even a single kilo of ghee has been brought from the market. There are 400 houses in Kuhada village, each house gives 02 kg of ghee. Along with this, people of Padma Ki Dhani, Kalyanpura Kalan and Panwala villages also gave ghee. If it still falls short then more ghee will be purchased from the villages. 2.5 lakh paal-donas, 04 lakh cups of tea and 10 water tankers will be used in the event.
50 quintals of pulses and 90 quintals of curd will be served. Apart from churma, dal and curd will be given in Prasad. For pulses, 50 quintals of pulses, 30 barrels of mustard oil, 05 quintals of tomatoes, 02 quintals of green chillies, 01 quintals of green coriander, 60 kg of red chillies, 60 kg of turmeric, 40 kg of cumin will be used. 08 furnaces have been made to make pulses. On which dal will be prepared on 30th January. Apart from this, 90 quintals of curd will be frozen. For which milk will be heated and curd will be set on 29th January. This milk will also be collected from the village itself.
