Basant Panchami 2024: The festival of Basant Panchami is celebrated with great pomp across the country, on this day there is a tradition of worshiping Goddess Saraswati, the goddess of art, wisdom and knowledge. But this day becomes even more special for Deoghar. Because on the day of Basant Panchami, people of Mithila offer tilak to Baba Baidyanath. This tradition has been going on for centuries. To perform this ritual of Tilak, a large number of devotees from Baba’s in-laws’ house reach Baba Dham with a different kind of Kanwad and offer Tilak to Baba on the auspicious day of Basant Panchami, after which they resolve to attend the Shiva marriage on the day of Shivratri. They return back with it. Let us know the tradition of Tilakotsav and who applies Tilak to Baba Baidyanath.
People of Mithila offer Tilak
This tradition of celebrating Tilakotsav in Deoghar has been going on for centuries. People of Mithila say that Mother Parvati belonged to the Himalayan mountain range and Mithila is in the Himalayan range. Therefore Mother Parvati is the daughter of Mithila. People of Mithila reach Deoghar from the girl’s side and offer Tilak to Baba Baidyanath. Like every year, this year too the people of Mithila are camping in many groups at many places in the city. The people of Mithila are eagerly waiting for the day of Basant Panchami by worshiping, reciting traditional bhajans and kirtans with great devotion.
The ancient tradition of offering tilak to Mahadev
The tradition of offering Tilak to Devadhidev Mahadev by the people of Mithilanchal on the day of Basant Panchami is ancient, this tradition was started by the sages. The people of Mithila have been following it till date. The people of Mithila consider themselves as the brother of Mother Parvati and Mahadev Bholenath as their brother-in-law. On the day of Basant Panchami, Baba applies Tilak to him in the courtyard of the temple and invites him to come with the wedding procession on the day of Shivratri.
Bholenath’s Tilak festival on this day
Panchami date of Magh Shukla Paksha is fixed for Tilakotsav of Bholenath. Even before Basant Panchami, the Mithal people camp in Devanagari Deoghar and celebrate Tilakotsav on the Panchami date of Magh Shukla Paksha, which is called Tilakharu. It is a religious belief that as soon as Tilakharve, who came from the maternal house of Mother Parvati, returns after offering Tilak to Baba Baidhanath, the preparations for Shiva Vivah i.e. Shivratri begin in full swing in Babadham. After all the preparations, on the day of Mahashivratri, the alliance ceremony between Mother Parvati and Mahadev Shivshankar is performed in the courtyard of the Baba temple and then with great pomp and show, Baba’s procession reaches the temple courtyard, where the marriage of Shiva and Parvati takes place. Is.
First Holi of newly married people is celebrated with Gulal of Babadham.
During Tilakotsav in Babadham, people of Mithla also offer Gulal to Bholenath. According to tradition, after applying this Gulal to each other, they also start singing Faag songs. Tilakharu takes the gulal used on Basant Panchami to his home, where the first Holi of the newlyweds is celebrated with this gulal.