In Rajasthan, ‘dead body is carried out by laying the living person on the bier’, the reason behind this will make you wonder

In Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, the festival of Shitala Saptami is celebrated in a unique style different from the rest of the country. On the day of Sheetal Saptami, the dead body of a living person is laid on a bier in the main market of Bhilwara. Thousands of youth, elders and elders participate in it. People also celebrate by spraying colours.

A person lying on a bier does this thing

According to the information received, a living person lying on the bier sometimes takes out one of his hands and sometimes moves. He even fixes his flying shroud himself and sometimes gets up and drinks water. When the hearse reaches its final stop, he gets up and tries to run away. Then the people involved in the funeral procession forcibly make him sit.

This tradition continues for 200 years

This unique tradition, Sheetala Saptami, is being celebrated for the last 200 years in Bhilwara, known as Vastranagari. A large number of people participate in this dead body ride, flying colors and gulal. On the day of Shitala Saptami, a local holiday is also declared by the District Collector in Bhilwara district. The people of the city told that this tradition of taking out the dead body has been going on since the time of the princely state of Mewar. This issue is said to be the folk deity Ilo Ji.

Jankilal Bhand gave this information

International impersonator Jankilal Bhand, who has been declared for the Padma Shri award, said that this tradition of dead body riding in Bhilwara is more than 200 years old. This tradition was started from the princely period and continues continuously. I also participate in this dead body ride where I make people laugh by singing the song of an impersonator.

Murli Manohar Sen, a senior citizen living in the city, said that after Holi, the festival of Sheetala Saptami is celebrated in a unique style in Bhilwara district. Where a funeral procession is taken out during the day and many people come from all over the state to see it. In this ride, there is fun and laughter while throwing colors and gulal.