'Badshah' cleaned the stairs of the temple with his beard…
There are two famous krishna Dhams in Mewar, Rajasthan. One is the temple of Sanvaliya Seth, the Seth of Seths and the other is Nathdwara temple located in Rajsamand district. There is an age-old tradition of Nathdwara temple, where the king has cleaned the gulal applied on the stairs of the temple with the hair of his beard. Not only this, but after this the townspeople also carried the king on their shoulders. There is a year-old story hidden behind this program.
As per tradition in Shrinathji's mansion, the king was carried on the shoulders and taken out in a palanquin in the city. After the ride, the king cleaned the gulal from the 9 stairs of the temple with his beard. Every year a tradition is carried out in Shrinathji temple on the next day of Holi. Similarly, this time also the tradition of taking out the King's procession started in Nathdwara city.
9 stairs of the temple clean with a beard
Badshah's carriage was taken out from badshah Gali of the city, which circumambulated the temple and reached Shrinathji's temple. Here, the king cleaned the nine stairs built in the spirit of devotion to the sun Pole of the temple with his beard. After that clothes and jewelry were presented to the king. Then as per tradition, the people present in the temple scolded the king and sang Rasiya.
This is recognition
The belief of the people of the region behind this tradition is that the Mughal emperor aurangzeb used to break the idols of god in temples. He reached Mewar breaking the statues of ancient temples. It is said that when aurangzeb reached krishna Dham Shrinathji in Mewar and after reaching here, he planned to break the idol. When he went to the temple to destroy it, he lost his eyesight as soon as he entered.
