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People in this remote, but strange village have deep faith in god almighty-Lord Saturn or ''Saneeswara.'' Houses and
buildings here
do not have entrance doors at all, only curtains adore the houses.
Shani, the 'Lord of Justice' is the protector here and no body dares to
break into the houses and takes other's belongings. Houses have
windows and curtains attached to the door frame.Unlike people in other places, here they at night
sleep in peace and there is no fear of burglars and house break-
ins. May be a safe people for hoarders of money and filthy rich people who
are living in cities in perpetual fear of being robbed, mugged and
burglarized. Definitely,
it is a weird place in this world ridden with nasty
people
who are ever ready to steal others' money sometimes under
their very nose.
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Where does such a place exist in this mad world? This
heavenly, safe place is located in Nevaska taluk of Maharastra, about
35 km from Ahmednagar city. Here the presiding deity is Saneeswara -
the Hindu God of planet Saturn who is responsible for our miseries in lives.
Despite
a couple of burglaries happened here in the past, people are still living and going out of their home with out doors in the belief that the God will take
care of the culprits who indulge in thievery. Their face shows no semblance of anxiety or
worries about leaving their door-free homes. The burglars who
struck in the past, it is believed, were punished by the Lord before crossing the
village boundary.
The
stone idol of Lord Saneeswara has been here for centuries and is
''swayambu'' - meaning self- evolved. Several generations ago the
villagers saw a strange stone bleeding and many people had experience
a sort of apparition in the form of mystic,celestial voice (''ashariri'' in Sanskrit)
asking the villagers to build a temple for Saneeswara. Since then
the 'shani' temple has been woven with the local peoples' lives, and
their faith in the power of god is incredible. After all faith keeps
us moving and helps us achieve what we aspire for.
There is a famous Saneewara temple near Karikal, Pondycherry state, one a French territory where Sanipeyarchi festival is celebrated with on a grand scale every two and half years with devotion abhisekam and special pooja. This year Sanipeyarchi festival was held on Dec.16, 2014. Saturn moved from Libra (thula rasi ) to Scorpio (Viruchigam rasi). Saturn moves from one house to another one. More than 700,000 plus people throng here for this festival.
There is a famous Saneewara temple near Karikal, Pondycherry state, one a French territory where Sanipeyarchi festival is celebrated with on a grand scale every two and half years with devotion abhisekam and special pooja. This year Sanipeyarchi festival was held on Dec.16, 2014. Saturn moved from Libra (thula rasi ) to Scorpio (Viruchigam rasi). Saturn moves from one house to another one. More than 700,000 plus people throng here for this festival.
Through out India the Hindus strongly believe that the planet Saturn (Saneeswara) is responsible for the miseries and hardship people encounter in their lives and no one can escape the ill effects of Saturn and the position he occupies in the horoscope of a person is very important. Worshiping Lord Saneeswara regularly will mitigate the sufferings.
