Visit To Salasar Bala ji


We(me and my friend satnam) reached Ratangarh station(60 km from salasar) at around 4.30 early in the morning from there we took a taxi to Salasar as there is no station in Salasar.It took one hour in reaching there.Salasar is a place that is as small as my society.Get to know about the western Indian culture,people here are very down to earth,helpful and very kind in nature.


After having breakfast we took a room near Bala ji temple.We rested there for almost an hour and then we went to see the temple.

Temple is dedicated to Lord Balaji (Lord Hanuman). Made completely out of silver, the temple is spread in a huge area. Beautiful inscriptions of ‘Shree Ram’ and intricate carvings of Shree Balaji beautify the silver walls inside the temple. The temple room was full of devotees who come from all over India to take the blessings. After taking the blessings, most of the devotees take a few moments out to recite the Hanuman Chalisa or other sacred texts. It is one of the biggest temples dedicated to Lord Hanuman in India (the other that I will visit soon is the Sankat Mochan Temple in Varanasi).

One of the most remarkable features of this famous temple is that Akhand Hari Kirtan (continuous chanting of name of Lord Rama) has been going on in the temple premises for the last 20 years. Also, a number of devotees can be seen tying coconuts with moli (sacred red threads) in the temple premises which is believed to fulfill all their wishes, if done with sincere faith .

The story of the temple goes like this –
On Saturday, Shravan Shukla-Navami Samvat 1811, a miracle happened. A farmer of village Asota in district Nagaur of Rajasthan was ploughing his field. Suddenly his plough hit some stony thing and produced a strange sound. On digging up the place, he found an idol which was covered with sand. Soon his wife reached there with his lunch and the farmer showed the idol to his wife. She cleaned the idol with her sari.

On discovering that the idol was of none other but that of Lord Balaji (Lord Hanuman), they considered themselves blessed, bowed their heads with devotion and started worshipping the idol. The news of the appearance of Lord Balaji spread like wild fire in Asota. The Thakur of the village heard the news too. He then had a vision in which Balaji ordered him to send the idol to Salasar in the Churu district. The same night, Lord Balaji came in the dream of Mohandasji Maharaj of Salasar (who was unaware of this incident), an ardent devotee of Lord Hanuman and told him about the idol found in Asota.

Mohandasji immediately sent a message to the Thakur of Asota. The Thakur was amazed when he realized that Mohandasji knew the finer details of the event without even coming to Asota. He now understood that the entire episode, which was taking place, was nothing short of a miracle, undoubtedly happening as per the wishes of Lord Balaji. Soon after, the idol was sent to Salasar and sanctified at the place known as Salasar Dham today.

Definitely, Lord Balaji had blessed his beloved devotees including Mohandasji who later spent the rest of his life along with the Lord Himself before taking Samadhi (alive burial). Dhunia (holy fire lit by him) of Mohandasji still continues to burn inside the temple. The devotees consider it sacred and eating a bit of it is believed to cure all diseases. Some take it back home as it brings good luck and prosperity.

After visiting Salasar Bala ji temple,we stayed there for a night.Its a very small town.After 9:30 in the night no man can be seen on the street.whole market shuts down after 10 pm.
Next morning from there we took a taxi back to ratangarh.In ratangarh we went to see the mehndipur Balaji temple.We stayed in temple for amost an hour.The atmosphere at the temple was serene and mesmerizing.It helps you and others to elevate the minds from the mundane to the spiritual.
After leaving from the temple ,we passed our time being in ratangarh till 11 pm,and then we boarded our train at 11:30 pm.While sitting in train i kept on thinking about the place and the faith that people have towards Bala ji.

A visit to the temple is essentially to get some peace and tranquility in you from your hectic and distracting daily schedules and chores.It was one of my best journey that i will remember through out my life.