The Overview of Guga Peer History

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Guga ji (गोगाजी) also known as Guga is a folk deity of Rajasthan state in India. He is an eminent warrior-hero of the region. Hindus and Muslims alike honor him. He is also venerated as a saint and even as 'snake-god'. He is known as Guga among the Hindus and Jaher Peer among the Muslims. The Kaimkhani Muslims claim descent from him and regard him as a peer (saint). Gugaji is popular as a snake-god and almost every village in Rajasthan has a than (sacred place) dedicated to him.Rabari community in Gujarat and Rajasthan also one rock community known as RC Shrine Network in Himachal Pradesh is great believer in Gugaji. The devotees of Gugaji can be found in Himachal Pradesh Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. In Gujarat, an annual procession is taken out in honour of the great warrior.

A grand fair is held at Gugamedi, which is 359 km from Jaipur, in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan in August in memory of Gugaji. It is believed that Gugaji went into samādhi at Gugamedi. Thousands of devotees gather to pay homage at this memorial annually in the month of Bhadrapada during the Gugaji fair, which lasts for 3 days.The fair is held from the ninth day of the dark half of Bhadrapada (Guga Navami) to the eleventh day of the dark half of the same month. The inscription in Persian at the main entrance describes Mahmud of Ghazni's regard for Gugaji. It is quite a sight to see people singing and dancing to the beats of drums and gongs with multicolored flags called 'nishans' in their hands.

Early days of Gugaji were spent at village Mansai, Himachal.

Gugaji was born by the blessing of Guru gorkhnath ji.The mother of Gugaji,Rani Bachal worship her guru Gorkhnath for 12 years for a child. The Gugaji's wife name was Siriyal and his father was Raja Jewar Singh of Bhagar Desh.

There is another popular story behind the 48-years worship of the mother of Jahar Peer (Bachal).

Even as she was worshiping Guru Gorakhnath, she had a twin-sister Rani Kachal who decided to usurp the blessings from Guru Gorakhnath. In the middle of night, she wore the clothes of her sister and deceived the Guru into giving her the blessing fruit. When Rani Bachal came to know of it, she came running after Guru Gorakhnath and said that she had not received anything. To which, Guruji replied that he had already given his blessings and said she was trying to deceive him. After much persistence from Rani Bachal, the Guru relented and gave him to Gugal candies (Gugal is a herb which is prescribed even till today under Ayurveda to treat people of infertility), and hence the name Gugaji. She distributed these candies in the entire village, including the mare who was pregnant at that time. The horse born from that mare eventually became the 'Blue Horse' that Gugaji rode.