Puja and seva

The offering for which the temple is known. The devotee hands the liquor to the priest, who pours it into a dish, offers it at the lips of the deity with prayers and returns the rest as prasad. It is optional and is done only through the priest.

• Ask at the mandir counter for the dakshina

The priests perform the regular worship of the deity through the day. According to the temple priests, bhog is offered five times daily, each time after puja, and aarti is performed in the morning and in the evening.

• Ask at the mandir counter for the dakshina

The usual offering basket holds marigold flowers, a coconut and incense. Devotees also offer laddus, and since the liquor ban many bring chana, chironji and coconut as prasad.

• Ask at the mandir counter for the dakshina

The stone lamp tower in the courtyard is lit with oil lamps. Devotees traditionally light lamps here with a prayer for the removal of obstacles and for well-being.

• Ask at the mandir counter for the dakshina

On Bhairav Ashtami a special birth aarti is performed at midnight with the sound of conches, and the deity is offered fifty-six kinds of food along with the customary bhog.

• Ask at the mandir counter for the dakshina

On the two sawari days the silver face of the deity is dressed in a turban sent by the Scindia family and is worshipped by the Collector and the Superintendent of Police before the palanquin sets out.

• Ask at the mandir counter for the dakshina