Silvester D'Souza

Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (MS)

Kundapur, Aug 7: Due to the incessant rain that is lashing the Deccan Plateau since two days, the water from the Kubja river has entered the sanctum sanctorum of the Shree Kshetra Kamalashile Sri Brahmidurgaparameshwari temple on the evening of Tuesday, August 6. Like every year, Goddess Sri Brahmidurgaparameshwari is bathed by the river Kubja. The devotees who came to the temple from various parts of the state bathed in the water with religious fervour.

Dancer of Devaloka Pingale was born as Kubje river on the Deccan Plateau because of a curse. She meets the sea at Panchagangavali near Gangolli. It is a yearly ritual of dancer Pingale, who is reborn as river Kubje, to enter the sanctum sanctorum of temple and bathe Goddess Sri Brahmidurgaparameshwari Devi. This year too Kubje has kept her ritual alive and entered the temple.

Kubje gets amalgamated with Nagateertha and enters the temple through the main entrance and bathes the Udbhava Linga of Sri Devi. The devotees, who wait for this auspicious moment bathe in the water during this time at the temple and offer obeisance. There is also a belief that all the diseases get cured if one takes bath in the water of Kubje that enters the temple. The glory of Kamalashile is described in the Sahyadri Khanda of Skanda Purana.

This year the devotees were a bit apprehensive that Kubje has not bathed the Goddess Devi of the temple. But the sudden downpour which has made the ritual to be completed shows the power of this holy temple. This bathing of the Goddess by the Kubje is filled with special glory. This is an example of eternal power.