Kaali Choudash - Havan

To-day is Kaali choudash

Shri Ghantakarna Vir(havan day) in Shri Ghantakarna Mahavir Temple at Mahudi, near Vijapur, Gujarat.
Ghantakarna Mahavir Mul Mantra
OHM HRIHM GHANTAKARNO NAMOSTUTE TH: TH: TH: SWAHA !!

Mahudi is a village near the river Sabarmati.
This village is in Mansa Taluka of Gandhinagar District. Gandhinagar is 35 km. away and Ahmedabad is 70 km. away. Nearby town is Vijapur, which is 6 km. away.

Mahudi is famous for Jinalaya Jain temple of Shri Ghantakarna Mahavir. It is a centre of pilgrimage for the Jains devotees. There are lakhs of people from different religions offering prayers besides Jain devotees.

'Yognistha Acharya Bhagwant Shrimad BuddhiSagarsuri Maharaj Sahebji' had observed a long period of penance here and had inspired the construction of new temple.

Devotees offer `sukhadi', which after offering, is eaten within the temple complex. Tradition forbids the carrying away of such offerings outside premises. Large and clean sarai offers comfortable stay to the pilgrims.

'Kali Chaudas' Is one of most important event in Mahudi. That day several lakhs people visits here. On that day people come for making knots on thread in which 108 times they chant Mantras and after every mantra read a bell rings. They sits around 'Hanvan' (fire) and read mantras and then spill ghee and other materials into Havan.

'Dhaja Mohatsav' is event in which every year the flags of Dehrasar (Jain Temple) is changed with new ones. On that day too thousands of people are cited.

photo and information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahudi

Mantra

घंटाकर्ण. मंत्र. :-
ॐ. ह्रीं. घंटाकर्णो. महावीर., सर्वव्याधि.-विनाशकः. |
विस्फोटक.भयं. प्राप्ते., रक्ष. रक्ष. महाबलः. |1|
यत्र. त्वं. तिष्ठसे. देव,. लिखितोऽक्षर.-पंक्तिभिः. |
रोगास्तत्र. प्रणश्यन्ति,. वात.-पित्त.-कफोद्भवाः. |2|
तत्र. राजभयं. नास्ति,. यन्ति. कर्णे. जपात्क्षयम्. |
शाकिनी. भूत. वेताला,. राक्षसाः. प्रभवन्ति. न. |3|
नाकाले. मरणं. तस्य,. न. च. सर्पेण. दंश्यते. |
अग्निचौरभयं. नास्ति,. ॐ. श्रीं. घंटाकर्ण !.
नमोस्तु. ते. ! ॐ. नर. वीर. ! ठः. ठः. ठः. स्वाहा. ||
(इस. मंत्र. का. 21. बार. जप. करने. से. राज.-भय., चोर.-भय., अग्नि. और. सर्प. - भय,. सब. प्रकार. की. भूत. - प्रेत. - बाधा. दूर. होतें. हैं. | सर्व. विपत्ति.-हर्ता. मंत्र. है. |

Mantra with thanks