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Monday 8 January 2018

Mārtanda Bhairava

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khandoba
Site
http://www.khandoba.org/
Tube
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Khandoba

Pancha Bhairavis - Five Wives Representing Five Elements

Khandoba has many wives who are women from many communities, who serve as cultural links between the god and the communities. He has five wives, Mhalsa and Banai/Banu/Banubai being the most important.
  1. While Khandoba's first wife Mhalsa is from the high caste Lingavat merchant (Vani) community,
  2. his second wife Banai is a Dhangar (shepherd caste). Mhalsa has had a regular ritualistic marriage with Khandoba. Banai, on the other hand, has a love marriage by capture with the god. Mhalsa is described as jealous and a good cook; Banai is erotic, resolute, but doesn't even know to cook. Often folk songs tell of their quarrels. Mhalsa represents "culture" and Banai "nature". The god king Khandoba stands between them.
  3. Khandoba's third wife, Rambai Shimpin, is a tailor woman from Belsare village who was a heavenly nymph or devangana and is sometimes identified with Banai. She is a prototype of the Muralis — the girls "married" to Khandoba. She is the wife who goes for hunting with her Lord.
  4. The fourth wife Phulai Malin, from a gardener caste, is a devout devotee of Khandoba and is visited by him at "Davna Mal" (field of southernwood), a herb said to be dear to Khandoba.
  5. The fifth wife, Candai Bhagavin, is a Muslim or a Telin, and a member of the oilpresser caste. Apart from these, Muralis — girls offered to Khandoba — are considered as wives or concubines of the god.

Malla and Mani
http://www.harekrsna.com/philosophy/associates/demons/siva/mani.htm
Tube
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Malla+and+Mani

After the death of Malla and Mani , their five sons also attacked Bhairav. Their names were
  1. Kumbh,
  2. Suchil,
  3. Devgandharva,
  4. Lohargala, and
  5. Mahabahu.
But by Grace of above Pancha Bhairavis natural Maternal affection towards them as 
they were Transformed them into  Followers of Lord Bhairav

Muslim veneration

Khandoba is also a figure of respect and worship to Muslims, and this affiliation is visible in the style of his temples. He is called Mallu or Ajmat Khan (Rautray) by Muslim devotees, and many times portrayed as being a Muslim himself. The latter is believed to conferred upon by the Mughal invader king Aurangzeb, who was forced to flee from Jejuri by Khandoba's power.
Some of these distinguishing Muslim features include his usual appearance as that of a
  1. Paṭhān on horseback,
  2. one of his wives being a Muslim, and that
  3. his horse-keeper is a Muslim in Jejuri.
The Mārtaṇḍa Vijaya expressly states that his devotees mainly comprise of Muslims. The worship of Khandoba had received royal patronage by Ibrahim II, which consisted of the reinstatement of the annual jatra and the right of pilgrims to perform rituals at the Naldurg temple. Malhari Mahatmya even records Muslims (mleccha) as the god's bhaktas (devotees), who call him as Malluka Pathan or Mallu Khan. In Jejuri, a Muslim family traditionally looks after the horses of the god. 

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