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The Shrirama mandir near Jalgaon is an ancient temple belonging to the Peshwa period. Excepting the shrine of the temple the other parts of the temple including the auditorium and seating room were built about 70-80 years back by Appa Maharaj, a devotee of Rama with the financial help of his disciples.
In veneration of the deities in the temple an annual fair is celebrated on the Kartika Sad. On that day the images of Rama, Laxmana and Sita are carried in a palanquin to the river Girna for a bath. After the bath the images are decorated with ornaments and garlands. Devotees visiting the temple on the festival days are mostly from Jalgaon and nearby places. Nearly 25,000 people visit the temple during the days of the fair.
Celebration of Shrirama Rathotsava Fair
Lord Sri Rama was considered to be a very righteous man and he went through all the difficulties that an ordinary human being would go through in spite of being an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He was sent to exile in the forest a day before he was supposed to become King where the demon King Raavan captured his wife Sita. A big battle ensued and he spent 14 years in the wilderness looking for his wife and praying for her safety.
During the months of October and November, the people of Jalgaon visit the temple and offer their prayers to the great God and take up vows that they will try to be a good son, good husband and good human being like Lord Rama. The priests in the temple take out the idols of Rama, Sita, Laxman and Hanuman in a long procession and bathe them in the river Girna. This is a once in a year activity and there are tourists who flock to see this. After the bathing ceremony, the idols are decked in new clothes, loads of jewellery and flower garlands of different colours. They are then taken back to the temple and offered many poojas and prayers.
Maharashtra is a land of rich cultural heritage and traditions. The diverse form of landscape and environment make the state's culture more colourful. Maharashtrians celebrate every fair with great fervour and enthusiasm. The sacred Kumb Mela at Nashik that comes after every twelve years is regarded to be the most important religious fair in Maharashtra. As Maharashtrians have great belief of Lord Ganesh, Ganesh Utsav at Sangli and Pune are the fairs that Maharashtrians celebrate with great fun fare, which are attended by the maximum number of visitors even from foreign countries. The Maharashtra government in collaboration with the Union government is promoting the Pune fair as a major tourists attraction. Other important temple fairs include Changdeo fair at the Markandeya Temple near Edlabad, Kiran Utsav at the Mahalaxmi Temple at Kolhapur, Rathyatra at the Kalaram Temple in Nashik, and the Shrirama Rathotsava fair and the Navaratra Mahalaxmi fair at the Navaratra Mahalaxmi temple in Jalgaon. The Khuldabad Urs is a festival for Muslims; celebrated for five days. Mount Mary Festival, which is held every year at Bandra, Mumbai attracts huge crowds of the city. The Snake festival at Battis Shirala town too attracts large number of tourists from India and aboard.
