Bullet Baba Temple

The legend goes that Om Banna, a local, died in an accident when his motorcycle crashed into a tree. The Bullet he was riding was taken into police custody. The next morning, however, it was found under the same tree where the accident had occurred. Initially thought to be a prank, all attempts to seize the motorcycle failed as it kept returning to the same tree. The locals believed that the bike had supernatural powers and built a shrine at the spot.

Visiting Bullet Baba Temple was on my bucket list for some years, even before I owned my RE. It was the winter of 2015; my friends and I were on a road trip across Rajasthan. We were exploring the Kumbhalgarh fort and plotting our route to our next stop Jodhpur, when I noticed that the GPS would lead us past Pali. The legend came back to memory, and I insisted that we stop at the shrine if it fell on the way.

One of my friends later remarked, “It was as if you had become a child again, you were so excited that day.” I vaguely remember rushing through lunch and insisting that we start for Pali as early as possible. The road from Kumbhalgarh was a State Highway that was broken, battered and densely trafficated with crazy trucks and cows in equal measure. The GPS (Google Maps, you still haven’t learnt your lesson) led us through a number of small towns and settlements whose residents stared at our cars in awe, and smiled, knowing how lost we are.

Story Of Bullet Baba Aka Om Banna
Let me take you to 2 December 1991. It was a chilled morning with dance fog when a guy named Om Singh Rathore decided to ride his royal enfiled bullet motorcycle to friends place. In the midway, due to dance fog, he met with an accident and hit his motorcycle with a tree. He sustained serious injuries to his head due to which he died in a min. His motorcycle fell into a roadside ditch. Some passerby informed police and police took him to the hospital and his bike to a nearby police station. The hospital declared Om Singh Rathore brought dead.

On the next morning, a strange incident happened at the police station where Om Rathore’s bike was brought. Police found his motorcycle missing after a search they found bike again at the same place of the accident. It was a surprise for police and locals. This time they took out fuel from the bike and put chain and lock to ensure nobody can move this motorcycle. Even after this next morning bike was again vanished from that police station and found back at the accident site.