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26th September 1944 was the ninth day
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writing of holy write of Bhagawati Shree Meladi Maa (called GARBA) started on auspicious evening of 11 th August ?99, the evening of the last solar eclipse of the century & Current
millennium, in? LABH? ( Auspicious gain constallation of stars) period, at village JASALPUR , the village of people of Kadva Patidar community ( farming community , it is believed to be descendent of God Shri Ram)

Dignitaries of Kadva Patidars and many other castes are worshipper of Bhagawati
Shree Maledi Maa have assembled to witness & celebrate this historical moments.( JASALPUR is village of Kadi Taluka Dist. Mehsana). Another meaning of GARBA is joyful recital of melodious prayer songs of gracious devotee, ladies dancing around an idol / picture of Bhagawati
Shree Meladi Maa / Goddess / lightened holy fire. It is
tradition to keep an earthen (some times metallic pots of brass- copper- silver - gold) pot having fine holes on sphere , lightened lamp in side pot & above pot. The pot is significant of globe of earth and kindled lamp as symbol of knowledge and
wisdom removing darkness from outside & within it . Name of Kheda town and Bhagawati
Shree Meladi Maa is ever up lifted , not only within India but also foreign countries like America, Canada, Kenya, Nairobi, U.K ., Malayasia, Shri Lanka.........by an absolute salvor, prophet, worthy of reverence, ever adorable beloved child of Bhagawati
Shree Meladi Maa ,
i.e. ? JAI MAADI ? ( Shri Bhogilal Shantilal Panchal). O Mother of eternal universe ?Shree Meladi Maa?, we bow down to you, we prostrate you, and surrender you to seek blessing by your patronising right hand on my head to kindly enlighten my head & heart to write about your beloved child?
Bhogilal Shanti lal Panchal? , (so that entire world can have knowledge of your glory & grace, dignity &
devinity, Austerity & adoration ) through him. Reviewing biography of saints (ascetic devinity) , it is observed
commonly that , they had birth in poor but family with religious faith and had to struggle hard in childhood to win battle of survival. As dark cloud has silver border, their moral conscience had up lifted them from place of commoner to throne of high degree adoration .Similarly
Shree Bhogilal born at PARSANTAJ village of Mehmadavad
taluka, Dist. Kheda, State Gujarat (India) on 26 th September1944. Shri Shantilal was father and Mrs. Parvatiba was
mother. Bhogilal was second & the youngest son in family. Fortunately -
26 th September 1944 was the ninth day of Ashwini Navratri ( Ninth day of bright half lunar part of last Hindu month ) . First nine day of Hindu month Ashwin are called ? NAV RATRI ? festival, these days are dedicated for worshiping ?Mother of Eternal
Universe?. It is ritual to perform havan
(offering to holy fire to please Goddess).Flowers, Sweets, fragrance/ perfumes, new harvested corns, etc. are presented to express gratitude of peity. After havan pooja such
offering were distributed amongst all present over there as ? Prasad? ( benedictory food) of naivedhya ( grand annual gift of deity) Mother Parvatiba had
Prasad of naivedhya (benedictory food as gift blessed by deity) of Durga Ashtami (Ashtami= eighth) and on the ninth day of Navratri festival , at 07.15
hrs. (morning) of 26 th September 1944,delivered child. The new born child was pale, weak and had appearance like bone skeleton was indicating
merge chances of survival.
Jai Maadi.
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