TAVO EVENTS

 TAVO of Shree Meladi  Maa is not an ordinary worship matter, the persons who had been  narrowly  rescued by Bhagawati Shree Meladi Maa are performing this most tedious method of worship, offering with  utmost  faith  and  express gratitude to  mother of eternal universe-Bhagawati Shree Meladi Maa. Only males can participate in the rituals. Materials required are wheat flour, ghee or edible oil, frying pan (tavo), silver or gold chhatra (chhatra is a open umbrella shape kept over the head of dignitary), benediction food sukhdi , garland (2nos.), fire wood, 15 bricks, kumkum , chundadi (chundadi is a auspicious saree / showlie. it is symbolic offering of clothing)  and  esense sticks. Generally tavo is kiln cured black cotton soil earthen black deep shape pan used for deep-frying. Many people, so wish bring metallic frying pan of copper, brass, iron, silver ... Dough is prepared from wheat flour, quantity is about 3 or 5 or 7 handful, adding some quantity of cooking oil and water, the mixture is kneaded uniformly to make smooth soft dough. Dough balls are prepared by rolling between two palms from bulk, dough should not be sticky with palms. Dough ball is pressed Gently between palms and then by fingers to make round disc like shape (this is unfried puri, puri is Gujarati /hindi word) Simultaneously making of Indian traditional fireside by arranging bricks in C shape is completed and fire wood is burnt as fuel to warm oil in frying pan. 

Before putting frying pan on fire, it is cleaned thoroughly inside and trident is drawn by kum kum (symbolising an auspicious presence of deity and five red dot of kumkum on edge of frying pan). The same is put on traditional hearth, cooking oil is poured in frying pan and fire is made alive under the pan. When cooking oil becomes sufficiently hot, Jai Maadi soaks hands in boiling oil , takes hot oil  on  palms and showers on devotees as blessing. At this moment People together Loudly say ‘Jai Bhavani Jai Meladi Maa’,  ‘Shree Meladi Maa ni Jai.’