Shri Betal temple (?????) is a Hindu temple in Amona village in Bicholim taluka in Goa. The presiding deity is Shree Betal worshiped in the form of Worrier Shiva; normally Betal is standing, but during the festival his Idol is made to sit on the Horse back. He is the " Gram devata" of Amona. Several families as Shinari, Gawas, Fadate, etc. worship him.
There is a temple or Betal in a village named as "Gorli" in Pauri Gharwal district of Uttaranchal. Betal is also the village's "Gram Devata" This temple also has "Shiv Pindi" and its foot soldiers.
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Deity
The temple is dedicated to Purvas Vetal, the warrior god. The deity is also called 'Betal' colloquially.
Betal
Betal as we know him today is a deity of the indegeneous people of India. Betal the god of the roaring storm, is usually portrayed in accordance with the element he represents as a fierce, destructive deity. Many stories and folklores about the valour and wisdom of 'Vetal' are passed down through generations of indegeneous local people who worshipped this deity originally. Traditionally Vetal is considered as a god of the Lower caste people. It is only in early 19th century that he was considered as a Hindu Deity. Inclusion of Vetal in the hindu Pantheon is only a recent phenomena to co-opt and obliterate the oral history of the local indigenous lower caste people of India. The oldest surviving text of Hinduism is the Rig Veda, which is dated to between 1700 and 1100 BC based on linguistic and philological evidence. A god named Rudra is mentioned in the Rig Veda. The name Rudra is still used as a name for Shiva. In RV 2.33, he is described as the "Father of the Rudras", a group of storm gods. Furthermore, the Rudram, one of the most sacred hymns of Hinduism found both in the Rig and the Yajur Vedas and addressed to Rudra, invokes him as Shiva in several instances, but the term Shiva is used as an epithet for Indra, Mitra and Agni many times.
Identification with Vedic deities
Vetal is a non vedic diety. He has no relation to vedic literature.
Shaivism
Shaivism (Sanskrit: ??? ???, ?aiva pa?tha) is the oldest of the four major sects of Hinduism, the others being Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Smartism. Followers of Shaivism, called "Shaivas", and also "Saivas" or "Saivites", revere Shiva as the Supreme Being. Shaivas believe that Shiva is All and in all, the creator, preserver, destroyer, revealer and concealer of all that is. Shaivism is widespread throughout India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, mostly. Areas notable for the practice of Shaivism include parts of Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
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History
The original temple was located in Amona at the same place, but later reconstructed from time to time.
Devotees
The deity is believed to be patron deity of 96 Kulee Maratha, Kalavants, Goud Saraswat Brahmin and Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins community spread all over India. Familiar surnames of the devotees are Parab, Sinari, Gawas, Fadate, Salgaonkar, Dhond etc.
See also
- Temples of Goa
- Mangeshi Village
- Shantadurga Kalangutkarin Temple
External links
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- Betala Jatara , Alladurg http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/large-turnout-of-people-at-betala-jatara/article5932764.ece
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