Dev Budha Bingal

 

Dev Budha Bingal

Dev Budha Bingal 

Dev Budha Bingal going to meet his devotee

At Mandi-Pathankot highway, 7 kilometers from Mandi, place called Maigal. 3 kilometers away from Maigal, the temple of Dev Budha Bingle situated who is worshiped as the total deity of the people of Mandi. It is said that the dried wooden logs installed in his temple sprout up on a rainy day, which is considered to be the miracle of God. It is said about his temple that if any unauthorized person entered into the temple, the honeybees suddenly attack from inside the temple, whose coming and going does not know anybody. Dev Budha Bingal comes to Mandi from his temple only at the time of Shivaratri, for the rest of the year he stays in the temple. Apart from Shivratri, he goes to a devotee only when he is called. Wherever Dev old Bingle goes to meet his devotee, he goes on the shoulder of his priest. His chariot is not like other gods, which are made by tying two wooden sticks.