Why Did Malan Rawat Mother -Son not Visit Haridwar

(Folk Tales /Community from Garhwal Series-115)

                (A Malan Rawat Community Folk Story)

                           Collected by Bhishma Kukreti

(Narrated by Anand Singh Son of Awatar Singh Malan Rawat of Malan Ganv, Paino Pauri Garhwal)

              There was a superstition among Malan Rawat community of Malan Ganv, Paino, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand that if Malan Rawat Son and Mother visit Haridwar as pilgrims both would die there. The said superstition forced Malan Rawat of Malan Ganv, Paino, Pauri Garhwal not to send Mother and Son together to Haridwar for auspicious Pilgrim.

            The folk story states that before Gurkha Rule, together Son and Mother of Malan Rawat family of Malan Ganv went to Haridwar for pilgrim Rituals. Due to cholera both the son and mother died there in Haridwar. For about century, no son along with his mother together from Malan Rawat of Malan Village visited Haridwar.

         However, around 1920 or so a son and his mother dares to visit Haridwar for auspicious rituals and both died there due to cholera.

               Two deaths of son and mother were enough for Malan Rawat community for thinking that it is inauspicious son and mother together visiting Haridwar. The jinx was there for many years and every Malan Rawat family son and mother were afraid of visiting Haridwar.

 However, a few years back Keerti Singh Rawat son of Gopal Singh Rawat of Malan Village went to Haridwar with his mother and did perform rituals in Haridwar. They still are enjoying happy life in Mumbai and the xinx of not visiting by son and mother is now broken. However, still community feels afraid for mother and son visiting Haridwar together.

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References

1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003, 

2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun

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