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    Gogaji (गोगाजी )
   
Gogaji (गोगाजी) also known as  Jahar Veer Gogga an eminent warrior-hero is a folk deity of not only of Rajasthan but worshiped by millions of north Indian states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Guga Navami or Goga Naumi is celebrated on the 9th day of  Krishna Paksha (waning moon) in the month of Bhadrapada (August-September). This year Goga Navmi is being celebrated on August 23, 2011.

     Jahar veer Gogga   
    Gogaji idol shows him riding a blue horse and with a snake coiled around his neck.
  
Gogaji was born in the year 946 in  a  village Dadreva near Sadulpur in Churu district, Rajasthan. His father was Raja Jewar Singh of Bhagar Desh and his mother's name  was Bachal. Gogaji was born by the blessing of Guru Gorkhnath ji. Gogaji’s mother, Rani Bachal worshipped her guru Gorkhnath for 12 years to receive a boon of a child. 
  In Gujarat, an annual procession is taken out in honour of the great warrior. Hindus and Muslims both honor him. He is known as Goga among the Hindus and Jahar Peer among the Muslims. The Kaimkhani Muslims claim descent from him and regard him as a peer (saint). Gogaji is popular as a snake-god and almost every village in Rajasthan has a Than (sacred place) under a Khejari (खेजडी) tree dedicated to him.  Gogaji  is also venerated as a saint and even as 'snake-god'. A saying about Gogaji - Gogaji was born by the blessing of Guru gorkhnath ji. The mother of Gogaji, Rani Bachal worship her guru Gorkhnath for 12 years for a child.
 
गांव-गांव खेजडी न्ह गांव-गांव गोगो
   Legends
  
According to several Legend and lokgeets Gogaji had supernatural powers to control snakes. His divine birth, his art of healing people bitten by snakes and controlling venomous snakes, his marriage, dispute with cousins, wars and his final disappearance from earth all are narrated in lokgeets. He is believed to have defeated numerous powerful kings.
  Gogaji Fair
  A grand fair is held at Gogamedi every year from the ninth day of the dark half of  Bhadrapada (Goga Navami) to the eleventh day of the dark half of the same month  in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan in memory of Gogaji. This year Goga navami is on August 23, 2011 the next day of   Lord Krishna  *Janmashtami*. People from every part of the country gathers at this place singing and dancing to the beats of drums and gongs with multicolored flags called 'nishans' in their hands. Thousands of devotees gather to pay homage at this memorial annually in the Gogaji fair, which lasts for 3 days.  It is believed that Gogaji went into samadhi at Gogamedi. The main attractions of the fair are the Nath priests who carry whips  (replicas of 'chabuk' showed in the hands of Gogaji) 
 
Gogaji birth place 
  It is said that the birth place of Gogaji was Dadrewa village near Sadulpur (Rajgarh राजगढ़) in the Churu District (चूरू जिला). He was a Chauhan Rajput and were rulers of this area during that period - around 900 AD.  A fair is simultaneously held here too in his memory. Gogaji  'samadhi' is made of marble and has two minarets and a boundary wall. His idol shows him riding a blue horse and with a snake coiled around his neck.
  The inscription in Persian at the main entrance at Goga - meri describes Mahmud of Ghazni's regard for Gogaji. Devotees rub incense at the samadhi and offer coconuts, 'batashas' (sugar drops) and sing songs in his praise. 

 
   

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