Update: I visited Nakoda in July 2024. Watch my detailed vlog about the Jain Bhairava forms of Nakoda & Kaal Bhairava found at this tirtha here: https://youtu.be/udFUDdVTQhI
Earlier in the year I had written about, Nakoda Bhairava is a form of Shiva and aspect of the Kaal Bhairava deity. My mom just visited Nakodaji and got me a book from there. So now it is not just a speculation, the book clearly mentions a shrine to Kaal Bhairava himself at the gate to Nakoda tirth.
I am amazed that the one Hindu god that overlaps in Jainism and Hinduism is Kaal Bhairava – debatably, the craziest Hindu God there is…. He is a very fearsome form of Shiva, carries skulls to signify he takes care of the ghost n such, is offered alcohol and his animal is wild dog. He is also the god of Fertility n hence some of his idols have an erect penis. Oh yea the list goes on & on…. Mainly Kaal Bhairava is the guardian deity of Kashi, the holiest Hindu city. And now the one Hindu God who is also present in Jainism – albeit as my Mom pointed out – he is a Yaksha in Jainism so not exactly a God.
Now when I hear the Kaal Bhairava Ashtakam… I can still consider myself Jain. 🙂
Watch my detailed video on the Jain Bhairava forms of Nakoda & Kaal Bhairava here:
Shwet & Kaal Bhairava or Goraji Kaalaji in Rajasthan
Kaal Bhairava is often accompanied with a Shweta Bhairava! In Nakoda, the Nakoda Bhairava found in the main Jain temple alongside the main garbhagriha is the Shweta form of Bhairava. While Kaal Bhairava is a distance away, in his own, smaller temple.
This region of Rajasthan, is a Bhairava kshetra with a prominent form being worshipped – Goraji & Kaalaji.
My detailed video on these forms of Bhairava is coming up soon… please watch out for it. Thanks.
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