Mehandipur · Rajasthan
Sri Mehandipur Balaji Temple — Ghata-Mehandipur village, Sikrai Tehsil, Dausa District, Rajasthan
Sri Mehandipur Balaji — a Bala-Hanuman svayambhu stone idol (emerged between two Aravalli hills); a sankat-mochan tirtha; under the hereditary Puri-sampradaya Mahant lineage; famous for the Arzi-Savamani tradition (neutral reporting: the sankat-mochan rituals are the temple's own tradition; reported at the religious-ritual descriptive level only; no medical or psychiatric claims are made)
अन्य नाम: Mehandipur Balaji · Balaji Dham Mehandipur · Sankat-Mochan Balaji · Ghata-Mehandipur
इस मन्दिर की विशेषता
Sri Balaji (Bala-Hanuman svayambhu stone idol; emerged between two Aravalli hills); three principal shrines in the compound: (1) Sri Balaji Maharaj (Bala-Hanuman); (2) Sri Pretraj Sarkar; (3) Sri Bhairav Baba (Kotwal; the official source does NOT use the name 'Mahakal Bhairav')
Bala-Hanuman svayambhu stone idol — distinct from the bearded-moustached form at Salasar; described as a fierce form; per tradition, the three murtis emerged from a single rock
सम्प्रदाय: Vaishnava Hanuman sankat-mochan tradition; administered by the Shri Balaji Maharaj Trust (shribalajimehandipur.org); under the hereditary Puri-sampradaya Mahant lineage; the current Mahant is 1008 Sri Dr. Naresh Puri Ji Maharaj (in charge since 21 August 2021); previous Mahant Brahmleen Sri Kishore Puri Ji Maharaj; original guardian Brahmleen Sri Ganesh Puri Ji Maharaj (1965 management transfer)
Per tradition, in a dense forest between two Aravalli hills, a Puri-sampradaya sadhu received a vision in which three murtis (Sri Balaji + Sri Pretraj Sarkar + Sri Bhairav Baba) emerged self-manifested from a single rock — a traditional narrative (official source shribalajimehandipur.org; not authoritatively historically dated to a century). The Bala-Hanuman svayambhu form is central.
Brahmleen Sri Ganesh Puri Ji Maharaj — the mid-20th-century reconstructor; 1965 CE management transfer. Successor: Brahmleen Sri Kishore Puri Ji Maharaj. Current Mahant: 1008 Sri Dr. Naresh Puri Ji Maharaj (assumed charge 21 August 2021; official-source confirmed).
Arzi (petition): 2.25 kg urad dal + 1.25 kg laddu + 4.25 kg boiled rice — presented separately for Sri Pretraj Sarkar and Sri Bhairav Baba (Kotwal). Darkhvast: laddus purchased from temple shops, handed to the priests; the priests place portions in the homa fire to 'announce' the devotee's presence. Savamani (1.25-maund bhog): after wish-fulfilment, a large bhog offering on Tuesdays/Saturdays. All of these are the temple's own tradition rituals.
Per temple tradition: do not take prasad/laddu-batasha home (must be consumed at the temple); do not look back when leaving the temple; do not speak to or touch other devotees (per tradition, some devotees may be in an affected state); do not carry cooked or packaged food past the village boundary (empty bottles/packets must be left at the village line); meat/onion/garlic forbidden before, during, and for a few days after the visit; meat sale is forbidden in Mehandipur village; black clothing forbidden; modest attire (kurta/salwar) recommended.
06:00 (morning aarti) से 21:00 तक · मध्याह्न विश्राम Not officially published; Mon/Wed/Fri afternoon curtain/decoration closures (secondary source)
वस्त्र-संहिता: Modest-traditional attire (kurta/salwar-kameez); black clothing forbidden (temple tradition)
फोटोग्राफी: Exact policy unpublished — secondary-source disagreement; temple-office confirmation recommended (flag)
विशेष नियम: Prasad/laddu-batasha must NOT be taken home (multi-source consensus); do not look back when leaving the temple; do not speak to or touch other devotees (per tradition); meat/onion/garlic forbidden before, during, and for a few days after the visit; meat sale forbidden in Mehandipur village; black clothing forbidden; cooked/packaged food must not be carried past the village line (empty bottles/packets to be left at the village boundary)
Darshan of the three shrines — Sri Balaji + Sri Pretraj Sarkar + Sri Bhairav Baba (Kotwal).
2.25 kg urad dal + 1.25 kg laddu + 4.25 kg boiled rice; separately for Sri Pretraj Sarkar and Sri Bhairav Baba.
Laddus purchased from temple shops + a priest places a homa-fire portion.
A large bhog offering on Tuesdays/Saturdays.
2026: 2 April 2026; the annual peak utsava.
The annual peak utsava; mela organisation
A special day for the Hanuman-Rama-dasa form
Special darshan on Krishna's birth anniversary
Special Shakti-tirtha period
Special darshan day
Central days for sankat-mochan rituals + savamani offerings
Three-murti svayambhu emergence between two Aravalli hills; a Bala-Hanuman-svayambhu darshan sankalpa tirtha
स्रोत: Official shribalajimehandipur.org + Wikipedia + japjitravel multi-source
Urad dal + laddu + boiled rice offered as an arzi; separately for Sri Pretraj Sarkar + Sri Bhairav Baba; the temple's own tradition-ritual sankalpa tirtha
स्रोत: Official + heritagecabs + bhaktibharat multi-source (temple's own tradition description)
A large bhog offering on Tuesdays/Saturdays — a sankalpa tirtha
स्रोत: Official + heritagecabs + bhaktibharat multi-source
The annual peak utsava; mela organisation; a Hanuman annual sankalpa tirtha
स्रोत: Drikpanchang + heritagecabs multi-source
Weekly peak days; central to sankat-mochan rituals; a weekly-vrata sankalpa tirtha
स्रोत: Multiple sources consensus
Fierce sankat-mochan form (Mehandipur) + calm-servant form (Salasar) — the Rajasthan-Hanuman pair sankalpa tirtha
स्रोत: japjitravel + traveljunoon + obnews multi-source
The second of the three-shrine compound; the arzi-petition offering site
The third of the three-shrine compound; the official name is 'Bhairav Baba/Kotwal' (NOT 'Mahakal Bhairav')
The access road to the temple; the traditional pilgrim entry point
The calm-servant bearded-moustached form; opposite to Mehandipur's fierce form; the Rajasthan-Hanuman pair pilgrimage
Jaipur's principal Hanuman tirtha
The fierce sankat-mochan form — opposite to Salasar's calm-servant form; among Rajasthan's two principal Hanuman tirthas
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The Dausa-district central tirtha
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Among the North-India principal Hanuman-tirtha group
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