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No Doors, No Locks

Posted on June 07, 2005 in pilgrim-mumbai.

There's a village in Maharastra where there are no doors, no locks. It's a tribal village, close to the holy city of Shirdi, named Shinapur.

People of Shinapur believe that if you steal, you will go blind. So no one steals, no one has doors, no one locks anything and no one is afraid of losing anything.

Ironically, the city goer who told me about Shinapur also shared another interesting opinion: "But, you know, the people of Shinapur are really backwards."

Perhaps backwards might be more forward than forwards. :)



Comments ...


   
1.
On Jun 07, 2005 Rb wrote:

Hi,
Fyi:
I believe the village is called Shingnapur and has a (now famous)temple devoted to Lord Shani. (Saturn)
The idol is a black stone right in the center of a compound, out in the open… representing the Lord.
No structure surrounding it. The story goes that the villagers have tried time and again to enclose the idol in some kind of a structure to keep it out of the wind and rains, but have always been unsuccessful. So now it sits out in the open.

The faith of the villagers is that Lord Shani protects the village and He will punish anybody who steals from there.

When we visited the place the first time, quite a few years back on our way back from Shirdi, I vividly recall a local woman getting really mad at my father for locking the doors to the car as we were getting ready to visit the temple. I don’t recall if he finally left it unlocked though :-)

Lots of articles if you google on shani + shingnapur

Thank you for all your postings. I really look forward to them everyday.


   
2.
On Dec 30, 2005 Virender Dhingra wrote:

Jai Shani Dev,
Heard a lot about the temple for last 4-5 years. Only 3months back i had the chance to have Darshan of Lord Shani.
Really its a place to visit.
Ana all that heard about is true.


   
3.
On Jul 17, 2007 ankush wrote:

jai shani dev ur great tum jis per daya draushti dalte ho wo duniya apni muthi mein ker lata hai .shani dev mujper kripa karo.jai shani dev


   
4.
On Aug 28, 2007 nitin wrote:

shani dev all detail


   
5.
On Aug 30, 2007 Prakash wrote:

Lord Shani is a very powerful God. If prayers are offered religiously then it helps a lot. I personally have a lot of faith. Jai Shani Dev.


   
6.
On Jan 27, 2008 narinder singh wrote:

jai shani dev raj maharaj jai ho jai ho


   
7.
On Feb 27, 2008 Virender Dhingra wrote:

OM PRAN PRIN PRON SAIN SHANYE NAMAH


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