BHIL PRITHU - A Devotee of Lord JAGANNATH
It is actually very difficult to place the story of Bhil Prithu within a specific time frame, as it refers to a period when the temple of Sri Jagannatha in Puri was deserted and in disrepair, and has been transmitted by oral tradition only. The Bhils are a tribal population in Orissa who live in a very simple and natural way, depending on the forest products and without observing the complex Vedic ceremonies or practices.
Padma purana
mentions the Bhils among the non-Vedic populations who attained the highest
spiritual realization by worshiping Sri Jagannatha.
It is said
that one young man of the Bhil tribe once wandered around the temple of Sri
Jagannatha and climbed on a tree to collect fruits. From that vantage position,
he was able to see the wonderful form of the Lord. Inspired by spontaneous
devotion, he entered the dilapidated temple and offered some fruits to the Lord;
a piece of the offered fruits fell to the ground and the man automatically picked
it and ate it, thus attaining immediate spiritual realization to the point of
liberation from all material conditionings. It is said that after this incident
the entire Bhil tribe started to repair the temple and re-established a simple
form of worship for the Lord.
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