List of Hindolas at Nathdwara

 

 

At Nathdwara, ShriNathji swings in Hindola for a total of 32 days. 
1 � 8  First eight days are with bhav of Nandalay (home). 
9 � 16  Next eight days are as if Shriji is around the mountain of Shri GiriRaj. 
17 � 24  Next eight are with bhav of Nikunj (groves). 
25 � 32  Last eight days are swung with bhav of being on the banks of Shri Yamuna. 

Clothes worn during the monsoon season
Kachni � Man�s �court skirt� from Rajput / Mughal times
Malla-kutch � is wrestler�s shorts.  This is usually worn with a contrasting sash.
Pichoda � loose dhoti usually worn during hot, humid weather.
Suthan � Lose �trouser� in Mughal style that is tighter at the ankles.

 

Tithi (Lunar date)

Type of Hindola

Clothes for the day

Additional notes & festival details

 

Ashad vad 

 

 

 

1

Silver

Red pichoda. 

1st day of Hindola

2

Silver

Yellow pichoda 

 

3

Silver

Purple pichoda 

 

4

Silver

Green pichoda

Patosav of GokulNathji and GokulChandramaji (in Vraj)

5

Leaves, fruits and flowers

Suthan of Orange and white laharia with scarf decorated with silver stripes

 

6

Leaves and flowers 

Yellow pichoda and scarf

Shriji wears wedding jewels

7

'Salme-sitare' (silver embroidery on dark blue cloth)

Black pichoda 

 

8

Gold and colourful kundans

Yellow pichoda 

 

9

Leaves and flowers

Pichoda of multi-coloured laharia 

 

10

Gold and colourful kundan

Red suthan, kachani (skirt) and scarf with silver gota

In the evening, chandeliers are lit up for a �Handi� uttsav.

11

Leaves and flowers

Pink and blue 'malla-kutch' and scarf

 

12

Gold hindola

Yellow suthan and  scarf with Bhopal-shahi laharia design on a circular kachani

 

13

Hindola covered in red cloth with floral embroidery

Red dhoti with scarf

 

14

Hindola covered in turquoise cloth embroidered with colourful floral pattern in laharia design

Pichoda with colourful laharia

 

15

Green leaves

Green pichoda

Hariyali Amas when everything in the haveli is green.  Even food is covered in pistachios to make it look  �green�. 

Shravan Sud

 

 

 

1

Hindola is covered with a sandalwood coloured cloth

Pichoda of green and white laharia

 

2

Green leaves and flowers

Orange & silver suthan and scarf

 

3

Golden hindola with colourful kundans

Pichoda of red & yellow tie-dye

 

Thakurani Teej. 

Ladies from all over Rajasthan come for this special �ladies� day and wear bright clothes and jewels.

There is a special darshan of an �evening party� being set up in the Dolti-bari.  You can help set this set up if you are in traditional clothes (sari / dhoti) 

4

Gold hindola

Malla-kutch and scarf of red & yellow and blue & yellow tie dye

 

5

Hindola is covered with dark blue velvet embroidered with white pearls

Dark blue pichoda.

Nag Panchami.
ShriNathji�s hand was the first and only thing people saw for a number of years.  So initially, Varjvashis assumed Shriji to be a naga deity.

6

Leaves and flower

Red and yellow pichoda of Dungar-shahi laharia pattern 

 

7

Green leaves and flowers hindola

Suthan, kachani and scarf of red & yellow Modhada-style laharia pattern with golden gota work

Bagicha satam. 

Today a garden is created in Doltibari for the hindola

8

Hindola is covered with black velvet embroidered with white pearls

Plain yellow & silver suthan, kachni and scarf

 

9

Gold  

Yellow suthan, circular kachni and scarf. 

 

10

Hindola covered in leaves of two tones of nagarvel-na-paan

Red pichoda

 

11

Silver

White pichoda

Today is Pavitra Ekadashi  - one of the most important days in Pushti Marg.

Today ShriNathji gave his first darshan to Shri Vallabh and gave him the mantra for initiating people into Pushti Marg. 

Shriji is offered pavitra.  Pichoi and hindola are also decorated with pavitra

12

Silver

Pink & silver suthan, kachni and scarf 

Pavitra are used in profusion

13

Silver

Pink pichoda

Pavitra are used in profusion

14

Gold

Yellow pichoda

Pavitra are used in profusion

15

Mirror / glass

Red phichoda 

Today is Raksha-bandhan.  Raksha are tied to Shriji�s both wrists and biceps!

Pavitra are used in profusion.

Shravan Vad 

 

 

 

1

Hindola is made of Gold.

Mirrors are placed in the doltibari

Yellow suthan, kachani and scarf with golden gota

Today Shriji sits in a gold banglow during Rajbhog and afternoon darshans.

2

Silver

Red pichoda 

The last hindola and shringar are always the same as the first.

 

 

 

If the Hindola season ends a day late, an extra hindola is added in-between. 

 

 

 

 



Please note, Hindolas mentioned in this list can be changed if someone has paid for a manorath that day and has requested a different hindola.  Hindolas like fruit, flower, suka-meva require a lot of preparation time and need to be requested a couple of days in advance.  Those of gold, silver, kundan, cloth are easy to set up and need no major preparation.  There are special bhogas (food / snacks) associated with some hindolas - eg gold - and these may require extra notice to be made.

Click on this link to see what it feels like to spend the monsoon season with ShriNathji   

 

 

Painting of Shri Madan Mohanji in a wooden hindolala at Nathadwara

Early 18th Century painting of ShriNathji and Madan Mohanji on Thakurani Teej.
Red tie dye cloth is worn as pichod and same cloth is used as pichoi.
Lord swings in a painted wooden hindolo in the evening.

 � Bhagwat Shah

 

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