The Barpali Days

This blog is the Facebook of Barpali which picturise its "life" and "culture". It was a "palli" or a village a century back where the all time great Oriya poet swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher had taken birth. Now this bustling little town is renowned world-over for the weaving of Sambalpuri ikat handloom fabrics. Agriculture is its prime economy. And when you happen to visit this little town don't miss to taste Chaul bara.

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May 21, 2015

Unlabelled Makardhwaj and Sukanti Meher : The Parents of Jagat Janani Mata Parvati

Makardhwaj and Sukanti Meher : The Parents of Jagat Janani Mata Parvati

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In the celestial wedding of Sital Sasthi, Lord Shiva donot have any parents since he is the Lord of the Universe. Nruparaj Club takes the responsibility to act as the parents of the Lord Shiva. On the other hand a chosen civilian couple of Barpali acts as the parents of Ma Parvati. In the year 2015 Shri Makardwaj  Meher and his wife Smt.Sukanti Meher are being shortlisted by the Sital Sasthi Jatra Committee to be the parents of Jagat Janani Ma Parvati. It is to be noted that, it’s a life time opportunity, which only a chosen few are being blessed with.

Makardwaj Meher is an ikat weaver and belongs to the Bhulia community of Barpali. He and his wife Sukanti Meher are living a discipline life in conjunction with the society. Their only objective in the life is to see his two sons get settled in life properly, who are in fact now attending colleges at Bhubaneswar.

Because of their upbringing both husband Makardhwaj and his wife Sukanti have got religious bent of mind ever since their childhood. In her life Sukanti had done Chandi Paath for fourteen long years, which is considered to be of stringent religious penance. She never knew that Ma Shakti would someday take the position of her daughter. Since she got blessed with only two sons, she always felt the need of a daughter. Sukanti Meher was born at Binka of Sonepur District. At the tender age of  fifteen years she was going to attend the Lord Shiva temple unfailingly every Monday. But was never knew, someday she would be the mother-in-law of Lord Shiva.

There were a series of events which forecasted the arrival of Ma Parvati to the home of weaver Makardhwaj Meher. But both the couple were clueless about it. Way back in the year 2010 during the most turbulent years of Makardhwaj Meher, one night he had a dream. In the dream he saw Ma Parvati adorned in a white saree appear before him. She appeared absolutely gracious with sindoor (vermicelli) on the head. And a diamond was glowing on her forehead. In the dream Ma Parvati told Makardhwaj, “Very soon I would come to your home”. On the other hand their younger son Pratap Meher had a dream where he saw the Goddess entering their home and went to merge in the photo frame of Godess Durga.


After the declaration of nomenclature of parenthood of Ma Parvati at two different occasions two baby cobra snakes roamed inside the main gate of their house. But Makardhwaj whisked them away unhurt since cobra is associated with Lord Shiva.  The family of Makardhwaj witnessed a spurt in the material achievement since the arrival of Mother in their home. During the year 2010 Makardhwaj Meher got the National Merit Certificate. But for the following year 2011 his wife Sukanti Meher got the National Award for handlooms from the hands of President of India Pranab Mukherjee.


If you got a son-in-law who either is a doctor or an engineer think how proud you feel for him in the society. But when the son-in-law is dev-adi-deva (Lord of the Lords) Shiva what else one need to have in life.

E.Kiran Mohan
C/o.Dr.E.R.Rao (MD)
Tehsil Chowk,
At/PO. BARPALI – 768 029
Dist. Bargarh, Orissa, India

Cell # 91-99-371-20565
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