A Shiva devotee from lohardaga Mahendra Prajapati offers water to lord Shiva every Monday in the month of Sawan. A resident of Purana Shukra Bazar, he takes water in Dank Kanwar from Sultanganj and offers it to lord Shiva at Deoghar. This process is continuous for last 13 years. Since 2000 the process has been continued.
Although he visited Amaranth last Monday but according to him the process has not been discontinued as he offered the water to lord Shiva at Amaranth. 33 years old Mahendra is the younger son of Kesho Prajapati. For the first time he offered water for three Somwaris in 1997. He became inspired and started the process since 2000 without having a break. He has completed his 53 Somwaris till now.
“I started my journey by Gupta bus from lohardaga to Gaya on last Saturday at 5:15am and by train proceed to Sultanganj on the same day. Fetching water from Sultanganj on Sunday I offered it to lord Shiva within 24 hours on Monday. On Tuesday I came back. This process is going with no break,” told Mahendra Prajapati.
“I don’t have any personal desire that I want to get fulfilled by the worship, I do it only by myself inspiration for my firm faith,” he added. He supports all the other devotees. He also takes many new devotees with him by encouraging and giving support.