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{{Short description|Historical Hindu Yatra in the Indian subcontinent}}{{See also-text|[[Roti-Beti Ka Rishta]]}}

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'''Devashila Yatra''' ([[Devanagari]]: देवशिला यात्रा) was a famous [[Hindus|Hindu]] religious processions journey in which two large and ancient [[Shaligram]] stones were brought from the [[Gandaki River]] in [[Nepal]] to [[Ayodhya]] in [[India]]. The [[Yatra]] was conducted in the year 2023. It was a significant event for Hindu devotees, with large numbers of people gathering along the route to pay their respects to the sacred stones. Initially it was supposed that the sacred stones would be used to construct the idol of [[Rama|Lord Rama]] but later these were not used in the construction of the idol due to some religious reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devshila Yatra: नेपाल के जनकपुरधाम से मधुबनी पहुंची देवशिला यात्रा, जय श्री राम की गूंज से भक्तिमय हुआ शहर - Devshila Yatra reached Madhubani from Janakpur of Nepal |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-devshila-yatra-reached-madhubani-from-janakpur-of-nepal-23313703.html |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2023 |title=Devshila Yatra enters India, thousands of devotees welcome holy stones at Indo-Nepal border |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/devshila-yatra-enters-india-devotees-welcome-holy-stones-at-indo-nepal-border-2328256-2023-01-30 |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=अयोध्या के श्रीराम मंदिर में जिस शिला से राम परिवार को रूपाकार मिलेगा, करें यहां दर्शन |url=https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/devshila-shaligram-yatra-to-ayodhya-is-approaching-gopalganj-in-bihar-amidst-the-echo-of-jai-siyaram-2023-01-31 |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=नेपाल की तरफ से भारत को सिया सुकुमारी के विवाह का उपहार, इस शालिग्राम देवशिला से 9 माह में स्वरुप लेंगे रामलला - shaligram devshila is sita s wedding gift from nepal to india it will take nine months for ramlala to get carved from this devshila |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-shaligram-devshila-is-sita-s-wedding-gift-from-nepal-to-india-it-will-take-nine-months-for-ramlala-to-get-carved-from-this-devshila-23314495.html |access-date=22 April 2025 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

== Background ==
Every year, on the ''Shukla Panchami'' of the Hindu month [[Agrahayana|Margashirsha]], a marriage anniversary of [[Rama|Lord Rama]] and [[Sita|Goddess Sita]] known as [[Vivaha Panchami|Vivah Panchami]] is organised at the [[Janaki Mandir]] located in [[Janakpur|Janakpurdham]]. On the occasion of the Vivah Panchami, a wedding procession of Lord Rama arrives to Janakpur from Ayodhya. The wedding procession of Lord Rama is called as ''Ram Baraat''. After the completion of the wedding anniversary of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita, the Ram Baraat departs from Janakpur to Ayodhya. There is a tradition in the Janaki Mandir that at the time of departure of the Ram Baraat, the ''Mahant'' of Janaki Mandir gives some gifts to the wedding guests. The then Mahant ''Ram Tapeshwardas Vaishnav'' of the [[Janaki Mandir]] felt that the idol of ''Ramlala'' to be installed in the [[Ram Mandir]] being built in Ayodhya, should be made from sacred [[Shaligram]] of [[Gandaki River|Krishna Gandaki]] river.<ref name=":0" />

== History ==
These sacred stones were given as gifts to the ''Ram Baraat'' that had come from [[Ayodhya]] to [[Janakpur]] during the occasion of the [[Vivaha Panchami|Vivah Panchami]] festival in the year 2022. These were gifted at the time of the departure of the Ram Baraat from Janakpur to Ayodhya. On 28 November 2022, the Mahant Ram Tapeshwardas Vaishnav of Janakpurdham, had taken resolution during the occasion of the Vivah Panchami that these huge ''Shaligram Devashilas'' would be given as a gift to prepare the idol of Ramlala.<ref name=":0" /> According to Rajendra Pankaj, the convener of Ram Baraat cum coordinator of Devashila Yatra, the resolution was taken after worshipping three small Shaligram stones by the Mahant. After that the Mahant of Janakpurdham asked for Devashilas from the federal Government of Nepal as well as the provincial Government of Gandaki Pradesh to gift in the Janaki Vivah Panchami. These Devashilas were not available at the time of the occasion of the marriage anniversary of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita, then. In 2023, the governments handed over the demanded two huge Devashilas to the Mahant of Janakpurdham. After that it was finally handed over to the convener of Ram Baraat as gifts promised earlier by the Mahant.<ref name=":0" />

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