Wishing happiness, prosperity and well-being of the people of the state
Raipur, 21 July 2024
Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai visited Shri Shri 108 Shri Satyanarayan Baba Dham located in village Kosmanara during his stay in Raigarh today. Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev prayed to Shri Shri 108 Shri Satyanarayan Baba and Lord Bholenath and wished for the happiness, prosperity and well-being of the people of the state. Finance Minister Shri OP Choudhary was also present on this occasion.
Shri Shri 108 Shri Satyanarayan Baba Dham located in Kosmanara is famous as a center of faith. A large number of devotees reach here to have darshan of Baba Satyanarayan and Lord Bholenath. Baba Satyanarayan remains immersed in the penance and meditation of Bholenath throughout the day and comes to normal state only once in the midnight. During this time Baba consumes fruits and milk and meets the devotees present in the ashram and after listening to their problems, tells the solution through gestures. Baba has been engaged in penance since 1998 and in 2003 he got the title of 108, since then the number of devotees has increased along with the fame of Baba Dham. On
this occasion, Shri Gurupal Bhalla, Shri Mahesh Sahu, Shri Vivek Ranjan Sinha, Shri Gyanu Gautam, Shri Manish Sharma, Collector Shri Kartikeya Goyal, CEO District Panchayat Shri Jitendra Yadav were present.
Sri Satyanarayana Baba remains absorbed in meditation amidst the thundering clouds, bright sunshine and biting cold
In the village Kosmanara, located about 7 km from the Raigarh district headquarters, Shri Shri 108 Shri Satyanarayan Baba remains engrossed in the meditation of Lord Bholenath in the open space during all three seasons, rain, summer and winter. According to the information received from the local people, Satyanarayan Baba has been doing meditation by sitting in the open space for more than 25 years. People told that the place where Baba is doing meditation was a barren place earlier. On this barren land, Baba collected some stones, gave them the shape of a Shivalinga and dedicated his tongue after cutting them and since then he is continuously engaged in meditation.
