Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c10.85

c10.85

Close to the shrine is a well, said to be of unfathomable depth, from which pilgrims carry away water. Hājī Abdula Nabī describes the well as follows. The water ‘rises up at times with a bubbling noise, discoloured like a river fresh swollen after rain, and carrying mud in suspension. The Hindu pilgrims, when this takes place, throw in betel-nuts, cloves, cardamoms and cocoanuts. Should there be delay in the rising, pilgrims in the most abject manner will call on Mātā to give them a sight of herself, exhorting each other to reveal their sins and inwardly repent. When the water rises, they salaam with both hands joined, and throw in their offerings, which, after some time, on a second rise, are brought back again, where they are collected and formed into large cakes which they bake near the spot.’²