Kurki Fort Sojat City
- About Sojat City
Sojat city is situated on the left bank of the Sukri River Pali Town. There are many major attractions in Sojat city such as the temple of Ramdeoji, Old temple of Chamunda Mata, Dargah of Pir Mastan during Urs, the fort of Desuri, Jain temples and Kurki fort. Meera bai (legendry poetess who dedicated her whole life worshipping Lord Krishna and spreading message all over), a Rajput princess was born in Kudki (Kurki fort). Kurki fort attracted Mughal rulers too.
Kurki Fort was a little village near Merta, which is presently in the Nagaur District of Rajasthan in India. Meera bai father, Ratan Singh was warrior of the Rathore clan, the son of Rao Jodha of Mandore and founder of the city of Jodhpur in 1459. On Meera’s birth, Ratan Singh had a new palace built at Kukri fort, which became her home for her early years.
It is said that, one day Meera bai saw a marriage party and on asking what was happening, they explained to her about the event. Mira bai asked her mother that who her husband was. Perhaps, jokingly, or seriously, her mother said Lord Krishna. From that day onwards, Meera bai began work shipping Krishna as her husband.
While Meera was child, her mother died. Meera father’s oldest brother, Viramdeo, called her to live with him. Thus, Meerta become her home later. Those years indicates Meera’s strength and devotion. Every day Meera accompanied the king to the temple, where they offered milk to the statue of Lord Krishna. One day the King was unable to attend, so Meera Bai took the milk alone. She asked Lord Krishna to accept the milk, but nothing happened. Then Meera Bai pleaded Lord Krishna, saying that she should drink or the King would be angry with her. Lord Krishna appeared from the statue and drank the milk.
The next significant event that happened in Meera’s life in the year 1517 when, at the age of nineteen, she was married to Bhoj Raj Sangawat, Son of the Maharana of Mewar. The Marriage bore no children and ended six years later on her husband’s death in 1523. After her husband’s death, Meera remained in the household of her parents in law, who lived in Chittore. Chittore was under the rule of her brother in law, Ranaji. Ranaji tried to poison her are literal or metaphorical, her life have been very difficult. After the final conflict in the year 1534, Meera Bai left the house, never to return.
Once again, Meerta became the home of Meera, but only intermittently. During those years, she travelled a great deal, regularly visiting the holy cities of Pushkar, Dwarka and Vrindaban. A final story of Meera Bai relates to those years, when she had gone traveling to Dwarika and the anxious king of Merta sent a number of men to bring her back. After meeting them, Meera bai agreed to return, but only after, she had worshipped Lord Krishna. However, she entered the temple and the men waited outside the temple. Some time passed away. At last, frustrated by the delay the men went inside, but to their surprise Meera Bai had disappeared. All they found was her cloth hanging from the statue of Lord Krishna. In the depths of devotion, Meera bai had become one with her Lord Krishna. The year in which Meera died was 1547 at the age of 49 years old.
One must visit Kurki fort while on trip to Sojat city, Rajasthan. It is sure that one may fall in love of city likewise with the legendry poetess Meera Bai. So, get ready to tour Sojat city, Kurki fort.