Devnarayan Jayanti is the first appearance day of Shri Devnarayan Ji. In 2026, Devnarayan Jayanti date is January 25.
Devnarayan is a folk deity from Rajasthan, India. He was an incarnation of Vishnu and he is worshipped mostly in Rajasthan and north-western Madhya Pradesh. According to tradition, he was born to Sri Savai Bhoj and Sadu mata on the seventh day of the bright half (shukla saptami) of the month of Maagh in the Hindu Calendar in Vikram Samvat 968 (911 AD).
According to one view historical Devnarayan belonged to 10th century of Vikram Samvat, according another view, he lived in between 1200-1400 (Vikram Samvat era). The first view appears nearer to truth.
The epic of Devnarayan is one of the longest and most popular religious oral narratives of Rajasthan. The epic of Devnarayan has been classified under the category of martial epics.
The people have a great faith for the deity here. The diseased and unhappy people come to the temple with their prayers for relief. The believed that skin disease and serious ailments like T.B. are also cured by the grace of Lord Deve Naryan ji. To test whether the wish would be fulfilled or not a leaf of the tree is placed on the idol of Lord Dev Naryan ji. If the leaf comes down into a bowl, it is believed that the wish would be fulfilled.
Dev Narayan Ji Virajmaan, Jhadota (Dev Narayanji Temple) in Rajasthan