The temple of Mahun Nag is situated at Bukhari Kothi where Raja Karna of the Mahabharata is said to have died. The Rajas of Suket have had a very great faith in this god. During the Mogul supremacy when Raja Shyam Sen of Suket was taken prisoner’ by order of the Mogul Emperor and was confined in the Delhi jail, Mahun Nag met him in the jail in the form of a bee and brought the Raja back to his country. On his return to the State, the Raja granted full powers to Mahun Nag in his jagir and ordered that no action be taken against absconders from the State jail taking refuge in Mahun Nag’s jagir area.
Mahun Nag cures people bitten snakes. If you are so bitten, you are either to think of Mahun Nag or to worship him and you become immune from the effects of snake-bite. The use of a charpie or a palki is forbidden in Mahun Nag’s ilaqa. Once the god saw a man using a palanquin in his ilaqa. He threw the man down from the palanquin. The man became insane and the palanquin struck against the temple of Mahun Nag where it can be seen even to-day.
The followers of Mahun Nag seldom use medicine. They are cured by worshipping the Nag. The temples of Mahun Nag and Dhamuni Nag are situated on very high peaks. Once both the gods decided to lower the height of their respective peaks, Mahun Nag kept his promise but Dhamuni Nag did not.
the naturally offended Mahun Nag who once again raised the elevation of his hiIL The iron bar with which he did so is carefully preserved in the temple till to-day.
The sacred fire is kept burning in the temple at all times. All persons anxious to communicate with the god, do so through the pujari who keeps long hair. The pujari worships the god and beats himself with an iron club. This being finished the god enters his body and replies to all questions through him. . . . ■
The people of Suket have great faith in this god. They have stones representing the god at almost every place and worship them in the same way as they worship Mahun Nag.
