Why do devotees offer cigarettes to this deity? The 130-year-old story of Surat’s Bhoot Mama temple
In Surat, there is a shrine where flowers and sweets are not the only offerings placed before the deity. Devotees also arrive carrying cigarette packets. Some light the cigarettes and leave them before the shrine, believing that their prayers will reach Banjara Bhoot Mama, a guardian figure worshipped at this unusual temple. Located in the…
