Mahamrityunjaya Festival

The temple of Mahamrityanjana is situated in the Rewa district, where a fair is held on Basant Panchami and Shivratri. The fair of Basant Panchami is a five-day fair at Birsinghpur Shiva temple which  is located in Bhairavnath Semaria of Gudh, Kyoti near Lalgaon.  Similarly, devotees gather in the other Shiva temples of the district including Ashtabhuji Temple, Naigarhi, Basaman Mama temple  on the Adgadnath Sohagi mountain. New crops also have importance on Basant Panchami festival. The devotees of Shiva offer the fruit of Berry and 'datura' to Lord Shiva for worship, while the wheat grain, ghee, milk, curd etc. are also used in the worship. Basant Panchami is a festival that marks the preparation for the arrival of spring, one can observe that the green leaves on the trees and plants starts turning yellow. This day comes on Panchami, and is celebrated forty days before spring because any season's transition period is 40 days and after that the season comes into full bloom.