Yogini Temples of Ujjain & Hinglajgarh and Guru Matsyendranath

This video is about Peer Matsyendranath and the Yogini Temples in west Madhya Pradesh.
The title of Pir or Peer is given to holy men, specifically to Sufi masters or spiritual guides in the Shaiva-nath traditions. The word is derived from Persian and means old person.
Matsyendranath most likely came from what is now Bangladesh, a land where different traditions came together. We have, for example, the testimony of the Bauls singers that are a syncretism between different Hindu sects and Sufi Muslims. One of the themes of Bengal’s Bauls gives respect to Matsyendranath as a saint.
The tombs of Peers are venerated throughout South Asia-in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Historically in South India some Shaivaites (Shiva followers) buried their loved ones whereas Vaishnavaites (Vishnu followers) cremate them.
It is difficult to generalize practices in South Asia because it is such a vast and ancient area with many layers of interpretation of religious and social behaviours. However, it seems that from ancient times it was common to burry very holy men in order to allow the followers to venerate the place of Samadhi of their teacher. Peer Matsyendranath is venerated in a tomb in Ujjain, a peaceful holy place.
It is not known if the saint buried in Ujjain is Guru Matsyendranath, the author of the Kaulajñananirnaya of the Yogini Kaula School. Often disciples used the name of their masters. Thought, the devotion that is professed by Hindu and Muslims at the tomb of Peer Matsyendranath contributes to the sacredness of the site.
Not far from the Peer Matsyendranath is a sixty-four Yogini Temple; different to all the other Yogini Temples in that it is not roofless and the Yoginis are not female sculptures but amorphous stones painted in orange, dressed, some with painted eyes, and others with gold on the top of the stone.
In the back of this sixty-four Yogini temple are assembled broken pieces of ancient sculptures that are called Shitala-Ma, the goddess that protects against illness. Other images of amorphous Bhairava are also near the shrine in order to protect the Goddesses. At the back of the temple is an ancient sculpture of Ganesh with several trunks. The lady that takes care of the site told us that if one wants success in any project, one should first venerate Ganesh and then the sixty-four Yoginis. A Ganesh with multiple trunks is even more powerful as he can remove simultaneously all kind of obstacles!!!
Not too far from Ujjain we found the site of the Yogini Temple of Hinglajgarh. Many female sculptures were found in the area but four were of a similar style implying that a Yogini Temple once was built there. Some scholars say that the walls of the temple were made with the stones that now are part of a protective wall along the road. At the end of the road is the temple of Hinglaj - Mata. The site is called Hinglajgarh that means “the fort of Hinglaja”.
The Yogini sculptures from Hinglajgarh Yogini Temple are now at the Birla Museum in Bhopal.

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