Gujarat: Goddess Bahuchara decorated with 177 yr old diamond necklace worth 300 crore
Every year on the occasion of Dussehra, Goddess Bahuchara in Gujarat's Mehsana is garlanded with a necklace worth crores. In the evening a procession is carried out with Goddess Bahuchara. It is said that the goddess's necklace is a 177-year-old and is made of diamond.
During this grand occasion, the necklace is kept under tight security. The necklace was offered to the Bahuchara Mata temple by Manaji Rao Gaekwad in the year 1839.
Folklore has it that Manaji Rao Gaekwad a Subedar of Kadhi State (pre-independent India) once suffered an illness. The illness was a diagnosed terminal. Gaekwad then came to Mata Bahuchara temple and offered prayers. The goddess, it is believed, cured his illness and Subedar went on to become a King one day. Manaji Rao Gaekwad then presented goddess Bahuchara this rare diamond necklace.
At that the time the necklace was worth Rs 9 lakh which is now worth Rs. 300 crore.
The necklace is studded with 6 valuable sapphires and 150 diamond embellished on it and is 177 years old.
