Tejaji

Veer Teja (incarnation of Lord Shiva )
Weapon	Spear
Mount	Horse

Veer Teja or Tejaji was legendary Rajasthani folk hero. He is considered one of the major eleven incarnations of Lord Shiva and worshipped as a deity in rural Rajasthan. Teja's legend is that of a young man, striving for respect and recognition, who is willing to sacrifice everything in order maintain tribal conceptions of honour. There are a number of different variations to the Teja legend as recounted by different bards and priests. However, there are five main elements to the legend that are included in most stories:

As per anthropologists, Teja's cult is a non-Brahmanical cult that includes an element of protest against the caste system. Even today a person from the Mali (gardener) caste is the chief priest of Teja's temple (rather than a Brahmin).

Veer Teja is considered to be folk-deity and admired in entire Rajasthan by all communities. His father was kunwar Tahar, a chieftain of Kharnal in Nagaur district in Rajasthan. His mother’s name was Sugna. Mother Sugna is believed to have got son Teja by the blessings of Nāga-deity.

During Teja's period the country was ruled by small republics which were in constant struggle with each other. Taharji, Teja's father, was the Chieftain of Kharnal. There were conflicts between Nagavanshi is and Aryans. Nagavanshis were bent upon to destroy the Aryans. According to Hindu mythology, During Mahabharata period, Parīkśita the successor of Yudhishthira, was the ruler of Hastinapura. Parikshit was cursed by a sage's son to die after snake bite. On hearing this, the king forswore the throne for his son Janamejaya and spent his last days listening to the discourses of Sage Śuka on Bhagwat. As prophecised, Snake king Takshaka bit Parikshit leading to his death. In fact Takshaka was a Nagavanshi king who killed Parikshit.

As per the tradition in that area, the chieftain had to initiate the ploughing of fields after first rains in jyestha month. Teja's father and brother were out of the village at first rains so his mother asked Teja to do the first ploughing for the season. Teja went to fields and started ploughing. His sister-in-law became late in bringing him, his food (a dish locally called Chhak) which angered Teja. On Teja's anger she taunted him about his halitosis and on the fact that his wife was in her father's home. This prompted him to go to fetch his wife from his in-laws. The sister-in-law asked Teja that before he brings his wife Pemal, he should bring his sister Rajal so that she can receive Pemal on her first arrival to Kharnal. Teja was married to Pemal in early childhood at Pushkar with the daughter of Rai Mal Jat of Jhanjhar gotra, chieftain of village Paner . After marriage there was a dispute between two families in which the maternal uncle of Pemal and father of Teja were killed. Teja did not previously know that he was married.

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