Fairs
Worship of gogaji starts in Bhaadra month of Hindu calender. Grand fairs are held at his birthplace and Smadhi sathal Gogamedi. Gogamedi is 359 km from Jaipur, in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. It is believed that Gogaji went into samādhi at Gogamedi. Thousands of devotees gather to pay homage at this memorial annually in the month of Bhadrapada during the Gogaji fair, which lasts for 3 days. The fair is held from the ninth day of the dark half of Bhadrapada (Goga Navami) to the eleventh day of the dark half of the same month.
It is quite a sight to see people singing and dancing to the beats of drums and gongs with multicolored flags called nishans in their hands. The songs and bhajans on the life history of Gogaji are recited accompanied by music played with traditional instruments like Damru, Chimta, etc. At his birthplace Dadrewa fair goes on over a month. Devotees from far eastern places of Dadrewa start arriving from the beginning of the auspicious month of Bhaadra. These devotees are commonly known as purbia (those who belong to east).
It is a common sight to see people with snakes lying around their nakes. It is common belief among devotees that Gogaji will protect them from snakes. According to a folklore in and around his birthplace Dadrewa it is believed that if someone picks up even a stick from johra ( a barren land which has a sacred pond in Dadrewa),it would turn into a snake. Devotees of Gogaji worship him when they get a snake bite and apply sacred ash (bhabhoot) on the bite as an immediate remedy.
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