Jhulelal God

Jhulelal, Ishta Dev of Sindhis, was born on Cheti Chand, to Rattan Rao Luhana and his wife Devaki and is also known as Lal Sai, Uderolal, Varun Dev and Zinda Pir . Cheti Chand falls on the second day of the Chaitra
month and is very auspicious day for Sindhis.
Sindhis all over the world celebrate this day in
Jhulelal's memory Legend has it that, In the tenth century when Arabs
were declining and the Soomras were coming up,
Ruller of Thatta, Mirkh Shah, ordered the Hindus to embrace lslam. The Hindus asked Mirkh Shah for some time to
think over the order. Mirkh Shah agreed to give
Hindus forty days. The Hindus then gathered on the banks of the
mighty Sindhu and prayed to God Varuna to save
them. For forty days, they continued the prayer. They neither shaved nor wore new clothes, praying
and fasting and singing songs in praise of God
Varuna. On the fortieth day, a voice was heard "Fear not, I
shall save you from the wicked Mirkh Shah. I shall
come down as a mortal and take birth in the womb
of Mata Devaki in the house of Rattan Rao Luhana
of Nasarpur". Even today Followers of Jhulelal perform this prayer
for forty days ("chaliho") and celebrate
"Thanksgiving Day" after "chaliho". As expected on Cheti Chand, Jhulelal was born to
Mata Devaki as "Udaichand". He was also known as
"Uderolal". Hindus have asked for some more time from Mirkh
Shah in the meantime and Mirkh Shah on knowing
about the "mysterious child" being born as savior
of Hindus, decided to give them more time just to
prove his supremacy. In his growing years, people got more convinced
of Uderolal being their savior. Uderolal was asled to appear before Mirkh Shah, Uderolal urged Mirkh Shah about Hindu-Muslim
unity and oneness of God, but Mirkh Shah was not
convinced and ordered his arrest. As Uderolal was being arrested, people saw a
sudden great waves of water flooded the place and
fire too broke our and the palace in flames. Uderolal explained Mirkh Shah, that there is no
point of arguing, as all God are one and same and
we should all live in peace. Mirkh Shah, on seeing this miracle, was terrified and
pleaded for mercy. As soon as he pleaded for
mercy, the water receded away and fire flames
were gone too. Since then, Jhulelal is worshiped by both Hindus
and Muslims