Khatu Shyamji Shyamji Temple, which is forty-eight kilometers from the headquarters of Sikar district. Sikar is one hundred and fifteen kilometers from Jaipur, legend connects the fair Rajasthan.The Lord Krishna and his devotee Barbarik.
Thousands of devotees visit the temple during the annual fair, many of them to perform the 'Jadula' ceremony of their children, where the head of the child 's is shaved for the first time.
An occupying fable attaches itself to this site of pilgrimage. During the time of Mahabharata, before the huge battle, the grandson of Bhima approached Pandavas and Lord Krishna and asked them to let him fight for them. After a test of his strength, Lord Krishna felt that he was too potent and if he enters in the battle, everything will be finished off too rapidly and will not be really a justice. So he concealed himself as a Brahmin and asked Barbarik for his head as 'daan' (charity).
Barbarik followed and amputate his head. Krishna was pleased with the sacrifice and blessed him so that he could look out the entire battle from the hillock, where his head was sites. Lord Krishna also blessed him that in Kaliyug, he would be worshipped as Shyam (Lord Krishna) himself.
The fair is a showcase of the spiritual rituals and customs of the local people.
