Buri Nazar Nimbu Mirchi Door, car Hanging

Buri Nazar Nimbu Mirchi Door, car Hanging

The custom of tying limes and chilis on a thread and hung outside the door or on a vehicle is intended to distract the inauspicious Hindu goddess called Alakshmi or Jayestha. Alakshmi is the older sister of the very auspicious goddess of wealth, Lakshmi. Alakshmi is said to bring poverty, strife, mayhem, discord, misfortune, barrenness, strife, jealousy, malice, hardship and ruination where ever she goes. She plants distrust and misunderstanding among family members, friends, and relatives. She is often depicted as a withered hag or a dark skinned woman with pendulous belly and breasts enthroned or astride a donkey and accompanied by crows or an owl. Alakshmi also loves to eat hot, sour, and pungent things. The hope is that the nimbu-mirchi will avert Alakshmi’s inauspicious attentions and she’ll continue on her devastating way.

Interestingly, you will often the goddess of wealth Lakshmi pictured with an owl. Owls represent arrogance and willful ignorance in Hindu culture. The owl in Lakshmi’s beneficent presence represents a warning that wherever she goes so does Alakshmi and her misfortune. The message is to beware of the potential for calamity that may accompany Lakshmi’s blessings if both goddesses are not propitiated properly. It’s sort of the Hindu version of the Western proverb, “Pride goeth before a fall.” Meaning that if you’re too boastful and self-important, something bad will inevitably happen.

This is Nimbu Mirchi Hanging for Evil’s Eye .If you come to India or Nepal you will see nimbu-mirchi totkas consisting of chilis and limes hanging on a string over doorways everywhere. Nimbu means lime, mirchi means chilis, and a totka is a sort of charm to ward off evils. Displaying the nimbu-mirchi is an ancient Hindu practice that you’ll see not only over doorways, but also adorning vehicles and dangling from portraits of beloved ancestors and politicians.

Buri Nazar Wale Tera Muh Kala is a hindi phrase to ward off evil and jelaousy. The phrase which can often be read behind vehicles and on other property, is meant to keep away any jealousy or bad intentions someone might have. It is meant to curse people who keep the intentions of harming you.

Preferably on a Saturday morning tie your nimbu-mirchi in center of the main door of your house or establishment. Take care that it does not interfere with the opening or closing of the door and movements of people.
On vehicles you may attach the nimbu-mirchi to the front bumper, top center of the windshield, or near the wheel well on motorcycles or bicycles.