"We have some interesting evidence from a court chronicle of the Sikh ruler of Kapurthala, Raja Fateh Singh (1785-1836), written in the mid 1830s, showing that, besides the peasantry, the elites too worshipped Sitala Devi. When Fateh Singh as a young prince was afflicted with smallpox the royal family arranged for the worship of the goddess, and on his being cured a thanksgiving ceremony was held in her honour.’ The same court chronicle from where we have this information also describes how in 1807 Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Raja Fateh Singh collectively undertook a pilgrimage to Jwalamukhi, in Kangra district, a shrine associated with sister of Sitala Devi in popular mythology.’ On arriving there they performed all the religious rites. Independently of this source we know that Ranjit Singh gave large amounts of money to the shrine and had its roof gilded in gold."
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Harjot Oberoi - The Construction of Religious Boundaries_ Culture, Identity, and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition (1994, University of Chicago Press)
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