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Devotees worship Om Banna or Bullet Baba, they all gather to offer prayer. Bullet Baba' is a temple located near Jodhpur in Rajasthan. It is devoted to a 350cc Royal Enfield 'deity'. This temple is known as the Bullet Baba's temple and is dedicated to a person, Om Banna, who died in an accident 20 years ago while driving his 'bullet'. According to the people who come here to worship the odd god, when Om's bike was taken to the local police station after the accident, it kept disappearing from the police station only to be found at another site each time. The news about this miracle spread like wildfire and the bike is now the idol in the temple. Here, the offering to Om Banna is beer, of the 'Bullet' brand. People say that if you are travelling through the Pali-Jodhpur highway without stop
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