Story of Jajali is found in the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata and it said that birds used to build nests on his matted hair. Sage Jajali practiced penance from his childhood by staying in a dense forest. He was not deterred by rain, sun, wind etc. Once he stood like a pillar in the forest, immersed in meditation. Two birds made their nests on his matted hair. He did not move, as that would become himsa or violence. The birds came to their nests every evening and stayed for the night. After a few days, the female bird laid eggs in the nest. The eggs hatched and still the sage did not move. The young ones got wings. They grew up and began to go out with the parent birds. They went out in the morning and returned in the evening. The hermit stood like a pillar. One morning they went out and did not return in the evening. The hermit stood there for six days waiting for the return of the birds. On the sixth day evening, they returned. Next time the hermit waited for a month for