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Gautam Kund
Gautam Kund ( Maithili: गौतम कुण्ड ) is a legendary lake in the Mithila region attributed to the Vedic sage Maharshi Gautama. It is located at ''Brahmpur West Panchayat'' of the ''Jale block'' in the Darbhanga district of Bihar in India. It is famous for sacred bath among Hindu adherents in the region. A large number of devotees flock into the lake during the occasion of the Maghi Purnima for performing sacred bath in it. The ''Gautam Kund'' is associated with the epic ''Ramayana''. It is near the ancient Gautam Ashram. It is believed that Gautam Rishi used to come to this place every morning from his ''ashram'' to took bath and got engrossed in meditation. The adherents believe that after taking a sacred bath in the ''Kund'', the sins of ones lives vanish. Description According to legend, once there was a drought in the Mithila region due to Indra Indra (; ) is the Hindu god of weather, considered the king of the Deva (Hinduism), Devas and Svarga in Hin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urvija Kund
Urvija Kund ( Sanskrit: उर्विजा कुंड ) is a pond in Bihar, India, said to be related the Hindu goddess Janaki (Sita) which is described in the Ramayana, legendary stories, and folk tales. It is believed that King Janaka built a pond at a place where the Hindu goddess Sita appeared, which was later known as ''Urvija Kund''. Description There are two ponds in Sitamarhi district, Sitamarhi, one in Punaura Dham and the other in Janaki Sthan. Both ponds are considered sacred, one is the pond where Sita manifested herself as Janaki and the other is the pond where she bathed. There is dispute and confusion between the two ''Kunds''. According to some scholars, it is believed that Janaki appeared in the ''Urvija Kund'' of Janaki Sthan. According to others, the Sita Kund, Janaki Kund at Punaura Dham is the real ''Urvija Kund''. The ''Kund'' at Janaki Sthan in the city of Sitamarhi is called ''Urvija Kund''. According to tradition, on the Vaisakha, Vaishakh ''Shukla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindus
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. It is assumed that the term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Avestan scripture Vendidad which refers to land of seven rivers as Hapta Hendu which itself is a cognate to Sanskrit term ''Sapta Sindhuḥ''. (The term ''Sapta Sindhuḥ'' is mentioned in Rig Veda and refers to a North western Indian region of seven rivers and to India as a whole.) The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). Likewise the Hebrew cognate ''hōd-dū'' refers to India mentioned in Hebrew BibleEsther 1:1. The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Of Bihar
A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from the ocean, although they may be connected with the ocean by rivers. Lakes, as with other bodies of water, are part of the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Most lakes are fresh water and account for almost all the world's surface freshwater, but some are salt lakes with salinities even higher than that of seawater. Lakes vary significantly in surface area and volume of water. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which are also water-filled basins on land, although there are no official definitions or scientific criteria distinguishing the two. Lakes are also distinct from lagoons, which are generally shallow tidal pools dammed by sandbars or other material at coastal regions of oceans or large la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
