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Pupri
Pupri ( Maithili: पुपरी) is an Indian town in the Sitamarhi district of the Mithila region in Bihar. It is also known as Janakpur Road. Pupri is a sub-divisional town as well as the headquarter of the Pupri block in the Sitamarhi district. There are 6 blocks in the region of the Pupri sub-division. Similarly in the region of the Pupri block, there are one Nagar Panchayat and 13 Gram Panchyats consisting of 45 villages. Etymology The earlier original name of the town was ''Punya Puri''. The literal meaning of the Indic word ''Punya'' is sacred and ''Puri'' means a town. Thus the literal meaning of Punya Puri is a sacred town. Later it was called as Pupri. Geography Pupri is located at a distance of approximately 140 kms from the state capital city Patna and 28 kms from the district headquarter Sitamarhi. History In 1992, Sitamarhi East subdivision of the Sitamarhi district was renamed as Pupri subdivision. On 17 March 1992, the town of Pupri was made the headqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nageshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir
Nageshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir ( Maithili: नागेश्वर नाथ महादेव मंदिर) is a temple of Lord Shiva at Pupri town of the Sitamarhi district in Mithila region of Bihar in India. Etymology The temple name is derived from the Nageshwar form of Lord Shiva. The Shivalinga of the temple is locally known as ''Baba Nageshwar Nath Mahadev''. Description The Shivalinga of the ''Nageshwar Nath Mahadev Mandir'' was emerged from the earth around century ago. It is said that the Shivalinga was seen in a hole by some children playing ''kancha'' under a pipil tree there on 15 October 1968 at 4 pm. The name of the boy who first saw the Shivalinga was ''Shankara''. He was of the age around 12 years at that time. After that people there took out the Shivalinga and started worshiping it. The Shivlinga of the temple is ancient. It is said that those days there was election in the country, so due to the popularity of the discussion of the sudden emergence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitamarhi District
Sitamarhi is one of the districts in the Indian state of Bihar. Dumra is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is a part of the Tirhut Division and is located along the border of Nepal. It is the part of the Mithila region in the Indian subcontinent. It is believed to be the place of manifestation of Goddess Sita in the ancient Mithila Kingdom while the legendary King Janaka in the epic Ramayana was ploughing a farm field in the present city of Sitamarhi. Presently in the city of Sitamarhi, there are two locations claimed to be the birthplace of the Goddess Sita. The two locations are Urvija Kund at Janaki Sthan and Janaki Kund at Punauradham. History This place is considered as birthplace of Sita, the main character of the epic ''Ramayana'' and a temple dedicated to Sita lies near Sitamarhi town. A Rock cut sanctuary of Mauryan period is found near Sitamarhi. In 1875, a Sitamarhi subdistrict was created within the Muzaffarpur district. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharani Sthan
Maharani Sthan ( Maithili: महारानी स्थान) also called as Bhagawati Sthan is a common Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess '' Bhagawati'' in the villages of the Mithila region in the Indian subcontinent. The Goddess Bhagawati is a lady folk deity and believed to be the incarnation of the Goddess Parvati or Kali. She is considered as the symbol of women power in Hinduism. She is also believed to be the presiding female deity of the villages in the region. She is the Goddess of faith. Etymology ''Maharani Sthan'' contains two Indic terms ''Maharani'' and ''Sthan''. The literal meaning of the term Maharani is chief queen. In Hinduism the term Maharani is also a honorific word often used to denote the Goddess Bhagawati. Similarly the literal meaning of the term Sthan is a place. In religious context, the term Sthan is often used for denoting a place of worship. Thus the literal meaning of the combined terms Maharani Sthan is the place for worship of the Goddess Bh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janakpur Road Railway Station
Janakpur Road railway station is a small railway station in Sitamarhi district, Bihar. Its code is JNR. It serves Janakpur Road town. The station consists of 2 platforms. It's B category railway station of Samastipur railway division. The Janakpur Road is well connected to most of the major cities in India like Patna, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ayodhya, Lucknow, Hydrabad and other cities by the railway network. Trains * Hyderabad-Raxaul Express * Kolkata–Sitamarhi Express * Mithilanchal Express The 13155 / 13156 Mithilanchal Express is an express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 13155/13156 train numbers on twice in a week basis. Service The 13155/Mithilanc ... * Raxaul–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Karmabhoomi Express * Howrah–Raxaul Express * Darbhanga–Anand Vihar Terminal Amrit Bharat Express * Patliputra - Darbhanga Intercity Express * Darbhanga - Patliputra intercity express * Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maithil
Maithils (Devanagari: मैथिल), also known as Maithili people, are an Indo-Aryan cultural and ethno-linguistic group from the Indian subcontinent, who speak the Maithili language as their native language. They inhabit the Mithila region, which comprises Northern and Eastern Bihar and Northeastern Jharkhand in India & in Nepal constituting Madhesh Province in addition to some terai districts of Bagmati and Koshi Provinces. The Mithila region forms an important part of Hinduism as it is said to be the birthplace of Sita, the wife of Ram and incarnation of Lakshmi. History Vedic period Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by Indo-Aryan speaking peoples who established the Videha kingdom. During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Videha became one of the major political and cultural centers of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Videha Kingdom were called Janakas. The Videha Kingdom later became incorporated int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maithili Language
Maithili ( , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region, which encompasses parts of the eastern Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as Nepal's Koshi Province, Koshi and Madhesh Provinces. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. It is the second most commonly spoken native languages of Nepal, Nepalese language constitutionally registered as one of the fourteen provincial official languages of Nepal. It is spoken by 21.7 million people. Of those, 3.2 million are Nepalis, Nepalese speakers. The language is predominantly written in Devanagari, but the historical Tirhuta script, Tirhuta and Kaithi scripts retained some use until today. Official status In 2003, Maithili was included in the 8th Schedule, Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution as a recognised language of India, Indian language, which allows it to be used in education, government, and other official contexts in India. The Maithili language i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government of India, alongside English language, English, and is the ''lingua franca'' of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritisation (linguistics), Sanskritised Register (sociolinguistics), register of Hindustani. Hindustani itself developed from Old Hindi and was spoken in Delhi and neighbouring areas. It incorporated a significant number of Persian language, Persian loanwords. Hindi is an Languages with official status in India, official language in twelve states (Bihar, Gujarat , Mizoram , Maharashtra ,Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six Union territory, union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mithila (region)
Mithila (), also known as Tirhut, Tirabhukti and Mithilanchal, is a geographical and cultural region of the Indian subcontinent bounded by the Mahananda River in the east, the Ganges in the south, the Gandaki River in the west and by the foothills of the Himalayas in the north. It comprises certain parts of Bihar and Jharkhand states of India and adjoining districts of the Koshi Province, Bagmati Pradesh and Madhesh Province of Nepal. The native language in Mithila is Maithili language, Maithili, and its speakers are referred to as Maithils. Mithila is commonly used to refer to the Videha Kingdom, as well as to the modern-day territories that fall within the ancient boundaries of Videha. Until the 20th century, Mithila was still ruled in part by the Raj Darbhanga. History In Jainism Mithilā is one of the most significant pilgrimage sites in Jainism. Apart from its association with ''Mahavira'', the 24th Tirthankara, it is also known for its association with ''Mallinatha'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bihar
Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by area, 12th largest by area, and the List of Indian states and union territories by GDP, 14th largest by GDP in 2024. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and Jharkhand to the south. Bihar is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east. On 15 November 2000, a large chunk of southern Bihar was ceded to form the new state of Jharkhand. Around 11.27% of Bihar's population live in urban areas as per a 2020 report. Additionally, almost 58% of Bihari people, Biharis are below the age of 25, giving Bihar the highest proportion of young people of any Indian state. The official language is Hindi, which shares official status alongside that of Urdu. The main native languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darbhanga Junction Railway Station
Darbhanga Junction railway station, station code DBG, is an A1 Category railway station serving the city of Darbhanga, in the Indian state of Bihar. It holds a pivotal place in the East Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways, serving as a major railway hub with historical significance. The station has broad gauge line along with 8 tracks and 6 platforms. Established in the early 20th century, the station has long been a key connector in the region’s transportation network. It operates on important lines such as the East Coast Railway Zone’s tracks, the Madhubani–Darbhanga line, and the Saharsa–Darbhanga line. Historically, it has been crucial for linking Darbhanga with significant cities like Delhi, Patna, and Kolkata, facilitating the movement of passengers and goods. The station has supported various services, including passenger trains and express trains like the Satyagrah Express and Mithila Express, contributing to the socio-economic development of the region. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitamarhi Junction Railway Station
Sitamarhi Junction railway station is a main railway station in Sitamarhi district, Bihar. Its code is SMI. It serves Sitamarhi City. The station consists of five platforms. It is an A category railway station of the Samastipur railway division. The Sitamarhi Junction is well connected to most of the major cities in India like Patna, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kanpur, Guwahati, Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad and other cities by the railway network and serves the city with numerous trains. It is also the originating station for five superfasts and express trains. The Darbhanga–Sitamarhi–Raxaul track was converted to broad gauge in February 2014. Another broad-gauge track connects Sitamarhi to Muzaffarpur. The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, a computerized reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking, etc. There are refreshment rooms, vegetarian and non-vegetarian foodstuffs, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirtha (Hinduism)
Tirtha (, ) is a Sanskrit word that means "crossing place, ford", and refers to any place, text or person that is holy. It particularly refers to pilgrimage sites and holy places in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The process or journey associated with ''tirtha'' is called ''tirtha-yatra'', while alternate terms such as ''kshetra'', ''gopitha'' and ''mahalaya'' are used in some Hindu traditions to refer to a "place of pilgrimage". ''Tirtha'' ''Tīrtha'' () literally means "a Ford (crossing), ford, a "crossing place" in the sense of "transition or junction". Tirtha is a spiritual concept in Hinduism, particularly as a "pilgrimage site", states Axel Michaels, that is a holy junction between "worlds that touch and do not touch each other". The word also appears in ancient and medieval Hindu texts to refer to a holy person, or a holy text with something that can be a catalyst for a transition from one state of existence to another. It is, states Knut A. Jacobsen, anything that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
