Balirajpur ( Maithili: बलीराजपुर) is a village believed to be the kingdom of mythological

Asura Asuras () are a class of beings in Indian religions, and later Persian and Turkic mythology. They are described as power-seeking beings related to the more benevolent Devas (also known as Suras) in Hinduism. In its Buddhist context, the wor ...

king Bali Mahabali (IAST: Mahābalī), also known as Bali, Indrasenan, or Māveli, is a daitya king featured in Hinduism. He is the grandson of Prahlada, and a descendant of the sage Kashyapa. There are many versions of his legend in ancient texts such a ...

. It is located in the Babubarhi block of the

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in the

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. It is the part of Bhupatti Panchayat in the Babubarhi block. According to the local residents of the village, Balirajpur was the capital city of the kingdom of Asura king Bali in ancient times. The Asura king Bali is mentioned in the text

Vishnu Purana The Vishnu Purana () is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism. It is an important Pancharatra text in the Vaishnavism literature corpus. The manuscripts of ''Vishnu Purana'' have survived into ...

. In the village of Balirajpur, there is an ancient archeological site known as ''Raja Bali Ka Garh'' or Balirajgarh. The word ''Balirajpur'' is the combination of three Indic words ''Bali'', ''Raj'' and ''Pur''. Bali was the grandson of the popular

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devotee

Prahlada Prahlada () is an asura king in Hindu scriptures. He is known for his staunch devotion to the preserver deity, Vishnu. He appears in the narrative of Narasimha, the lion avatara of Vishnu, who rescues Prahlada by disimboweling and killing hi ...

and he was the king of Asura. The term Raj means kingdom. Similarly the term Pur is used to denote city or town. Thus the literal meaning of Balirajpur is the city of the kingdom of the King Bali. There are several temples in the village. One of the major temple is ''Ram Janaki Mandir'' near a pond in the village.

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{{Bihar-geo-stub Villages in Madhubani district Mithila