Bisfi is a village and the headquarters of Bisfi block in the Madhubani district of

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. It is about 26 kms from the district headquarter of Madhubani. It is the birthplace of Maithili poet

Vidyapati Vidyapati ( – 1448), also known by the sobriquet ''Maithil Kavi Kokil'' (the poet cuckoo of Maithili), was a Maithili and Sanskrit polymath-poet-saint, playwright, composer, biographer, philosopher, law-theorist, writer, courtier and ...

Description

Bisfi is a historical place in the

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 foothil ...

of Bihar, India. The significance of Bisfi can be traced from the ancient

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period to the mediaeval period. It is believed to be the home of prominent scholars like

Yajnavalkya Yajnavalkya or Yagyavalkya (, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST:) is a Hindu Vedic sage prominently mentioned in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (c. 700 BCE) and Taittiriya Upanishad, ''Tattiriya Upanishad''., Quote: "Yajnav ...

, Chandreshwar Thakur and

, etc. The location of

Yajnavalkya Ashram Yajnavalkya Ashram (Sanskrit : याज्ञवल्क्य आश्रम) was a gurukul of the Indian philosopher Yajnavalkya. It is believed that Yajnavalkya got his enlightenment here. It is the place where he wrote many texts of Ancient ...

at Jagban village of Bisfi block gives it significant position in the pilgrimage of Hindu tradition. Similarly, Bisfi Vidyapati Dih is an important location for Maithili language and culture. According legend, it is said that

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took the incarnation of Ugna as the servant of his popular devotee

during 14th century in the Bisfi village. Ugna came to the courtyard of the house of the poet Vidyapati in search of job. The story of Ugna and Vidyapati is very famous in the

of Bihar. There is a Lord Shiva temple at Bhairava village in the Bisfi block devoted to the Ugna incarnation. This temple is called as Bhairava Ugna Mahadev Mandir. According to legend, it is said ''Shringi Rishi'' of the

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period had lived at ''Singiya'' village of the block for several years. There is an ancient ashram named after him in the village. The ashram is called as Shringi Rishi Ashram. In the campus of the ashram, there is a temple devoted to Lord Shiva called as ''Shringeshwar Mahadev Mandir''.

Demographics

According to the India's population census 2011, the total population of the Bisfi village is 13981.

References

Madhubani district Mithila {{Bihar-geo-stub