Brahmavana ( Maithili: ब्रह्मवाना) is a village 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 ...

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. It is located in the Sarairanjan block of the

Samastipur district Samastipur is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar in India. The district headquarters are located at Samastipur. The district occupies an area of 2904km² and has a population of 4,261,566. Samastipur was the largest milk producing distr ...

in the

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state. It comes under the Latbasepura Gram Panchayat. The village is known for organising various cultural activities in region. The mother language of the village is Maithili.

Description

According to legend, it is believed that in the ancient times there was an ashram of the Vedic sage

Shandilya Bampur के पाण्डेय, गोत्र पराशर सर्वश्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण है। एवं संस्कृत के महान ग्रंथों के रचयिता म� ...

in the village. Apart from the

Shandilya Ashram Shandilya Ashram (Sanskrit: शांडिल्य आश्रम) refers to the residence place and the Gurukul founded by the Vedic sage Brahmarshi Shandilya. In the Indian subcontinent, there are several locations known as ''Shandilya Ashra ...

, there are several other Hindu shrines in the village. ''Birjeshwardham'' is a famous tirtha in the village. The Birjeshwardham is known for organising different types of grand

Yajna In Hinduism, ''Yajna'' or ''Yagna'' (, Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐd͡ʒɲə ) also known as Hawan, is a ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often with mantras. Yajna has been a Vedas, Vedic tradition, described in a layer of Vedic literature ...

in its campus from time to time. The village is also called as ''Brahmabana''.

References

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