Gosaunik Ghar ( Maithili: गोसाउनिक घर) is special worship room of the Kuldevata or ''Kuldevi'' also called as ''Gosaun'' or ''Gosauni'' in the houses of

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 regio ...

people 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 the

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...

. In the Mithila region ''Gosaun Devata'' or ''Gosauni Devi'' is worshipped in the houses of every Maithil people. In some auspicious day Maithil women sing some Maithili folk songs dedicated to these deities in their praise at the ''Gosaunik Ghar''.

Description

In the Mithila region, there is a tradition of ''Gosaunik Puja'' in every houses of the people of the Maithil communities. In their homes courtyards, they have special room for conducting the Gosaunik Puja to their Kuldevata or Kuldevi. This special holy worship room is known as Gosaunik Ghar. During the auspicious occasions like

Upanayana ''Upanayana'' () is a Hindu educational sacrament, one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance of a student by a preceptor, such as a ''guru'' or ''acharya'', and an individual's initiation into a school in ...

, Mundana, marriage and

Kojagra Kojagra ( Maithili: कोजगरा) is a special festival of the Mithila region in the Indian subcontinent. It is a sanskar ritual for the newly married couples among the communities of the Maithil Brahmins and Kayasthas. It is celebrated on ...

etc, the Maithil women sing local folk songs dedicated to the Gosaunik Puja called as '' Gosaunika Geet''.

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