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Maniyar is a town and a
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Ballia district Ballia district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ballia district is a part of Azamgarh division situated in the east of Uttar Pradesh. The main economic activity is agriculture. City is the district headquarters and commercial ...
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. It is also called Parshuram Nagari. The name is derived from the word Muniwar. It was called the land of saints and monks. The Hindu god Parshuram was said to have meditated there for a long time. Maharshi Parshuram Dham temple was built there in the 16th century. Maniyar is situated on the banks of Saryu or
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Nawka Baba

Nawka Baba temple is a place of Brahma (Hindi:ब्रह्म) worship. The temple is known for its spirits, which are said to leave people's bodies as they enter the temple due to
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. A pond is nearby, which is said to have the power to cure skin diseases if a person takes a bath. A fair is held here in April and October where thousands of people visit and cure themselves. There is an interesting story behind Nawka Baba. The story goes this way: There were two brothers named Ramsharan Choubey and Shivasharan Choubey who used to live in Chainpur village in
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 are ...
. The two brothers were very handsome and talented and were very extraordinary even since childhood but were orphans. They used to do labour and work in the farms at the house of a rich
zamindar A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a ''zamindari'' (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; ''zamindar'' is the ...
to earn some money. There was a
witch Witchcraft is the use of magic by a person called a witch. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic to inflict supernatural harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread meaning. According to ''Enc ...
or Daayan just behind the zamindar house. She saw the two young brothers and she thought to use them for her Tantrik rituals. So, she invited both of them to her house to have some food. The brothers were very hungry after working, so they agreed and went to her house. She intentionally mixed Poison in their food and they both died there. After this incident, she imprisoned the spirits of the brothers in a small glass bottle and used it for her
black magic Black magic (Middle English: ''nigromancy''), sometimes dark magic, traditionally refers to the use of Magic (paranormal), magic or supernatural powers for evil and selfish purposes. The links and interaction between black magic and religi ...
deeds, and she secretly vanished their bodies somewhere. After some decades, the marriage of her daughter took place in Maniyar village so she ordered her daughter to take the bottle with her in her Sinhora or vermillion box and throw it in the
Saryu The Sarju ( Kumaoni: सरज्यू, Hindi: सरयू), also known as Saryu, is a major river draining Central Kumaon region in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Originating from Sarmul, Sarju flows through the cities of Kapkot, Bageshw ...
river from her boat. The daughter was unable to throw the bottle from the boat because there were Baratis and the groom in the boat, so if she had done that, everyone would have noticed it. So, she brought it to Maniyar, dug a small hole in her house and put the bottle inside and covered it with Chakki or 'Jant' or wheat grinder. After many years, the daughter got old and the chakki was removed by her family members making the spirits free from imprisonment. In the night, horror incidents started happening in the house. Blood started coming from the roof of the rooms along with pieces of flesh and meat. One day, a fire broke out for unknown reasons and burnt the house, and scary and horrifying figures were seen in the house by her family members. One night, the spirit of the two brothers told the lady to gurmukh them and give them a place in her dream. Everyone got terrified, so they sought the help of a pandit who refused at first, but after that, his house also caught fire for unknown reasons, so he agreed at last. Then, they were given their place, and a landlord built the temple after he saw the magic of how he was cured from his disease by bathing in the pond and worshipping the brahm baba. Locals say thousands of people are cured daily from possession by evil spirits by worshipping the Pinds of the brothers, which are now called Nawka Baba. Indeed, wishes really come true after visiting here, according to locals. Sataku Baba is another small temple 100 meters from Nawka Baba. Sataku Baba, also known as Bhudhwa Baba temple, is known for the same reasons as Nawka Baba.


Parshuram Dham

Parshuram temple was built in the 16th century of ''lakhauri'' bricks with old plaster. Architectural elements can be seen on it and, according to some locals, Lord Parshuram meditated there. Small temples surround the complex. Barahdwari (or twelve gateways) was built by traders Lachhu Bhagat and Billar Bhagat in the 18th century. Miniature paintings were made on the ceilings, but cannot be seen because locals painted over them.


Jhalak Baba ki Mathiya

This ''mathiya'' belongs to Das Tradition. "Baba Jhalak Das" is a Saint of Das Tradition Mahanth in this mathiya in the 20th century. He was born in 1927 in a Suhwal village near Sahtwar. Tapsi Das Jamuna Das Narayan Das was formerly Mahanth. In this ''mathia'' Thakur Ji and lord Shambhushek ''shivlinga'' established by Baba Jhalakdas.


Demographics

India
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Maniyar had a population of 18,750. Males constitute 51% of the population, and females made up 49 %. Maniyar has an average literacy rate of 47 %, lower than the national average of 59.5 %. Male literacy is 57 %, and female literacy is 36 %. 18 % of the population is under 6.


Other places with same name

In
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
, one Maniyar is a village in
Kollam district Kollam district (), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 List of districts in Kerala, districts of the state of Kerala, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major La ...
. Another Maniyar is a village in
Pathanamthitta Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality, city in southern Kerala, India, spread over an area of . It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37,538 (as of 2011 census). The Hindu pilgrim centre Sab ...
district. A nearby dam has the same name.


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