tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22500257252609964782024-03-05T21:18:30.508-08:00Bihar Ek VirasatBihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-63946854054984732662018-08-30T04:52:00.000-07:002018-08-30T04:53:44.031-07:00Didarganj Yakshi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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✎ The Didarganj Yakshi (or Didarganj Chauri Bearer) is sometimes considered as one of the finest examples of Mauryan art.</div>
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✎ It is rather dated to the second century CE, based on the analysis of shape and ornamentation.</div>
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✎ The sculpture is currently located in the Bihar Museum in Bihar, India.</div>
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✎ It is 64” tall, carved out of a single piece of stone.</div>
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✎ This life-size standing image is tall, well proportioned; free-standing sculpture is made of sandstone with well-polished surface, a characteristic usually associated with Mauryan polish.</div>
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✎ The flywhisk (Chauri) is held in the right hand whereas the left hand is broken. The lower garment creates a transparent effect.</div>
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✎ The Didarganj Yakshi is estimated to date from ca. 3rd century BCE to the 2nd century CE.</div>
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✎ It was excavated on the banks of the Ganges River, at the hamlet of Didarganj Kadam Basaul, northeast of the Qadam-i-Rasul mosque in Patna city, in October 1917 by noted archaeologist and historian, Professor J.N. Samaddar.</div>
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✎ A Patna museum publication describes how in the letter of Honourable E.H.S. Walsh, then Commission of Patna, credit is given to a man name Ghulam Rasul, who saw the base sticking out from the muddy banks of the riverside near Didarganj. Rasul then proceeded to dig up the grounds to find the statue.</div>
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✎ The other story related to Didarganj Yakshi is that on the banks of the Ganges in Didarganj in old Patna city, for years it was said that dhobis washed clothes on a slab that was sticking out of the earth. One day, a snake appeared in the precincts and as the villagers followed in chase, it slithered away into a hole in the ground near the slab. Villagers started to dig up the earth; they found the slab was actually the bottom pedestal of a marvelous statue, which we now called the Didarganj Yakshi.</div>
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✎ The Yakshi(meaning female earth spirit) embodies close to perfect standards of feminine beauty of ancient India.</div>
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✎ The most striking about the statue is that after one has absorbed the obviously attractive features, is the graceful manner in which the figure endears itself to us.</div>
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✎ The Yakshistoops slightly forward instead of standing upright, seeking a posture of humility.</div>
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✎ The design of her right leg is slightly bent as if due to the weight of the fly-whisk she holds and the firmness of her grip on the chauri shows the delicacy of rendition in detailing.</div>
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✎ It is a figure in the round, which means it can be viewed from all angles.</div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-83321575683905193602018-08-27T05:41:00.000-07:002018-08-29T05:41:17.110-07:00Tomb of Sher Shah Suri <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The tomb was built in memory of Emperor Sher Shah Suri, a Pathan from Bihar to defeat the Mughal Empire and founded the Suri Empire in Northern India.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He died in an accidental gunpowder explosion in the fort of Kalinjar on 10th day of Rabi-al-awwal, A.H. 952 or 13th May 1545 A.D.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The main tomb is built on octagonal plan, topped by a dome, 22-metre in span and surrounded ornamental domed kiosis which were once covered in colored glazed tile work.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An inscription dates its completion to August 16, 1545, 3 months after the death of Sher Shah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Its height from the floor to the apex of the dome is 101 feet and its total height above the water is over 150 feet.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ Padri-ki-Haveli (“Mansion of Padre”), also known as visitation of the blessed Virgin Mary.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ It is oldest church in Bihar.Padre Ki Haveli is also known as St. Mary’s church.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ It is located around 9.5km from Central Patna at Phulwari Sharif.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ When Roman Catholics arrived in Bihar, they built a small church in 1713 at a place now known as Padri-ki-Haveli.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ The current church was re-designed by a Venetian architect Tirreto in 1772. He came from Kolkata to design this church.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ Nawab Mir Qasim destroyed this church because of quarrel with the British traders on 25 June 1763. Ancient records were destroyed and burnt consequently. Later in 1857, during the Great Indian Rebellion again this church suffered with many damages.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ The foundation stone of this huge church has a dimension of 70 feet in length, 40 feet wide and 50 feet in height.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ Today, the monument stands as an architectural wonder with intricate details which can be seen in few other churches of India.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ The church is open on all days even on public holidays from 06:00a.m. To 08:00p.m.</span></span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-77073506610863229052018-08-20T05:48:00.000-07:002018-08-29T05:48:25.849-07:00Sita Kund<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ It is situated 5 km west of Sitamarhi town and a popular visitor’s attraction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ Sita Kund is a holy hot water spring, situated near a temple.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ Punaura Dham Mandir is one of the holiest Hindu temples dedicated to Goddess Sita, located in Sitamarhi, Bihar, India. Millions of pilgrims visit the temple every year and most visited religious shrine in North India.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ Sitamarhi is the place where Sita was born, the main character of the epic Ramayana. The town is situated along the border of Nepal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ This town was almost completely destroyed by the earthquake of 1939.</span></span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-35502198546456038752018-08-19T08:31:00.001-07:002018-08-19T08:31:47.642-07:00Kastaharni Ghat - Tourist Attraction of Bihar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The name “Kastaharni Ghat” literally means “The bathing place which expels all pains”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the 26th Adhyaya (chapter) of Adi Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana, it is mentioned that both Lord Rama and his brother Lakshmana on their way back from the encounter with Taraka, the demoness, took rest at the spot. The relaxation they had given rise to the name of Kastaharni Ghat. According to another account it was on his return journey from Mithila to Ayodhya after marrying Sita that Lord Rama bathed at this place to relieve himself from fatigue.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the 6th century, C.E., a Hindu sage named Mudgal Muni appeared in the city and established two shrines, one at a rock at Kastaharni Ghat.</span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-46041657650535744642018-08-18T06:30:00.001-07:002018-08-18T06:30:32.158-07:00Chandika Sthan <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas, places of worship consecrated to the goddess Shakti.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the Northeast corner of Munger, Chandika Sthan is just 2kms away from the Munger town.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being a Siddhi- Peetha, Chandika Sthan is considered to be one of the most sacred and sanctified temples.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Legendary tales and Hindu folklore says that it was to save the world from the anger of Lord Shiva, as he took the corpse of Sati and began dancing in a “Tandav Mudra”, as a result of which the earth began to shake and the whole creation was about to destroy. Lord Vishnu managed to cut Sati’s corpse in 64 pieces by his Sudarshan Chakra. The same legend says that the left eye of the Sati felt at Munger, which subsequently developed into a place of worship of the Divine mother Chandi.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chandika Sthan is famous for the cure of eye troubles, as per the traditional belief of the local folklore.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another legend connected with Chandika Sthan is regarding King Karna of the ancient Indian king of Anga, who used to worship Goddess Chandi Mata every day and in turn the goddess gave him 114 pounds (equivalent to 50kgs) of gold for distribution among the needy and downtrodden at Karanchaura, now a local name of vicinity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The architecture of the temple gives the view of an inverted could ran onthe Ganga and very close to it on the eastern side of the Samashan or cremation site.</span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-63284369140840072132018-08-11T01:53:00.000-07:002018-08-11T01:53:20.827-07:00Dungeshwari Cave Temple<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two small shrines are built to commemorate this phase of Buddha.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Hindu goddess deity Durgeshwari is also placed inside the cave temple.</span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-13667179377008972952018-08-10T00:30:00.001-07:002018-08-10T00:30:36.212-07:00Vishnupad Mandir - Ancient Temple of Bihar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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is an ancient temple in Gaya, Bihar, India. It is Hindu temple dedicated to
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located along the Falgu River, marked by a footprint of Lord </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vishnu known as
Dharmashila, incised into a block of Basalt.</span></div>
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Brahmas are the traditional priest of the temple from ancient time who is known
as Gayamal Tirth Purohit or Panda.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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saints as Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, Chaitanya, Mahaprabhu and Sri Ramakrishna
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as Gayasura did heavy penace and sought a boon that whoever sees him should
attain salvation (Moksham). So Lord Vishnu asked Gayasura to go beneath the
earth and did so by placing his right foot on Asura’s head and Lord Vishnu
print remain on the surface that we see even today. Gayasura pushed into earth
pleaded for food and Lord Vishnu gave him a boon that everyday someone will
offer him food and whosoever do it, there soul will reach heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of nine different symbols including Shankam, Chakram and Gadham. These are
believed to be weapons of the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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date of temple is unknown and it is believed that Rama and Sita had visited
this place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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structure was rebuilt by Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar, the ruler of Indore in 1787,
on the banks of the Falgu River.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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stones steps lead to the top of the Brahmajuni hill, 1km southwest from the
Vishnupad Mandir. There are many small temples near this temple.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Vishnupad Mandir, the 40cm long footprint of Lord Vishnu is imprinted in solid
rock and surrounded by silver plated basin.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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this temple is 30 metres and it has 8 rows of beautifully carved pillars which
support the pavilion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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tower rises up a 100 feet. The tower has sloping sides with alternately
indented and plain sections. The sections are set at an angle to create a
series of peaks joined at the top.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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stands the immortal banyan tree Akshayat where the final rituals for the dead
takes place.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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temple is (Garv Ghiri) silver coated hexagon railing also known as (Pahal).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-54778803434055893072018-08-07T02:48:00.001-07:002018-08-07T02:48:56.167-07:00Sonepur Fair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sonepur Fair is
held on Kartik Purnima (the full moon day) in the month of November in Sonepur,
Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak. It is also known as
Harihar Kshetra Mela and it attracts visitors from all over Asia. Till date, it
is biggest cattle fair of Asia and stretches on from 15 days to one month.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sonepur Fair is held for one
month i.e. from November to December.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sonepur is situated at the
convergence of the sacred rivers Ganges and Gandak; the Hindus regard it as
holy site.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fair commemorates the
intervention of Lord Vishnu to end a great curse and long fight between
elephant and crocodile in Hindu Mythology.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are many historical
events associated with Sonepur Mela. In ancient times the royal Rajahs and
Nawabs used to camp here, also the first meeting of the “Indian Association of
Cow Protection” held at this place in 1888.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Trade in elephants has been
prohibited at Sonepur Mela since 2004 owing to strict enforcement of Wildlife
Protection Act 1972 and further denial of transfer of ownership certificate to
the elephant owners.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The venue of fair was
Hazipur and only the performance of the puja used to take place at the Harihar
Nath Temple of Sonepur.Under the rule of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, the
venue of the fair got shifted to Sonepur.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fair was also used at a
recruitment ground by the provincial Congress Committee of Bihar and the Bihar
Kisan Sabha (farmers union), these all events made this fair as the breeding
grounds of the politics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many farm animals
can be bought at the Sonepur Mela from all breeds of dogs, buffaloes, donkeys,
ponies, Persian horses, rabbits, goats and even the occasional camel. Many varieties
of birds and poultry are also available. Haathi Bazaar is attracted to all
where elephants are lined up for the sale.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One will find a
variety of goods in these stalls, ranging from garments to weapons and
furniture, toys, utensils and agricultural implements, jewelry and handicrafts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A rail gram is
setup by railways, where toy train is also erected for children.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sonepur Mela
continues to attract foreign tourists who arrive with the motive of capturing
various elements of rural settlement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Swiss cottages
are set up by Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation at the Sonepur fair,
with facilities of internet, motor boat ride river Gandak, food at the tourist
village and pre-paid taxes from Patna Airport to Sonepur Fair.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is vibrant
rural fair that combines spirituality, sexuality and animal trading, street
magicians, religious gurus and tantriks, pilgrims, snack stalls, handicrafts,
amusement rides, circus performers and dancing girls all create a carnival like
no other.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 2014, extra
stalls were added, selling clothing, agricultural equipment, automobiles and
fast moving consumer goods. A food plaza was also setup with branded national
chains. There was sports competition and adventure sports such as para-sailing,
hot air balloon, water-skiing, water-canning and all-terrain vehicle rides.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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administered by District of Chapra with support from Bihar government and
promoted by the Tourism Ministry of Bihar. The administration also arranges
health and welfare camps, sanitation, drinking water facilities for visitors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-63348390625289708752018-08-06T00:56:00.001-07:002018-08-06T00:58:03.673-07:00Barabar Caves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">The Barabar hill caves in India, mostly dating from the
Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE), some </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region
of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">24 km north of Gaya.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These caves are situated in the twin
hills of Barabar (4 caves) and Nagarjuni (3 caves); caves of</span></span></div>
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singled out as the Nagarjuni caves.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">These rock cut chambers date back to
the 3 rd century BCE</span>, Mauryan period of Ashoka (reigned </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">273-232 BCE) and his grandson, Dasharatha Maurya.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The sculptured surround to the entrance
to the Lomas Rishi cave is the earliest survival of the </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">ogee shaped “chaitra arch” or chandrashala that was to be an
important feature of Indian rock-</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">cut architecture and sculptural decoration for centuries.
The form was clearly a reproduction in </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">stone of buildings in wood and other plant materials.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">The caves were used by ascetics from
the Ajivika sect, founded by Makkali Gosala</span>, a </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">contemporary of Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism and
of Mahavira, the last and 24 th </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Tirthankara of Jainism.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Most caves at Barabar consist of two
chambers, carved entirely out of granite, with a highly </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">polished internal surface and exciting echo effect.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It contains four caves Karan Chaupar,
Lomas Rishi, Sudama and Vishwakarma.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sudama and Lomas Rishi are the earliest
examples of rock-cut architecture in India, with </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">architectural detailing made in the Mauryan period. The
Barabar caves greatly influenced the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">architecture of rock-cut architecture in the Indian
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lomas Rishi cave has an arch-like shape
façade that imitates contemporary timber architecture. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">On the doorway, a row of elephants proceed towards stupa
emblems, along the curved</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">architrave. Sudama cave was dedicated by Mauryan Emperor,
Ashoka in 261 BCE. The arches of </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Sudama cave have bow shape. The canvas consists of a
circular vaulted chamber with a </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">rectangular Mandapa. Karan Chaupar consists of single
rectangular room with polished surfaces, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">contains inscription which could be dated to 245 BCE.
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the caves of Barabar, because of its beauti</span>fully carved</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">door. It consists of two rooms: a rectangular rom measuring
9.86*5.18 m, and a circular, semi-</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">hemispherical room 5m in diameter, which is accessed from
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side of Barabar granite hill. It consists of two rooms: a </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">rectangular room measuring 9.98*5.94 m, and a
semi-hemispherical room 6min diameter,</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">which is accessed from rectangular room by a narrow
rectangular passage. The ceilings of the</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> Sudama cave are arched. The cave is composed of a circular
vaulted chamber and a vaulted </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">room with the rectangular form of Mandapa. The interior
walls of the cave represent a technical </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">feat; they are perfectly flat and polished granite surfaces,
creating a mirror effect. The plane </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">surfaces reverberated sound, creating a very pronounced echo
phenomenon.</span></div>
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known as karna Chaupar, is on the north side of the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Barabar granite hill. It consists of a single rectangular
room with polished surfaces, 10.2*4.27m </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">in dimensions. It contains an inscription of Ashoka dating
from the 19 th year of his reign, about </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">250 BCE, located outside, immediately to the right of the
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probably to sit or sleep. In the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">entrance hall an inscription from the Gupta period mentions
“Daridra Kantara” (“the caves of </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the beggars”). A mound decorated with Buddhist sculptures is
also near the entrance, another </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of many elements accrediting the belonging of this cave to
the Buddhist.</span></div>
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also called Viswa Mitra, is accessible by the “steps </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">of Ashoka” carved in to the cliff. It is a 100 meters and a
little east of the main granite hill. It </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">consists of a rectangular room entirely open to the outside,
a sort of elongated porch, and an </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">unfinished semi-hemispherical room: the rectangular space
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rectangular room to the half- </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hemispherical room by a narrow trapezoidal passage. On the
floor of the porch, 4 holes were </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">made, which are thought to allow the cave to be closed with
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Nagarjuni, Gopika cave is the largest </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of all the caves of the Barabar complex and on the southside
of the hill. It consists of a single </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">large oblong room of 13.95*5.84m. It was dug by king
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is located in a crevasse in the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rock in the north side of the hill. It consists of single
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cave was consecrated by </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dashratha Maurya, the grandson and successor of Asoka, for
the sector of Ajivikas.</span></div>
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Vapiya-ka-kubha cave is located in </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">north side of the hill. It consists of single rectangular
room of dimensions 5.10*3.43m. This </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cave also has a beautiful vaulted hall, entirely made of
perfectly polished granite.</span></div>
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of granite, an extremely hard rock, then finished with a </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">very nice polishing of inner surface, giving a mirror effect
of a great regularity, as well as an echo </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">effect. This large scale polish is reminiscent of polishing
on smaller surfaces of the Mauryan </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">statuary, particularly visible on the pillars and capitals
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake located in the marshes and grasslands spread around Kanwar Taal in Begusarai district of Bihar, India is Asia’s largest fish water oxbow lake.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The lake was born as a consequence of the meandering of Budhi Gandak River and the total area occupied by the sanctuary measures about 67.5 square km.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This lake was officially declared a protected area during 1987.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is one of the quietest bird sanctuaries in India with pretty less tourist activity, the place is ideal for bird watching and photography.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are 60 migratory birds that come all the way from Central Asia in winter and recorded around 106 species of resident birds.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A large quantity of flora and fauna are there inside the sanctuary grounds.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Flora of Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary: </span>Visitors to Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary will be welcomed by the beautiful greenery present in the area represented by several trees like Imili, Neem, Bamboo, Sohar, Babool, Sisoo, Khajur, Shirish and many others.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Fauna of Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary: </span>There are more than 40 species of fishes in Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary which are often observed swimming in the waters of the Kanwar Lake, Musk Deer, Palm Squirrel, Leopard, Himalayan Black Bear, Common Mongoose, Rhesus Macaque, Indian Fox, Baking Deer, Jackal, Nilgai and Reptiles including Indian Cobra, Indian Krait, Tortoise, Water Snake, Dhaman and various types of Lizards.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Birds in the region are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Critically Endangered species -</b> Oriental white- backed Vulture, Long- billed Vulture.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Vulnerable species </b>- Greater Adjutant, Greater spotted Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, and Sarus Crane.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Near Threatened species </b>- Indian Darter, Painted stork, Black- bellied Tern</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Threats in Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Excessive chemicals, like Furadan used to capture birds.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Villagers encroachment of lake area.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Killing of birds.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The best time to approach the sanctuary is the time between October and June.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>Vikramashila was one of the two most important centres of learning in India during the Pala Empire, along with Nalanda.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>It was established by king Dharampala in 8th or early 9th century (783 to 820) in response to a supposed decline in the quality of scholarship at Nalanda.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>It was destroyed by the forces of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji around 1193 century. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vikramashila (village antichak, district Bhagalpur, Bihar) is located at about 50 km east of Bhagalpur and about 13 km north-east of Kahalgaon, a town of Bhagalpur district.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>It was prospered for about 4 centuries before it was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji along with the other major centres of Buddhism in India.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>It is known to us mainly through Tibetan sources, especially the writings of Taranatha, the Tibetan monk historian of the 16th-17th centuries.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>It was the largest Buddhist universities, with more than one hundred teachers and about one thousand students.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>It produced eminent scholars who were often invited by foreign countries to spread Buddhist learning, culture and religion.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>Subjects like philosophy, grammar, metaphysics, Indian logic, etc. were taught here, but the most important branch of learning was tantrism.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>Hierarchy of Vikramashila:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) Abbot (Adhyaksha)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) Six gate protectors or gate scholars (Dvarapala or Dvarapandita), one each for the Eastern, Western, first central, second central, Northern and Southern gates.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Great scholars ( Mahapandita)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scholars (Pandita), roughly 108 in number.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Professors or teachers (Upadhyaya or Acharya), roughly 160 in number including pandits.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Resident monks (Bhiksu), roughly 1000 in number.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>Dvarapala’s of Vikramashila:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) Ratnakarasanti (Eastern gate)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vagisvarakirti (Western gate)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ratnavajra (First central gate)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jnanasrimitra (Second central gate)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Naropa (Northern gate)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prajanakaramati (Southern gate)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>Vikramashila was centre of Vajrayarana and employed tantric preceptors.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>Tantric preceptors are Buddhajnanapada, Dipakankarabhadra, Jayabhadra, Sridhara, Bavabhatta, Bhavyakirti, Lilavajra, Durjaychandra, Samayavajra, Tathagatarakshita, Bodhibhadra, and Kamalarakshita.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>Meticulous excavation at the site was conducted initially by B.P. Sinha of Patna University and subsequently by Archaeological Survey of India.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>It has revealed a huge square monastery with a cruciform stupa in its centre, library building and cluster of votive stupas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>To the north of monastery a number of scattered structures including a Tibetan and a Hindu temple have been found.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>The monastery, or residence for the Buddhist monks, is a huge square structure, each side measuring 330 metres having a series of 208 cells, 52 on each of the four sides opening in a common verandah.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>The main stupa built for the purpose of worship is a brick structure laid in mud mortar which stands in the centre of the square monastery.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>On each of the four cardinal directions there is a protruding chamber with a pillared antichamber and a separate pillared mandapa in front.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>In the four chambers of the stupa were placed colossal stucco images of seated Buddha of which three were found in situ but the remaining one on north side was possibly replaced by a stone image after the clay image was somehow damaged.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>About 32 metres south of the monastery on the South West corner and attached with the main monastery through a narrow corridor is a rectangular structure identified as a library building and was meant for preserving delicate manuscripts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>The Vikramashila stupa built for the purpose of worship is a brick structure laid in mud mortar and stands in the centre of the square monastery. It has two terraces- the lower terrace is about 2.25 metres high from the ground level and the upper terrace is at a similar height from the lower side. At both terrace there is a circumambulatory path, the lower about 4.5 metres wide and the upper about 3 metres wide.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>There is protruding chamber with a pillared antechamber and a separate pillared mandapa in front, placed beyond the circumambatory passage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>The walls and floors of the chamber and antechamber were plastered with lime.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>The walls of both the terraces are decorated with mouldings and terracotta plaques which testify the high excellence of terracotta art flourishing in the region during Pal period (8th to 12th century).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>The plaques depict many Buddhist deities like Buddha, Avalokiteshwara, Manjusri, Mitreya, Jambala, Marichi and Tara, scenes related to Buddhism, some social and hunting scenes, and a few Hindu deities like Vishnu, Parvati, Ardhanarisvara and Hanuman.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>The architecture of the stupa and the terracotta plaques bear great resemblance to the Somapura Mahavira, Paharpur (Bangladesh) which, too, was founded by the same king Dharmapala.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>Vikramashila monastery is also larger and has fort- like projections on its outer wall.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>It was neglected for years which contributed to extensive damages to the monument but now ASI is planning to develop the excavated site of Vikramashila. Since 2009, there has been considerable work in maintaining and beautifying the place to attract tourism.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: justify;">✎ </span>The Vikramashila site is the place for Vikramashila Mahotsav, which is held annually during the month of February.</span><br />
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-51516968701174368452018-07-29T13:58:00.000-07:002018-07-29T14:02:47.012-07:00Jal Mandir - Famous Temple of Bihar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Jal Mandir meaning Water Temple, also known as Apapuri, in Pawapuri, meaning a town without sins, in the Indian state of Bihar, is a highly revered temple dedicated to Lord Mahavira, the 24th Thirthankara (religious preacher of Jainism) and founder of Jain religion, which marks the place of his cremation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The temple, a famous and sacred pilgrimage centre of Jainism, is located in the holy city of Pawapuri in the Nalanda district in the Ganga basin.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The temple has been built within a tank filled with red colored lotus flowers</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is said that the temple was built by king Nandivardhan, Mahavira’s elder brother.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is one of the five main temples in Pawapuri, where the “charan Paduka” or foot impression of Mahavira is deified.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">According to a local legend after Lord Mahavira attained Nirvana at Pawapuri he was cremated in the village. The place of his cremation became a pilgrimage centre when a large number of pilgrims took out a very large amount of soil from the site, which was considered as sacred ashes of Lord Mahavira, and thus created a huge pit which got filled up with water and became a tank. To commemorate the place of his cremation a temple was built within the tank.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jal Mandir is built in white marble within the water tank; the tank measures 84 bigha (one bigha is 5 acres, area is 16.8 acres)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The water surface of the lake is covered with lotuses.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This architecturally elegant temple in the form of a “Vimana” or chariot has the footprints of Mahavir for worship.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A 600-foot long (180m) bridge built in stone connects the temple with bank of water tank.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There was great rush among the gathered devotes to collect his ashes resulting in a lake being created in the hollow.</span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-10081907567026183642018-07-23T05:38:00.000-07:002018-07-25T05:39:13.115-07:00Mahatma Gandhi Setu - Lifeline of North Bihar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mahatma Gandhi Setu (also called Gandhi Setu or Ganga Setu) is a bridge over the river Ganges connecting Patna in the South to Hajipur in the north of Bihar.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Its length is 5750 meters (18,860 ft.) and it is second longest river bridge in India and also longest cantilever bridge of Asia.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was inaugurated in May 1982 by the then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi; inauguration took place at north end of the bridge located in Hajipur.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The bridge was approved by the central government in 1969 and built by Gammon India Limited over a period of 10 years from 1972 to 1982 with total expenditure of Rs. 87.22 crores.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was built to connect North Bihar with the rest of Bihar and part of National highway 19 (NH19).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The bridge consists 45 intermediate spans of 121.065 meters (397.19 ft.) each and a span of 65.530 meters (214.99 ft.) at each end.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The deck provides for a 7.5 meters (25 ft.) wide two- lane roadway for IRC class 70 R loading with footpaths on either side.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It has two lanes one upstream and the other downstream each with width of around 6 metre. Both the lanes are also free from each other and are not connected anywhere.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The spans are connected by using a Protrusion which is free to move longitudinally also along the river flow. In upwards and downwards direction it is such that it allows vibration to transfer smoothly to the next span while vehicular movement without much discreteness.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The scenic view of the river Ganga validates the vastness of the nation’s largest and the world’s third largest river by discharge.</span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-89558569211789623522018-07-21T02:26:00.002-07:002018-07-21T02:26:30.426-07:00Naulakha Palace - Tourist Spot of Bihar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Navlakha Palace also called Naulakha palace, is a royal Brahmin palace situated in town of Rajnagar, close to the Kamala river, near Madhubani in Bihar, India.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- This palace was built by Maharaja Rameshwar Singh of Darbhanga in 17th century A.D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- It is also known as Rajnagar palace complex and is one of the major tourist centres of Mithila.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- This palace suffered extensive damage during the earthquake of 1934 and was not rebuilt thereafter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- There are very few written records or photographs available of the Navlakha Palace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Umantha Jha has described the Navlakha Palace from his childhood memories in his book “Bital din Aa Bisral log”.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
oldest surviving Madhubani painting [done in year 1919, on occasion of the
marriage of Shrimati Lakshmi Daiji, daughter of Maharaja Rameshwar Singh of
Darbhanga] is found in gasauni ghar (the room where family deity is kept) of
this palace. There is Durga Bhawan towards the enterance of the palace. In
front of Durga Bhawan lies a pond. A temple dedicated to goddess Kali is
located towards the north of pond. The centre of Navlakha palace has a seven
storey tower. There is building having three courtyards in the western side of
the Durga Bhawan. A two storeyed white coloured palace of the Bari Maharani is
located towards the north of the building. Another temple in the palace is
dedicated to Goddess Tripura Sundari and has many paintings of the goddess.</span></span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-69248904653204851482018-07-19T05:03:00.002-07:002018-07-19T05:05:19.448-07:00First President of India- Dr. Rajendra Prasad <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Dr. Rajendra Prasad</b> was Kayastha Hindu and was born on 3rd December, 1884 in Zeradai, in the Siwan district of Bihar, Patna, India.His political life was from 1950-1962.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He was Indian political leader and also lawyer by training. He was subsequently awarded the Bharat Ratna, the nation’s highest civilian award. After the completion of traditional elementary education, he was sent to Chapra district school and at age of 12 he was married to Rajavanshi Devi but after marriage also he did not left his studies. Before independence, he has served as minister of food and agriculture in the central government but afterwards he was elected as president of the constituent assembly of India which prepared the constitution of India and served as its provisional parliament. His first association with Indian National Congress was during 1906 where he participated as a volunteer, while studying in Calcutta. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He was a supporter of Mahatma Gandhi and for this he was imprisoned by British authorities during Salt Satyagraha of 1931 and Quit India Movement of 1942. He was so greatly moved by the dedication, courage and conviction of Mahatma Gandhi that he retired from his lucrative career of lawyer as well as duties in University to aid the movement. As a president, he established a tradition of non- partisanship and independence for the office-bearer and retired from Congress party politics. When Congress passed the Quit India Resolution in Bombay, then he was arrested from Sadaqat Ashram, Patna and sent to Bankipur central jail. He also encouraged the development of education in India.He wrote articles for the revolutionary publications Searchlight and the Desh and collected funds for these papers.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He took an active role in helping the affected people during 1914 floods that struck Bihar and Bengal.During 31st May 1935 Quetta earthquake, when he was forbidden to leave the country due to governments order he set up Quetta Central relief committee in Sindh and Punjab under his own presidency.He travelled the world extensively as an ambassador of India, build diplomatic rapport with foreign nations.During his tenure, the Mughal Gardens for the first time at Rashtrapati Bhavan were open for public for about one month.Following the tussle over the enactment of the Hindu Code Bill, he took a more active role in state affairs.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After 12 years as president in 1962 he announced his decision of retirement and after relinquishing the office of the President of India he returned to Patna on 14 May, 1962 and preferred to stay in the campus of Bihar Vidhyapeeth.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>His Literary Contributions:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>President of Constituent Assembly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Satyagraha at Champaran (1922)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Division of India (1946, online)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Atmakatha (1946), his autobiography written during his 3-year term in Bankipur Jail.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mahatma Gandhi and Bihar, some reminiscence (1949)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bapu ke kadmon mein (1954)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Since Independence (published in 1960)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bharatiya Siksha</span><br />
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-18856272855994393652018-07-17T03:48:00.001-07:002018-07-17T03:50:06.763-07:00Sattu Paratha - One of the Bihar’s Famous Dish<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;">✎ </span>Sattu is used inregional cuisine to varying degrees. In Lahore, Multan, Punjab, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand and New Delhi use of Sattu is extensive and is used in several dishes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;">✎ </span>Sattu may also be known as Chhatua (In Odia language) or archaically as Sat- Anaaj, also known as “Chattu’ (In Bengali language).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;">✎ </span>Sattu Paratha, is rich in minerals, proteins and fibres, low of Glycemic index- Sattu is said to be the most economical antidote of diabetes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;">✎ </span>Sattu is prepared by dry, roasting Bengal gram (chana dal) and powdering it finely.</span></div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-5626957232049947432018-07-15T00:25:00.000-07:002018-07-16T00:26:22.902-07:00Mahavir Mandir - Bihar’s Famous Temple<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>Acharya Kishor Kunal is the secretary of the Mahavir Mandir Temple Trust, Patna.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>From scrutiny of historical facts and traditions it appears that this temple was originally established by Swami Balanand, an ascetic of Ramanandi sect in around 1730 A.D.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>After partition in 1947 when Hindu refugees come to Patna then this temple was more popular among them.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>As per the Patna high court judgment in 1948 the temple exists since time immemorial.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>It was broken down in 1987 to make a huge marble temple and idol of Sankat- Mochan standing in it.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>Mahavir Mandir Trustsis named Shri Mahavir Sthan Nyas Samiti and monitors working and development of temple.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>The trust also runs human welfare organization like Mahavir Cancer Institute and Research Centre, Mahavir Vaatsalya Hospital and Mahavir Arogya Hospital and several hospitals and orphanage in the agricultural and rural state of Bihar.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>Floating stone is for public exhibition which never sinks in water and is brought from famous Ram Setu.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>It is ‘Manokamana’ mandir where devotees every wish is fulfilled this is the reason for ever-increasing no. of devotees in the temple.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>Thousands of people visit Mahavir Temple on every Ram Navami and New Year celebrations.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>It is the first religious trust which started Shravan Kumar Awards for the dedicated service to parents with utmost devotion.<br />
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-27398187655819538322018-07-14T02:04:00.000-07:002018-07-14T02:04:40.051-07:00Malpua - Bihar’s Dish<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>Malpua is a pancake served as a dessert or a snack originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in India, Nepal, Bihar and Bangladesh. In Northern India particularly in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan it does not contain fruit.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>Pua/Malpua is a traditional Bihari dessert that is relished particularly during Holi.<br />
Malpua are delicious when eaten hot and you can keep the batter in the fridge and fry them fresh whenever you want to eat it.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>The batter for malpua in some areas is prepared by crushing ripe bananas or coconut, adding flour, and water or milk. The mixture is sometimes delicately seasoned with cardamoms.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;">✎ </span>The Bihari version of this dish has sugar added to the batter prior to frying.<br />
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-66601572149005812842018-07-12T01:49:00.000-07:002018-07-14T02:05:08.020-07:00Litti Chokha - Bihar’s Popular Dish<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span>Litti Chokha is very popular and traditional Bihari recipe.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span>Litti is a dough ball stuffed with sattu and roasted until cooked and then dipped into pure ghee to enhance the taste.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span>Chokha is blend of baigan, potatoes, tomatoes and lot of spices and it is roasted with vegetable mix.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span>Litti Chokha is healthy in a way as they are roasted and grilled.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: left;">✎ </span>Before becoming popular dish, it was eaten by peasants and farmers of Bihar as it had cooling properties and keeps them active throughout the day in summers.</div>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-25670775369658010122017-08-04T23:31:00.001-07:002017-08-04T23:31:21.328-07:00Vulture Peak - Buddha’s favorite retreat in Rajagaha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">✎The Vulture Peak or Griddhakuta Peak was the Buddha’s favorite retreat in Rajagaha and the scene for many of his discourses. It is located in Rajgir, Bihar, India.</span><br />
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-73424796853554174752017-06-19T07:54:00.000-07:002017-06-20T07:58:22.030-07:00Bawanbuti Sari - The iconic 52 bootis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-77535111210250489312017-06-06T07:52:00.000-07:002017-06-20T07:52:31.695-07:00Dal Puri- A very popular Bihari recipe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li>Dal Puri is a very popular & traditional Bihari recipe.</li>
<li>In rituals No salt is added to the dish during festivals and is served with kheer after offering dal puri and kheer to Gods</li>
<li>To make these Dal puris, one can also add moong dal instead of channa dal which is used in this recipe</li>
<li>This amazing dish is deep fried heaven made from a spicy Bengal gram filling in wheat flour.</li>
<li>Almost all Bihari foods are made with nutritious ingredients and the Dal Puri is a meal in itself and delicious at that.</li>
<li>The Dal poori is served even in normal days in a Bihari family with any Indian curry'sabji' of your choice or curd or with kheer like Bihar’s festive serve. .</li>
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Bihar Ek Virasathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06649574722078444661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250025725260996478.post-34791745066647944392017-05-30T07:47:00.000-07:002017-06-20T07:47:29.238-07:00वैशाली- भगवान् बुद्ध की ऐतिहासिक प्रिय नगरी<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">★ </span><b>वैशाली</b> का इतिहास काफी मजबूत है। वैशाली एक सुंदर गांव है जहां आम और केला के बड़े – बड़े बाग और खेत पाएं जाते है। वैशाली पर्यटन, अद्भुत बौद्ध स्थलों के लिए जाना जाता है, यह एक सुंदर गांव है। वैशाली को शुरूआत से ही पर्यटक की दृष्टि से एक विशेष स्थान व अध्याय के रूप में देखा गया है। अगर इसके इतिहास के बारे में बात की जाएं तो वैशाली का उल्लेख, रामायण के काल से होता आ रहा है। महाभारत में भी वैशाली का उल्लेख है।</div>
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वैशाली गंगा घाटी का नगर है, जो आज के बिहार एवं बंगाल प्रान्त के बीच सुशोभित है। इस नगर का एक दूसरा नाम ‘विशाला’ भी था। इसकी स्थापना महातेजस्वी ‘विशाल’ नामक राजा ने की थी, जो भारतीय परम्परा के अनुसार इक्ष्वाकु वंश में उत्पन्न हुए थे। इसकी पहचान मुजफ्फरपुर ज़िले में स्थित आधुनिक बसाढ़ से की जाती है। वहाँ के एक प्राचीन टीले को स्थानीय जनता अब भी ‘राजा विशाल का गढ़’ कहती है।</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">✎Sattu can either be served sweet by mixing it with sugar and water or with jeera, hara dhaniya (coriander leaves), green chillies and kaala namak (black salt).</span><br />
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<li>Drinking the Sattu Sharbat helps you stay energetic throughout the day. During summers, you tend to feel fatigued and exhausted due to excessive sweating and eventually all your energy is drained. During this time, you get an urge to drink something cool and hydrating, that's when you should consume the Sattu Sharbat as it has cooling properties that keep you active throughout the day.</li>
<li>If you want to battle dehydration and heat stroke, Sattu Sharbat is the perfect drink</li>
<li>This drink is great for women during pregnancy and menstruation as it replenishes the lost nutrients in the body.</li>
<li>Your skin needs nourishment too. Sattu has amazing hydrating properties, hence if consumed regularly; it can help restore your natural glow</li>
<li>Sattu has a low glycemic index that keeps our sugar levels in check. The namkeen sattu drink may be a good option for diabetics</li>
<li>Sattu has a high amount of dietary fiber which promotes the movement of food through your digestive system towards the intestinal tract and thus, helps in digestion.</li>
<li>The presence of fiber, makes sattu a very filling and satisfying drink. It keeps you full for a longer period of time and so, helps in preventing unwanted hunger ache</li>
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