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Sheetal Mata : Biharsharif

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Sheetla Mata Temple & Mithi Kuan : Collage Vidisha. A  Sacred Temple : A Seat of Belief. Sheetal Mata Temple.  - In just the outskirts of the district head quarter town Biharsharif there is a very famous and sacred temple of Sheetla maa. The  temple is situated  nearby the pond   in the Maghada village . It is said that who takes a holy bathe in this mythical, religious and divine  pond gets a certain cure from the skin disease.  Priest of the temple claims that the devotees of mata Sheetla get rid of different diseases specially like, small pox and chicken pox after taking a bathe in the adjacent pond and worshipping the Sheetala Maa.  In History :  In the religious scripture Skandpuran there lies a description about the temple of Sheetala Mata. While travelling around the Patliputra and nearby areas the Chinese traveller Fahien also describes about a holy temple in his travelogue that is situated at the bank of river Panchane that flo...

Second World Heritage Site in Bihar.

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Nalanda Mahvihara : Second World Heritage Site in Bihar. An a rticle published in Telegraph Daily . Patna Edition . On 28th of July 2016 . Dr. Madhup Raman . cover photo of the Article : courtesy Telegraph. Part 1. 10.10.2020 N ot only we the people of Nalanda district but all the people of entire India are  feeling  very proud and privileged to say that  UNESCO  has now declared the remains of ancient Nalanda University as a world heritage site. The decision was inscribed on July 15, 2016 by the World Heritage Committee during its 40th session in Turkey's Istambul .  The announcement of the World Heritage Committee has also amplified the responsibilities of all domestic quarters regarding maintenance and care of the heritage site.           The ruins of the Nalanda Mahavihara have been echoing its story of rich history and fame since its rediscovery by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), in vicinity of an ancient village B...

Here the Kashi Comes to Biharsharif.

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Here the Kashi Comes to Biharsharif. Biharsharif witnessing the arrival of Kashi at Dhaneshwar Ghat. Dr.Madhup Raman Free Lance Cartoonist,Vlogger & Blogger. Dev Deepawali 2018 collage : Here the Kashi comes to Biharsharif. Numerous lamp and deep donations are made on the auspicious day of Dev Deepavali every year.  Dev Deepawali has been being  celebrated on the occasion of Kartik Poornima in Biharharif since 2014. with the reflection of thousands of burning and enlightened lamps and deeps at the stairs of Dhaneshwar Ghat pond  on the pattern of Banaras and Kashi. Today in the evening, many small lamps were found on the stairs of the holy pond situated in the Dhaneshwar Ghat temple complex.  And in  Bihar Sharif on the lines of Benaras, thousands of people had come near the pond for eying over the stepping in of the gods nearby the pond.People have  considered the devotional celebration of Dev Diwali, a grand event that contains many  b...

Kakolat the Campty Fall of Bihar.

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Kakolat only  a singing waterfall in Bihar. Travel. Dr. Madhup Raman Free Lance Cartoonist,Vlogger & Blogger.            collage : vidisha                            Campty Fall of Bihar. If we don't get  surprised a very famous waterfall of Mussoorie in Utrakhand  as Campty Fall also exits in Nawada district in Bihar  where we get such  the coolness of  Mussoorie and Kashmir too in the warmest month of May-June.    I witness and experience two times in mylife when I get a complete relax after taking a cool bathe in the falling spring of Kakolat,a  waterfall located at Nawada district in Bihar. After the division of Bihar Jharkhand in 15th of November 2000  it claims only and only  to be one and  the best and mostly visited waterfall in Bihar.     Travel distance from Biharsharif to Kakolat is about 69 km. ...

Exploring of Pawapuri.

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Exploring of Pawapuri. Travel. Dr. Madhup Raman Jal Mandir, Photo : vidisha                     Pawapuri is a famous place of pilgrimage for the jaina for it was here that lord Mahavira, the great jaina 24th and to last Tirthankara, attained Parinirvana in 490 B.C.           Jal Madir - A beautiful white marble temple called the Jal Mandir centre of a large lotus lake to commemorate the spot where he was cremented north of the lake lies, an old temple built originally the lake did not exist but crowds of people taking a pinch of the sacret dust from the holy spot to make the usual Tika or mark on the forehead, created a great hollow which forms the lake. A temple with the foot prints marks the spot of Samosarna.          On Deepawali jainas from all over India visit Pawapuri According to Jainas Depawali fuction is held to commemorate the Death day of the lord.       ...

Exploring Nalanda.

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Exploring Nalanda collage : vidisha Indignant  Brahmanical Tirthika mendicants appeared. Some naughty young novice monks in disdain threw washing water on them. This made them very angry. After propitiating the sun for twelve years. They performed a yojna, fire sacrifice, and threw living embers and ashes from the sacrificial pit into the Buddhist temples etc. This produced a great conflagration which consumed Ratnodiadhi one of the three libraries of Nalanda. DISCOVERY OF  NALANDA The first European account of the village Bargaon containing the ruins of Nalanda was given by Buchanon Hamilton (1812A.D) and found here some Brahmanical and Buddhist images. But it was in the sixties of that century that Cunningham identified the place with the ancient Nalanda. HGealso tried to identify the temples and monastries mentioned by Hiuen Tsang with the existing ruirns. After some years, Broadley carred out some unsystematic excavtions in Chaitya Site No. 12 and published a...

Places,to be seen in Nalanda.

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Site seeing.View Points. Worth seeing places around Rajgir,Nalanda, Pawapuri,Silao, Biharsharif. Travel.  Dr. Madhup Raman A. Nalanda View Points collage : vidisha 1.Kundal Pur                            20-30 Minutes              a.Nandavrat Mahal b.Mahavir  Mandir c.Trikalchaubisi Jin Mandir d.Navagrah Shanti Jin Temple e.Rishavdeo Temple f.Shwetamber Jain Temple 2.Bargaon, Suraj pur            10-15 Minutes 3.Huien Tsang Memorial      20-30 Minutes 4.Craft Village                       20 -30 Minutes 5.Nalanda Remains              60- 90 Minutes 6.Archaeological Museum    30-40 Minutes 7.Nav Nalanda Mahavihar    20-25 Minutes 8.Indra Sarovar.                ...