Mithila tourist places

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Tourism is the soul of any place which not only defines the history of the place but also signifies the culture and tradition which has been following from thousands of years. What made any place special? What made any place popular in the world’s eye ? The tourism of the place has the major role in estabilishing the particular place beautifully in front of the globe. Not only this , tourism is the identification of the place as well as it helps in the growth and development of the place too.

Mithila is a place which has its cultural and historical glory which is described by the beautiful and magnificant tourist places .Talking about Mithila, in tourist places mostly temples and palaces come which was made by the kings in their  kingship periods. Some of them are of thousands years old and are still shininng in the eyes of the tourists of all over the world . So let’s come with your tour guide in this beautuful journey of Mithila tourism.

1.JANAKPUR DHAM

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Janakpur Dham is the birth place of Mata Sita . Janki is the name of Mata Sita.Janakpur was the capital of ancient Mithila. It is the famous place for Hindu pilgrims. The place keeps the history of King Janak and Mata Sita . The place comprises of the palace of King Janak which is the place of Sita and Ram’s wedding too . The city is thronged by worshipers and visitors alike especially during the festival of Vivaah Panchmi. Vivaah Panchmi is the auspicious day of the marriage ceremony day of Sita – Ram which is celebrated every year with great pomp and show. This annual festival is celebrated for one week in Janakpur Dham.Janki Temple is the most visited place in Nepal. It was a palace of Janak Maharaj with 365 saligrams. There is an attached museum with mesmerizing effect. It contains relics from the time of Sita Mata as well as the diormas of the life of Mata Sita. In the museum there kept puppets which portray the life history of Sita and Ram.

To reach Janakpur one have to travel till Jaynagar by train and then can take a taxi from there. There is also air route . By air one can reach Kathmandu , the capital city of Nepal and then can take road trip to Janakpur.

2.DHANUSHA

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Dhanusha is the district of Janakpur Zone. It is famous for the temples. Ram Mandir, Jaleshwar, Ram Sita Vivaah Mandap, Dolakha Bhimsen Mandir , Ratna sagar Temple are some of the prominant places to visit. After travelling to Ma Janki Mandir , travellers come here for sure. It is said that for Mata Sita Swaymbar , when Lord Ram touched the bow, the bow broke up into three pieces , one piece went over the sky ,second one in the ocean and the third part of the bow fell over this place . The hindi name of bow is Dhanush from which the place found its name Dhanusha. That the part of the bow is still here, people worship the bow .

3.SITAMARHI

It is a place situated on the bank of Lakhandei(tributiry of Bagmati) river.In Valmiki Ramayan , it is written that King Janak found a girl child while ploughing a field and he named her Sita.The God gifted Sita brought an end to the year long drought and famine in Mithila. The place has its name from Mata Sita . There is a temple here named Janki Mandir where the devotees come and celebrate the birth of ma Sita by worshipping.

3.AHILYA ASTHAN

Located in Darbhanga district . There is a belief from Valmiki Ramayan that Lord Rama on his way to Dhanusha freed a Saint wife ‘Ahilya’ from curse which turned her to a stone. It is one of the famous tourist places of Mithila.

4.BALIRAJGARH

It is situated about a distance of 30 kms from Madhubani district . The exact location is the Babu barhi village. It is the ancient remains of kingdom of legendry king Bali , the son of Prahlaad .

5. KALYANESHWAR

It is an anicient temple of Shiva located in Kalna village near Madhubani

6.CHAMUNDA ASTHAN

It is a temple of maa Durga located at Katra Police station in Muzaffarpur district.

7. KAPILESHWAR

A place which is renowed for Shiva temple. There is a belief that Shiva Linga was estabilished by ancient sage Kapil.

9.SHRI RAGESHWARI

It is located in Dokhar near Madhubani. It is said that this place on which temple has built now was a hut of famous Saint Lakshmi Nath Gosai. Saint with mystical powers. His creations on Lord Krishna are very famous.

10.JITWARPUR

It is a village near Madhubani district. This village has got a world wide recognition for re – estabilishing Mithila art on world map. Travellers come here to see the Mithila painting on the walls of the natives’ homes as well as the paintings that are being stored in the archives of the village.

11.RAJNAGAR MAHAL

It is situated in Rajnagar town near Madhubani district. There is a palace depicting the kingship of King Rameshwar who was ruling hundreds of years ago in this place. It is said that Rajnagar was the old capital of Darbhanga kingdom.

12. UCHHAITH BHAGWATI

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It is a temple if Mata Kali , situated near Madhubani district . It has a historic importance from the past. It is believed that Kalidas , the great Maitjili poet achieved blessings from Ma Kali here at this place. It is a very famous religious place among the natives. Large fairs held every year at the time of Navratra.

13. UGRATARA ASTHAN

This place is famous because it is a birth place of Scholar Mandan Mishra whose wife Bharti defeated Shankracharya in ‘Shashtrath’. Here is a temple of Mata Sita. It is located in Saharasa district.

14.Mata shyama Kali Mandir

Situated in the campus of Mithila University, in the Darbhanga district . This is a magnificiant temple of Ma Kali

15.SAURATH

Road side village on Madhubani -Jaynagar road and contains a temple known as Somnath Mahadev Mandir. It owes its importance to the annual sabha held by the Maithili Brahmins for negotiating marriages.

16. Raj Area

Darbhanga was the seat of the King of Darbhanga. So Raj Palace is in Darbhanga district.The Raj area is well developed and beautifully laid-out complex of palaces, temples, offices , parks , gardens and ponds. There are a number of palaces built by the successive Kings.Important among them being Nargauna palace ,Anandbagh Bhawan and Bela palace. A number of buildings are in the use of Sanskrit University and L. N. Mithila University. The old Raj Library have been taken over by the Mithila University. The Kings of Darbhanga have traditionally been very great patrons of art and literature and through their magnificance have always provided encouragement to the scholars of Maithili amd Sanskrit.

17. CHHAPRAR

It is a village situated near Madhubani district. Having a temple of Lord Mahadeva on the bank of the Kamla river aroumd which fairs are held on the ocassion of Kartik and Maghi purnima.

18. CHANDRADHARI MUSEUM

The museum is located in the Darbhanga district. The aim if the museum is to collect,to preserve, and to display the artifacts of historical , archeological and cultural importance of the region. The museum is divided into several gallaries , they are as follows: Glass , textile , miniature painting,modern painting, stone sculpture,wood,mother of pearls gallary, natural gallery .

19.BHIKHA SALAMI MAJAR

It is situated in the Darbhanga district . A fair is to organised between 12th and 16th day during the Ramzan.

20.MANOKAAMNA TEMPLE

This temple has constructed with the marvel . In fact it is a Hanuman temple where a little and beautiful statue of Hanuman is built of marvel. It is situated in the Raj campus in Darbhanga.It is a belief of the common people that whosoever come here and whatever he or she has want to wish, it is fulfilled here.People use to write their wishes on the walls of temple and it is a belief that all of the wishes come true.

21. MANGARAUNI

A village situated near Madhubani district famous for its hundreds of years old Eleven shivlings constituted at the one place in one temple. It is also known as Ekadash Rudra Mahadev Mandir. People from distant places come to visit this auspicious place.

22.BISFI

It is a village near Madhubani district . It is the birth place of the great poet of Mithilia Vidyapati. There is a story which is very famous among the folks of the village . It is said that Vidyapati was a great disciple of lord Shiva , so once lord Shiva came to the earth lived with him as a servant for so many months .