tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39043228826188257842024-03-05T11:20:27.238-08:00HazipurMy Dedicatiion to my town....
Hajipur- the headquarters of Vaishali district situated in Indian state of Bihar is a small town, from where the state capital Patna, is only 10 kmAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080408845564274495noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904322882618825784.post-64135174937586698992012-03-18T05:08:00.001-07:002012-07-27T04:31:40.507-07:00Hazipur<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hajipur- the headquarters of Vaishali district situated
in Indian state of Bihar is a small town, from where the state capital Patna, is
only 10 km, is growing at fast pace. The town is linked to Patna with the
Mahatma Gandhi Setu, the longest bridge in the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Known as Ukkacala in ancient era, Hajipur is famous not famous
for one reason but many. It was the venue of one of the discourses given by
Lord Buddha. Gautam Buddha delivered his last sermon and announced his Parinirvana
in this land. Also, Lord Mahavir – the founder of Jainism took birth on the
soil of Hajipur. Lord Mahavir (Jain Tirthankar Lord Mahavir) was born in the
village Kundalpur, 4 km from Vaishali. Thus, the soil of the territory is blessed
by the visit of Lord Buddha twice during 3rd century BC.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hajipur (Vaishali) also finds its origin way back in
history from the Mahabharata period. It is said that democracy found its origin
around 600BC in the district. Ancient Lichhavi republic was established on this
terrain only. It is also renowned as the land of Ambapali (Amrapali), the great
Indian courtesan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hazrat Anjan Peer Saha Baba was founded by Hazrat Anjaan
Peer Saha Baba in 1780 AD. Many of famous leaders visited this place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The place is known for production of banana. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is the headquarters of East Central Railway Zone. </span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080408845564274495noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904322882618825784.post-2860094502208585132011-10-28T03:45:00.000-07:002011-10-28T03:47:44.896-07:00Chhath Puja in Hajipur<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The festival is celebrated widely in Bihar. The religious festival is also celebrated some of the parts of Northern India such as Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhatishgarh, Gujrat, Delhi, Mumbai, and Chandigarh. This most pious festival is also celebrated in Mauritius. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
It is celebrated twice in year in the months of Kartik and Chaitra. Kartik Chhath Puja is very famous and celebrated with great enthusiasm. This is a 4 days festival - Nahay Khay - bath and eat (1st day), Kharna (2nd day), <span style="color: black;">Sanjhiya Arghya</span> - worshipping Sun in evening (3rd day), and Subah ka <span style="color: black;">Arghya/Parna</span> - worshipping Sun in morning and breaking fast (4rth day). The festival usually starts from the 6th day of the Diwali. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The worshippers of the Puja, Parvaitin fast for about 36 hours continuosly withous water. They have to take bath in the river and meditate for some period, while standing in water. Before, puja is preceded, prasad is made - thekuya (khasta) is made. Various types of fruits are alos brought for offering in prasad. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The festival is done at the bank of holy river, Ganga. However, it is also celebrated at the banks of other rivers, where Ganga does not flow. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Glam of Chhath Puja in Haiipur:)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Most of the people visit, Ghat of river Sone for the Puja in evening and morning. Some of the popular ghats are Balaji Das Ghat, etc. The ways leading to Ghat are decorated and lighted for the comfort of worshipers and others taking part in the festival. The roads are also cleaned for sanity on the pious festival. Schools and colleges remain close and people participate in the festival with great zeal. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some Images of Chhat Puja:::</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybI7qeWyWUI1OH_2aikgFxPmf-xsjHmbZcl_dp8RqQkbYwEYW8oj-APl8lFuQ2qtJ0IyqdI0Qm9_zwK04zA4ppHNI1zAj5xY4ThTQFGplGPPB36ZT5u0PHtzSlzizmN4OPVwj-_yXbiU/s1600/img-002-005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybI7qeWyWUI1OH_2aikgFxPmf-xsjHmbZcl_dp8RqQkbYwEYW8oj-APl8lFuQ2qtJ0IyqdI0Qm9_zwK04zA4ppHNI1zAj5xY4ThTQFGplGPPB36ZT5u0PHtzSlzizmN4OPVwj-_yXbiU/s320/img-002-005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I wish very prosperous Chhath Puja. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080408845564274495noreply@blogger.com1