Bhagalpur

07/02/2021

सम्राट चंद्रगुप्त मौर्य

मौर्य राजवंश के संस्थापक (शासनकाल 321- 297 ईसा पूर्व) और एक प्रशासन के तहत भारत के अधिकांश को एकजुट करने वाले पहले सम्राट। उन्हें देश को कुप्रबंधन से बचाने और विदेशी वर्चस्व से मुक्त करने का श्रेय दिया जाता है। बाद में उन्होंने अपने अकाल पीड़ित लोगों के लिए दुःख में मृत्यु का व्रत लिया।

चंद्रगुप्त का जन्म एक परिवार में हुआ था, जो अपने पिता की मृत्यु से निराश होकर मौर्यों के प्रमुख के रूप में एक सीमा पर चले गए थे। उसके मामा ने उसे एक चरवाहे के साथ छोड़ दिया जिसने उसे अपने बेटे के रूप में पाला। बाद में उसे मवेशियों को चराने के लिए एक शिकारी को बेच दिया गया। एक ब्राह्मण राजनेता, कौटिल्य (जिसे चाणक्य भी कहा जाता है) द्वारा खरीदा गया, उन्हें तक्षशिला (अब पाकिस्तान में) ले जाया गया, जहाँ उन्होंने सैन्य रणनीति और सौंदर्य कला में शिक्षा प्राप्त की। जब वह सिकंदर महान के साथ बैठक के बाद सो गया था, एक शेर ने उसके शरीर को चाटना शुरू कर दिया, धीरे से उसे जगाया और शाही गरिमा की आशा में उसे संकेत दिया। कौटिल्य की सलाह पर, उन्होंने भाड़े के सैनिकों को इकट्ठा किया, जनता का समर्थन हासिल किया और नंद वंश की निरंकुशता को उनके सेनापति, भड़ासला के नेतृत्व में खूनी लड़ाई में समाप्त कर दिया।

मगध साम्राज्य के सिंहासन पर चढ़ते हुए, वर्तमान बिहार राज्य में, लगभग 325 ईसा पूर्व में, चंद्रगुप्त ने नंदा शक्ति के स्रोतों को नष्ट कर दिया और अच्छी तरह से बनाई गई प्रशासनिक योजनाओं के माध्यम से विरोधियों को समाप्त कर दिया जिसमें एक प्रभावी गुप्तचर सेवा शामिल थी। जब 323 में अलेक्जेंडर की मृत्यु हो गई, तो भारत में उनके अंतिम दो प्रतिनिधि घर लौट आए, और चंद्रगुप्त को पंजाब क्षेत्र में लगभग 322 जीतने के लिए छोड़ दिया। अगले वर्ष, मगध के सम्राट और पंजाब के शासक के रूप में, उन्होंने मौर्य वंश की शुरुआत की। अपने साम्राज्य को फारस की सीमाओं तक विस्तारित करते हुए, 305 में उसने सेल्यूकस निकेटर के आक्रमण को हराया, जो कि सिकंदर के एशियाई साम्राज्य के नियंत्रण के लिए एक यूनानी दावेदार था।

उत्तर और पश्चिम में हिमालय और काबुल नदी घाटी (वर्तमान अफगानिस्तान में) से लेकर दक्षिण में विंध्याचल तक, चंद्रगुप्त का भारतीय साम्राज्य इतिहास के सबसे व्यापक क्षेत्रों में से एक था। कम से कम दो पीढ़ियों के लिए इसकी निरंतरता राजनीति पर कौटिल्य के पाठ, "अर्थ-शास्त्र" पर आधारित एक उत्कृष्ट प्रशासन की स्थापना के कारण थी।

परंपरागत रूप से, चंद्रगुप्त जैन भिक्षु भद्रबाहु I द्वारा जैन धर्म को स्वीकार करने के लिए प्रभावित थे, जिन्होंने 12 साल के अकाल की शुरुआत की भविष्यवाणी की थी। जब अकाल आया, तो चंद्रगुप्त ने इसका मुकाबला करने के प्रयास किए, लेकिन, प्रचलित दुखद परिस्थितियों से निजात पाने के बाद, उन्होंने अपना अंतिम दिन दक्षिण भारत के प्रसिद्ध धार्मिक स्थल श्रवणबेलगोला में भद्रबाहु की सेवा में बिता दिया, जहाँ चंद्रगुप्त ने आमरण अनशन किया।

08/08/2020

04/02/2018

I am proud to be a BIHARI Humare yahan
koi tension nahi leta hai.. We suggest him
" LOAD mat le"..
Hum log jaan se nahi maarte hai.. Maar
ke MUAA dete hai..
We don't like surprise Kahe ki ALBALA
jaate hai..
We do not go for shopping. Hum log
samaan KINANE jaate hai..
Humare yahaan uncivilized logo ko Hum
CHUHAAD bulate hai..
Idiot and Du***ss are too mainstream
Hum log to BHAKLOL bol kar kaam
chalate hain..
We prefer Borolin over Dettol Kahe ki
dettol lagane par PARPARANE lagta hai..
Tension me humlog HADAS jate hain..
Hamare yahan shirt nahi BUSART hota
hai..
Hamare liye awesome aur epic kuch nahi
hota Sab GARDA hota ha..
Hamare yahan faltu ka 'Show Off' ko
humlog Sukkhal Futani bolte hai.
Humare yahan baccha nahi BUTRU hota
hai
Most common quote written on back of
Tractors,trucks in BIhar is.. "Latakla ta
gella beta
Hamare liye na jyada na kam Sab TANNI
MANNI hota hai..
Humare liye train kabhi chalti nahi hai,
hamesha khul jaati hai..
Hamara kabhi bad day nahi hota hai
Humlog ka bas JATRA kharab hota hai..
Lahariya Cut is our favorite Bike stunt
Hum log road du side nahi CHARO PATTI
dekh kar paar karte hai..
Hamare yahan Kapda ko dhoya nahi jata
Usko PHEECHA jata hain..
Humlog gala nahi dabate hai NERATTI
cheep dete hai
Humare yahan Kutta bhagata nahi hai.
RAGED deta hai..
We don't believe in competition Lekin
humre aage koi nae SAKEGA..
Humlog irritate nhi hote, Hume "kheej
barrta hai"..
hume macchar kat ta nahi hai
"BHAMBHOR" leta hai
Humlog Taakat nahi, BARIYARI dikhate hai
Hum log irritate nahi hote hain Hum log
ko "ANNAS" Lagta hai..
Jai Bihar !! 😎

25/06/2017

Thanks for all your love and support.. Bhagalpur has now 200 followers!!

Bhagalpur's a historical city on the banks of the Ganges. It has been described as the Anga kingdom in the Ramayana & the Mahabharata. As per Hindu mythology, it was the place where the Devas(gods) & the Asuras(demons) churned the ocean to procure elixir.

13/06/2017

Mount Mandar

13/06/2017

10/06/2017

The Licchavi Republic

Licchavi, also spelled Lichchhavi, a people of northern India. They settled (6th–5th century bce) on the north bank of the Ganges (Ganga) River in what is now Bihar state; their capital city was at Vaishali. The Licchavis were renowned for their republican government, which had a general assembly of the heads of the leading Kshatriya-caste families. They were, for a time, of considerable importance and rivaled the rising power of Magadha, forming a confederacy with other tribal groups (the so-called Vrijjian, or Vaijjian, confederacy).

The Licchavis remained influential in northern India and Nepal until about the 4th century ce. In Nepal a Licchavi dynasty is commemorated in a dating system, the Licchavi era, that began in 110 ce.

Vaishali was the capital city of the Licchavi, world's first republic, in the Vajjian Confederacy (Vrijji) mahajanapada, around the 6th century BC. It was here in 599 BCE the 24th Jain Tirthankara, Bhagwan Mahavira was born and brought up in Kundalagrama in Vaiśālī republic, which makes it a pious and auspicious pilgrimage to Jains. Also Gautama Buddha preached his last sermon before his death in ca 483 BCE, then in 383 BCE the Second Buddhist council was convened here by King Kalasoka, making it an important place in both Jain and Buddhist religions.

At the time of the Buddha, Vaiśālī, which he visited on many occasions, was a very large city, rich and prosperous; crowded with people and with abundant food. There were 7,707 pleasure grounds and an equal number of lotus ponds. Its courtesan, Amrapali, was famous for her beauty, and helped in large measure in making the city prosperous. The city had three walls, each one gāvuta away from the other, and at three places in the walls were gates with watch towers. Outside the town, leading uninterruptedly up to the Himalaya, was the Mahavana, a large, natural forest. Nearby were other forests, such as Gosingalasāla.

The city finds mention in the travel accounts of Chinese explorers, Faxian (4th century CE) and Xuanzang (7th century CE), which were later used in 1861 by British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham to first identify Vaiśālī with the present village of Basrah in Vaishali District, Bihar.

Vaishali derives its name from King Vishal of the Mahabharata age. Even before the advent of Buddhism and Jainism, Vaishali was the capital of the vibrant republican Licchavi state since before the birth of Mahavira (c. 599 BC), which suggests that it was the first republic in the world, similar to those later found in ancient Greece. In that period, Vaishali was an ancient metropolis and the capital city of the republic of the Vaishali state, which covered most of the Himalayan Gangetic region of present-day Bihar state, India. Very little is known about the early history of Vaishali. The Vishnu Purana records 34 kings of Vaishali, the first being Nabhaga, who is believed to have abdicated his throne over a matter of human rights and believed to have declared: "I am now a free tiller of the soil, king over my acre." The last among the 34 was Sumati, who is considered a contemporary of Dasaratha, father of the Hindu god, Lord Rama.

09/06/2017

09/06/2017

Mount Mandara

Mandara (Sanskrit: मंदार) is the name of a mountain which appears in the Samudra manthan episode in the Hindu Puranas, where it was used as a churning rod to churn the ocean of milk. The serpent, Vasuki offered to serve as the rope. The Puranas refer to various sacred places on the hill which is also believed to be the abode of god Krishna as Madhusudana or the destroyer of a demon called Madhu who was killed by Krishna and then covered by the Mandara Mountain.

Churning of the Ocean of Milk is one of the most famous episodes in the Puranas. The story appears in the Bhagavata Purana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana. In literal terms, this tale is an allegorical description of what transpires during a kundalini awakening process. Kundalini is a latent energy that lays dormant in the spine. Upon awakening, it rises in a sensation akin to a slithering snake, up the spinal column (Meru-danda, represented by Mount Meru in the story).

The churning of the Ocean of Milk was an elaborate process. Mount Mandarachala, also known as Mount Meru, was used as the churning rod, and Vasuki, the king of serpents, became the churning rope. The demons (asuras) demanded to hold the head of the snake, while the demigods (devas), taking advice from Vishnu, agreed to hold its tail. As a result the demons were poisoned by fumes emitted by Vasuki. Despite this, the demigods and demons pulled back and forth on the snake's body alternately, causing the mountain to rotate, which in turn churned the ocean. However, once the mountain was placed on the ocean, it began to sink. Lord Vishnu in His incarnation, in the form of a turtle Kurma, came to their rescue and supported the mountain on His back.

The Samudra Manthan process released a number of things from the Milk Ocean. One product was the lethal poison known as Halahala. This terrified the gods and demons because the poison was so powerful that it could contaminate the Milk Ocean and destroy all of creation. On the advice of Lord Vishnu, the gods approached the compassionate Lord Shiva for help and protection. Lord Shiva inhaled the poison. In an act to protect the universe that lies inside the Lord Siva, Goddess Parvati pressed his neck to stop the poison from spreading. As a result, The color of Lord Shiva's neck turned blue. For this reason, Lord Shiva is also called Nilakanta (the blue-throated one; "neela" = "blue", "kantha" = "throat" in Sanskrit).

All kinds of herbs were cast into the ocean and fourteen Ratnas (gems or treasures) were produced from the ocean and were divided between asuras and gods. Though usually the Ratnas are enumerated as 14, the list in the scriptures ranges from 9 to 14 Ratnas. Most lists include: Lakshmi, the Goddess of Fortune and Wealth; Apsaras, various divine nymphs like Rambha, Menaka, Punjisthala, Urvasi, Thilothama ,etc.; Varuni or Sura, goddess and creator of alcohol; Kamadhenu or Surabhi, the wish-granting divine cow; Airavata, and several other elephants; Uchhaishravas, the divine 7-headed horse; Kaustubha, the most valuable jewel in the world, worn by Vishnu; Parijat, the divine flowering tree with blossoms that never fade or wilt; A powerful bow; Chandra, the moon which adorned Shiva's head; Dhanvantari, the doctor of the gods with Amrita the nectar of immortality.

According to Legends and popular belief, this Mandara Hill is located on the state highway between Bhagalpur and Dumka. They are laced with a landscape of extraordinary splendor exposing the 800 feet high granite hill. One of the specialties of the mountain is that it is not composed of fragmented stones but the whole hill is one single structure.

Kalidasa’s Kumarasambhava refers to foot marks of Lord Vishnu on the slopes of Mandara. The hill is replete with relics of bygone ages. Besides inscriptions and statues there are numerous rock cut sculptures depicting various Brahmanical images. The hill is equally revered by the Jains who believe that their 12th Tirthankara attained nirvana here on the summit of the hill.

10/04/2017

22/03/2013

Sita: The loving wife to Lord Rama. The one who brought by the demise of Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. She is the heroine of the Hindu epic Ramayana. She is the consort of the Hindu god Rama (avatar of Vishnu) and is an avatar of Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and wife of Vishnu. She is esteemed as a standard-setter for wifely and womanly virtues for all Hindu women. Sita is known for her dedication, self-sacrifice, courage and purity.
Sita is said to have been the princess of the land of Mithila. Born to king Janaka, who ruled Mithila from Janakpur. The Mithila kingdom existed in the eastern Gangetic plains in areas which is today spread over more than half of Bihar state of India, and parts of adjoining Nepal.
Sita has been a much revered figure amongst the Hindus. In the blurring of the boundary between religion and mythology, between history and fiction, she has been portrayed as an ideal daughter, an ideal wife, and an ideal mother. These portrayals of her never change, and are more or less constant in various texts, stories, illustrations, and even movies and modern media.
The values that She enshrined and adhered to at every point in the course of a demanding life are the values of womanly virtue held sacred by countless generations of Indians.