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Nepal-Bihar Terai Region
• Sacred Geography:
Mountains:
Rivers:
• Pilgrimages:
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Mithila Kshetra - Where Devi Sita incarnated and Mithila Shakti Peetha:
- Mithila
(Shakti Peetha)
(Darbhanga district, Bihar)
(Sitamarhi district, Bihar)
(Madhubani district, Bihar)
(Dhanusha district, Nepal)
Sita: Sita Janambhoomi (Punaura Dham, Janaki Temple)
Rama: Ahilya Asthan, Dhanusha Dham, Ram-Sita Vivaha Mandap
Devi: Mithila Shakti Peetha (Uchaith Bhagavati Temple, Begusarai Jayamangala Temple, Saharsa Ugratara Temple)
- Mithila is the place where Devi Sita incarnated from Earth.
- Mithila is the place where Sri Rama delivered Devi Ahalya from her curse.
- Mithila is the place where Sri Rama broke the bow of Lord Shiva and thereafter married Devi Sita.
- Mithila is the place where Devi abides as Mithila Shakti Peetha.
Sages: Gautama, Shatananda
- Mithila is the place where sage Gautama had his hermitage where Sri Rama delivered Devi Ahalya.
- Mithila is the place where sage Shatananda (son of Devi Ahalya) had his hermitage as the kulaguru of king Janaka.
▬ Rivers Dudhmati, Jalad, Rato, Balan and Kamala surround Janakpur
(Valmiki Ramayana)
• Sri Rama delivering Devi Ahalya from her curse near Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 48 to 49)
• Sri Rama hearing the story of the appearance of Devi Sita at Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 66)
• Sri Rama breaking the bow of Lord Shiva at Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 67)
• Sri Rama marrying Devi Sita at Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 68 to 73)
• Sri Rama humbling Sri Parashurama while returning from Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 74 to 76)
• Mithila Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Mithila Shakti Peetha where the Vama Skanda (Left Shoulder) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Uma and the Bhairava is called Mahodara.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 47)
- Mithila
(Shakti Peetha)
(Darbhanga district, Bihar)
(Sitamarhi district, Bihar)
(Madhubani district, Bihar)
(Dhanusha district, Nepal)
Sita: Sita Janambhoomi (Punaura Dham, Janaki Temple)
Rama: Ahilya Asthan, Dhanusha Dham, Ram-Sita Vivaha Mandap
Devi: Mithila Shakti Peetha (Uchaith Bhagavati Temple, Begusarai Jayamangala Temple, Saharsa Ugratara Temple)
- Mithila is the place where Devi Sita incarnated from Earth.
- Mithila is the place where Sri Rama delivered Devi Ahalya from her curse.
- Mithila is the place where Sri Rama broke the bow of Lord Shiva and thereafter married Devi Sita.
- Mithila is the place where Devi abides as Mithila Shakti Peetha.
Sages: Gautama, Shatananda
- Mithila is the place where sage Gautama had his hermitage where Sri Rama delivered Devi Ahalya.
- Mithila is the place where sage Shatananda (son of Devi Ahalya) had his hermitage as the kulaguru of king Janaka.
▬ Rivers Dudhmati, Jalad, Rato, Balan and Kamala surround Janakpur
(Valmiki Ramayana)
• Sri Rama delivering Devi Ahalya from her curse near Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 48 to 49)
• Sri Rama hearing the story of the appearance of Devi Sita at Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 66)
• Sri Rama breaking the bow of Lord Shiva at Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 67)
• Sri Rama marrying Devi Sita at Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 68 to 73)
• Sri Rama humbling Sri Parashurama while returning from Mithila
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 74 to 76)
• Mithila Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Mithila Shakti Peetha where the Vama Skanda (Left Shoulder) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Uma and the Bhairava is called Mahodara.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 47)
• Hermitages:
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Mithila: Sage Gautama had a hermitage on the outskirts of Mithila.
○ Sri Rama delivered Devi Ahalya in the Gautama Ashrama (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Mithila Upavana - Darbhanga Ahilya Asthan (Darbhanga district, Bihar)
Mithila: Sage Gautama had a hermitage on the outskirts of Mithila.○ Sri Rama delivered Devi Ahalya in the Gautama Ashrama (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Mithila Upavana - Darbhanga Ahilya Asthan (Darbhanga district, Bihar)
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Mithila: Sage Shatananda had his hermitage in Mithila being the kulaguru of king Janaka.
○ Sri Rama heard the story of sage Vishwamitra from sage Shatananda in Mithila (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Mithila - Janakpur Janaki Temple (Dhanusha district, Nepal)
Mithila: Sage Shatananda had his hermitage in Mithila being the kulaguru of king Janaka.○ Sri Rama heard the story of sage Vishwamitra from sage Shatananda in Mithila (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Mithila - Janakpur Janaki Temple (Dhanusha district, Nepal)