User:Pragatigaurav/sandbox

Haleshwar Sthan Hinduism WikiProject.

Haleshwar Sthan place is believed to be very ancient as the tale goes that Mithila king Janaka who was the father Sita from Ramayana built this Shiva temple. The stone Shivling at the sanctum is believed to be the original image through which the king invoked Load Shiva.

The present temple is a recently built structure with a large ground around it for future development. There is provisions for the devotees accommodation inside the temple complex as lot of people visit this sacred place from far and wide. The devotees pour water carried from the Bagmati River or the Punaura Dham Kund. A straight road connects the Punaura Dham temple with this temple.

https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0:Haleshwar_sthan.jpg

Reaching there
The place can be easily reached from the Patna Airport,Bus Station,Patna Railway Station. The temple is just approx. 150 km from the Patna Junction Railway Station. Bus, taxis etc. are available at Patna, Gulzarbagh,Patliputra and Patna City railway stations.

The place can be easily reached from the adjacent District's Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Madhubani and East Champaran.

The temple is just approx. 70 –80 km from the Muzaffarpur Railway Station/ Bus Station, Darbhanga Junction Railway Station/ Bus Station Madhubani Railway Station/ Bus Station and Motihari Railway Station/ Bus Station.

Sitamarhi
This is the place where Sita was born, the main character of the epic Ramayana. The town is situated along the border of Nepal. The district of Sitamarhi was carved out of Muzaffarpur district on 11 December 1972. It is situated in the northern part of Bihar. Its headquarter is located at Dumra, five kilometers East of Sitamarhi. The district headquarter was shifted here after the town of Sitamarhi was devastated in the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

Sitamarhi is a sacred place in Hindu mythology. Its history goes back to Treta Yuga. Sita, the wife of Rama sprang to life out of an earthern pot, when Raja Janaka was ploughing the field Punaura near Sitamarhi to impress upon Lord Indra for rain. It is said that Raja Janak excavated a tank at the place where Sita emerged and after her marriage set up the stone figures of Rama, Sita and Laxman to mark the site. This tank is known as Janki-kund and is south of the Janaki Mandir.

In course of time, the land lapsed into a jungle until about 500 years ago, when a Hindu ascetic, named Birbal Das came to know the site by divine inspiration. He came down from Ayodhya and cleared the jungle. He found the images set up by Raja Janak, built a temple over there and commenced the worship of Janki or Sita. The Janaki Mandir is apparently modern and is about 100 years old only. The town however contains no relics of archaeological interest.

This district is often bereaved by natural calamities. One of the most devastating is excess flooding due to mis-management of the banks by both civilians and government officials. This town was almost completely destroyed by the earthquake of 1934.

Sitamarhi is a beautiful place. Sitamarhi is far away from Patna (approximately 140 km), lies the historical and mythologically-essayed town of Sitamarhi.