Janakpur, Nepal

Janakpur (Nepali elocution: [dʒəŋɑkpʊr] Nepali: जनकपुर) is the capital of Dhanusa District in Nepal.[1] The city is a middle for religious and social tourism.[2]

The city is otherwise called Janakpurdham, which was established in the mid eighteenth century. As per oral custom, a prior city existed in the region, otherwise called Janakpurdham, which was the capital of the Videha line that ruled Ancient Mithila.[3]

The city is situated around 123 km (76 mi) south-east of Kathmandu.[4] As of 2015, the city had a populace of 169,287.[5]

The Nepal Railways used to work amongst Janakpur and India.

History

Principle articles: Mithila (antiquated) and Kings of Mithila

Ratna Sagar, Janakpur

Records of monkish life, pandits and troubadours demonstrate that Janakpurdham was established in the mid eighteenth century. The most punctual depiction of Janakpurdham as a journey site dates to 1805. Prior archeological confirmation of the nearness of an old city has not been found. As indicated by the Hindu epic Ramayana, King Janak of Videha's royal residence was situated in antiquated Janakpur, the capital of the Videha Kingdom. He is said to have discovered a child young lady in a wrinkle, named her Sita and brought up her as his girl. When she was more established, he offered her in marriage to any individual who could lift the bow of Shiva, left close Janakpur a thousand years prior. Numerous regal suitors attempted, yet just Rama, ruler of Ayodhya, could lift the bow. As indicated by an old melody, this bow was discovered upper east of Janakpur.[3]

Until the 1950s, Janakpur was a group of provincial villages occupied by agriculturists, craftsmans, ministers and agents who worked for the cloisters that controlled the land. After autonomy in India, Janakpur extended to a business focus and turned into the capital of the Dhanusa District in the 1960s.[1]

As Rama and Sita are significant figures in Hinduism, Janakpur is a critical journey site for Hindus everywhere throughout the world.

As indicated by the primary thousand years content Shatapatha Brahmana, the Maithil ruler Māthava Videgha crossed the Sadānirā (Gandaki River), drove by his minister Gotama Rahugana, and established the Kingdom of Videha with Janakpur as capital city. As Gotama Rahugana made many psalms out of the Rigveda, these occasions must date to the Regvedic period.[citation needed]

Gautama Buddha, the author of Buddhism, and Vardhamana Mahavira, the 24th and last Tirthankara of the Jain religion, are said to have lived in Janakpur. The locale was an essential community for history of Mithila amid the principal millennium.[citation needed]

Topography and climate

Janakpur is situated in the Terai, where the atmosphere is tropical: the times of April to June are hot, dry and blustery; stormy season keeps going from July to September, trailed by a cool dry season from October to January and a short spring from February to March.[1]

The significant streams encompassing Janakpur are Dudhmati, Jalad, Rato, Balan and Kamala.

Economy

Janakpur is one of the quick creating urban areas of Nepal, and is the fifth sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. The city has great social insurance offices, and various stops and additionally great tuition based schools, universities and network access suppliers. There are restorative and designing schools which are subsidiary to the Tribhuvan University. The economy is for the most part in view of tourism, agribusiness and neighborhood businesses.

The canvases on earthenware, dividers and patios made by Maithili ladies are known as Mithila Art.

Janakpur pulls in transients from the encompassing range, moving to the city for medicinal care, training and occupations. The biggest boss was the Janakpur Cigarette Factory Limited and Janakpur Railway until 2013, now both are shut because of political defilement.

Transport

A prepare at Janakpur railroad station.

Janakpur Airport Terminal

Nepal Railways is the main operational railroad in Nepal. It interfaces Janakpur to Siraha at the Nepal-India outskirt and further goes to the Indian city of Jaynagar, Bihar. There is a traditions checkpoint in Siraha for merchandise.

Janakpur has a local air terminal (IATA: JKR, ICAO: VNJP) with most flights interfacing with Kathmandu. Visit transport administrations work amongst Janakpur and different urban areas of Nepal. Inside the city, cycle rickshaws, electric rickshaws, beats and transports are accessible.

Culture

Temples

Gods of Sri Sita Devi (far right) and Sri Rama (focus) (with Sri Lakshmana (far left) and Sri Hanuman (underneath situated))

Slam Janaki Biwaha Mandap

Chhath in Janakpur

Janaki Mandir

The focal point of Janakpur is ruled by the noteworthy Janaki Mandir toward the north and west of the bazaar. This sanctuary, one of the greatest in Nepal, was worked in 1898 (1955 in the Nepali date-book) by Queen Brisabhanu Kunwari of Tikamgarh. It is additionally called "Nau Lakha Mandir" after the cost of development, said to be nine lakh rupees.[12]

In 1657, the considerable holy person and artist Sannyasi Shurkishordas found a brilliant statue of the Goddess Sita at where she was conceived, which eventually turned into the area of the current Janaki Mandir, the Temple of Sita.

Ruler Brisabhanu Kunwari of Tikamgarh had the Janaki Mandir worked in 1911. The sanctuary is structurally one of a kind in Nepal. Its internal sanctum contains a blossom secured statue of Sita that was clearly wonderfully found in the Saryu River close Ayodhya. Statues of Rama and his relatives Lakshman, Bharat and Satrughna remain by Sita. In the early nighttimes the sanctuary is lit with beautiful lights and loaded with several pioneers communicating commitment for Sita and Rama. Adjoining the Janaki Mandir is the Rama Sita Vivaha Mandir, a building that denotes where Rama and Sita were hitched.

The most seasoned sanctuary in Janakpur is Sri Ram Temple, worked by the Gurkhali trooper Amar Singh Thapa.[12] Pilgrims likewise visit the more than 200 holy lakes in the city for custom showers. The two most essential lakes - Dhanush Sagar and Ganga Sagar, are found near the downtown area. The Vivah Mandap sanctuary is arranged by the Janaki Mandir. Slam Tower is situated toward the south of Ram Temple. It was introduced by previous Prime Minister Sushil Koirala.

Festivals

Significant religious festivals incorporate the Hindu celebrations Vivaha Panchami, Dipawali, and Vijayadashami,[12] took after by Chhath Puja, which is praised six days after Dipawali and Makar Sankranti. Vijayadashami, Vivah Panchami and Chhath Pooja are praised in a jamboree like air.

On the full moon day of February/March before the celebration of Holi, a one-day Parikrama (circumambulation) of the city is commended. Many individuals offer prostrated obeisances along the whole 8 km (5.0 mi) course. Two different celebrations respect Rama and Sita: Rama Navami, the birthday of Lord Rama, in March-April, draws a huge number of pilgrims.[13] The Vivah Panchami or Vivah celebration re-establishes the wedding of Rama and Sita at the well known Vivah Mandap sanctuary on the fifth day of the waxing moon in November or early December.