Janakpur city is specially focus for the Hindu cultural place, is about 84 miles (135 km) from Kathmandu . This is a popular city in the terai region (lower part of Nepal having Flat-Land. Janakpur is also known as Janakpurdham (Dham in Nepali means a scared region) It has a temple named Janaki, which is dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Sita. This region also offers an excellent opportunity for visitors to learn about Mithila culture, and people from in and around this peaceful region of Nepal . Hindu pilgrims from India and Nepal visit this region to pay their respect to the Goddess, while many foreign visitors make a side-trip to the region to learn about unique Janakpur-life!
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Tour in Janakpur (14Night/15Days) |
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Janaki Tample
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Janaki is a brave girl which is the daughter of the king Janak Janakpur has the Janaki Temple (Mandir in Nepali) which is dedicated to Goddess Sita, and also has a Ram and Sita Marriage Mandhir (or also known as Ram and Sita Bibaha Mandhir in Nepali) which is said to have been built in the spot where they got married. Marriage anniversary of Ram and Sita is observed every year here through a festival which is also observed throughout Nepal . In the Janakpur region, one of such festival is the enactment of the wedding ceremony, decorating temples and monuments, burning of oil-lamps surrounding the temple and other historical sites in the region. Throughout the festival there are dramas in theaters and in open streets remaking the marriage ceremony of Ram and Sita. According to Hindu, Ram and Sita took birth to free the earth from the cruelty and sins of the demon King Ravana (Ravan). To learn more about the Hindu Goddess, Refer the guide of " Attractions of Nepal" written by Gokyo Treks Pvt Ltd. |
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Mithila culture |
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Mithila culture is found in the Terai region of Nepal such as the Janakpur region and also found all the way up to the Northern Bihar state of India . Legend has it that Janakpur was the capital of Goddess Sita's father the King Janak. And often Sita is known by many names such as Maithili, Janaki or Mythili. Mithila culture is rich with its own language known as Maithili, and with its own traditions, customs, arts and music. Many Mithila arts and paintings have historical and relegiousn meanings, such arts are produced by many villagers specifically women's draw paintings having colorful and thorught provoking objects such as animals, Gods and Goddess on the walls of their homes. |
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