The Kingdom of Nepal was a Hindu kingdom in South Asia, formed in 1768 by the expansion of the Gorkha Kingdom, which lasted until 2008 when the kingdom became the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. It was also known as the Gorkha Empire, or sometimes Asal Hindustan. Founded by King Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Gorkha monarch who claimed to be of Thakuri origin from chaubisi, it existed for 240 years until the abolition of the Nepalese monarchy in 2008. During this period, Nepal was formally under the rule of the Shah dynasty, which exercised varying degrees of power during the kingdom's existence.
Vijayadashami, more commonly known as Dassahra in Urdu, and also known as Dashāhra or Dashain in Hindi, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navarahtri. It is observed on the tenth day of the month of Ashvin, the seventh in the Hindu lunisolar calendar. The festival typically falls in the Gregorian calendar months of September and October.
Sitamarhi is an Indian city in the Mithila region of Bihar. It is the district headquarters of the Sitamarhi district in Tirhut Division. The city was named in honour of the goddess Sita, who was born in Sitamarhi in Hinduism.
Sita, also known as Siya, Janaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Sita is the consort of Rama, the avatar of god Vishnu, and is regarded as an avatar of goddess Lakshmi. She is the chief goddess of the Ramanandi Sampradaya and is the goddess of beauty and devotion. Sita's birthday is celebrated every year on the occasion of Sita Navami.
Durbar High School or Bhanu Higher Secondary School, opened in 1854 is the oldest English education school which publicly established English education system in the country. in Nepal located near Rani Pokhari, Kathmandu whereas the first school of Nepal is considered Yjnayavalkya Vidyapeeth at Matihani of Mahottari. The school was originally built to teach sons of Ranas exclusively but was opened to public citizens in 1902 by Dev Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. At first, Rana children were given education at Thapathali Durbar but later Jung Bahadur Rana moved it into its own building at Ranipokhari, Kathmandu.
Dang District is a district of Lumbini Province located in the Inner Terai of midwestern Nepal. Deukhuri Valley of the district is the capital of the province and is the second largest valley of Asia surrounded by Sivalik Hills and the Mahabharata Range. The district headquarter Ghorahi is the seventh largest city and the largest sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city, the second largest city of Dang, is a major transportation hub with extensive road and air networks. The district covers an area of 2,955 km2 and has a population of 674,993.
Mahottari District, a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Jaleshwar as its district headquarter, covers an area of 1,002 km2 (387 sq mi) and had a population of 553,481 in 2001, 627,580 in 2011 and 705,838 in 2021 census. Its headquarters is located in Jaleshwar, a neighbouring town of the historical city of Janakpur. The name Jaleshwar means the 'God in Water'. One can find a famous temple of Lord Shiva in Water there. Jaleshwar lies at a few kilometres distance from the Nepal-India border and has a majority Maithili population.
Maihar is a city in the Maihar district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It's Administrative Headquarter of Maihar District. Maihar is known for the Maa Sharda Mandir situated in the city. It is one of the Shakti Peeth.
Janakpurdham or Janakpur, is a capital city of Madhesh Province. This sub-metropolitan city is a central hub for Maithili language, religious and cultural tourism in Nepal.
Pipra (पिपरा) a village in Mahottari District, Janakpur Zone in the Central Region of Nepal.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nepal:
Banauli is a village or Ward No. 07 in Pipra Rural Municipality of Mahottari District in the Madhesh Pradesh of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4577 people living in 944 individual households. It is very near Thakurpati and Jankpurdham city.
Nepal Sanskrit University is one of the universities in Nepal. It was established in December 1986 and has its central office at Beljhundi in Dang district of Lumbini Province, Nepal. The university is 13 km away from the city of Ghorahi.
Rajopadhyaya also called Newari Brahmin is the main division of Newar Brahmins in Nepal. The Rajopadhyayas claim to be originated in Kānyakubja or modern day Kannauj, in the north of India, a city with a prestigious history from where the Bahuns also claim to come. They along with Bahuns claim to be sub-division of Kānyakubja Brāhmins.
Prince Bahadur Shah was the youngest son of King Prithvi Narayan Shah of modern Nepal. He became the regent of Nepal for a brief period after the death of his predecessor Queen Rajendra Laxmi and accelerated his father's campaign for the conquest of the small and scattered Hindu nations of the Himalayas into modern-day Nepal. Despite his many conquests, he also started the tradition of beheading fellow courtiers against his father's advice which would eventually lead to him meeting the same fate. This, along with the political turmoil created in Nepal after his death eventually led to the rise of Bhimsen Thapa and the Anglo-Nepal War.
Ram Narayan Ayodhya Higher Secondary School is the higher secondary school in Pipara Rural Municipality of Mahottari district in Nepal. It is located in the outskirts of Pipara village of Mahottari district in Nepal. It provides education up to junior college level in Management, Science, and Education streams. It is affiliated with National Examination Board (NEB) of Nepal. It is a government higher secondary school in Nepal. The new building of the school was built with the help of Indian Embassy in Nepal. Indian Consul General Gururaj Rao laid the foundation stone of the new building of the school on 23 November 2006. This school comes under Indo-Nepal Friendship Corporation. It is one of the important school in the region. The motto of the school is "From darkness lead me to light". The founder of the school was Ram Narayan Mishra. He was the former Minister for Industry and Commerce in the Royal government of Nepal in King Mahendra regime. He took his office of Ministry on 27 May 1959.
Yjnayavalkya Lakshminarayan Vidyapeeth is a Sanskrit–language Nepalese university campus. It is one of the constituent campuses of Nepal Sanskrit University. It was established in 1774 CE by Hema Karna Sen, the King of Makwanpur and a sage named Tasmaiya Baba in Matihani village of Nepal. It is one of the oldest educational institutions of Nepal and has helped establish Matihani, Mahottari as a centre of Sanskrit and Vedic education.
Charaut Math is a temple at Charaut block (Sitamarhi), in the Indian state of Bihar, of the Lakshminarayan monastic order group of the Hindu tradition.
Mithila Madhya Parikrama is an annual periodic journey of the central part of the ancient Mithila. It is held every year between the months of Kartik (October–November), Falgun (February–March) and Baishakh (April–May). But nowadays only Falgun (February–March) journey is famous. It is a circular journey of the central part of the Ancient Mithila. It covers a distance of 128 km circular path. It is mentioned in the epic Mithila Mahatmya which was composed in the 18th century.
Mithila Mahatmya is a religious text which describes the glories of the Mithila region. It is a section within the larger Brihadvishnupurana, a revered Sanskrit text.
