{"id":274652,"date":"2023-12-21T19:19:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=274652"},"modified":"2023-12-21T19:19:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:49:09","slug":"bihar-to-develop-sitas-birthplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bihar-to-develop-sitas-birthplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar to develop Sita\u2019s birthplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>Bihar to develop Sita\u2019s birthplace: An expert explains the history and mythology of Mithila<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cIndian Express\u201d on 20th December 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in the News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bihar Chief Minister has launched a Rs 72-crore development plan for Goddess Sita\u2019s birthplace at Punaura Dham in Sitamarhi, Bihar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Bihar&#8217;s Government plan for Punaura?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Punaura Development plan includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Renovate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the existing temple dedicated to Sita and preparing a roofed pradakshina path (path for circumambulation) around it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) D<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eveloping the Luv Kush Vatika, Sita Vatika, and Sita Kund<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) Showcasing Sita&#8217;s life story through a 3D film experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he Sita temple within Sitakund will be built after the completion of the Ram temple in Ayodhya (January 2024).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where is the birthplace of Sita?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Earlier, the Janaki temple in Sitamarhi was believed to be the birthplace of Sita. But now Punaura Dham is recognized as Sita&#8217;s birthplace in Sitamarhi by both the Centre and State. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) R<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">esearchers have found that the Janaki temple is only about 200 years old, while Punaura Dham aligns with references in the Ramayana and has historical structures like Sitakund and dedicated gardens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Art and Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cBihar to develop Sita\u2019s birthplace: An expert explains the history and mythology of Mithila\u201d published in \u201cIndian Express\u201d on 20th December 2023 Why in the News? The Bihar Chief Minister has launched a Rs 72-crore development plan for Goddess Sita\u2019s birthplace at Punaura Dham in Sitamarhi, Bihar.\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bihar-to-develop-sitas-birthplace\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bihar to develop Sita\u2019s birthplace<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-274652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":10,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1703196773},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}