It is located 46 KM towards North from District head quarters Kishanganj.
This place is named after Bhima of Mahabharat and is an important place of interest from ancient history. Famous border city Thakurganj is located at a place where it was believed that the great hero of Mahabharata, Bhim had arrived and lived here during the 14th year of exile and was working as a cook (Thakur) in the then local king Raja Birat’s palace.
Pandava had stayed at this place during their one year incognito exile. Local tradition still speaks of the struggle and the conquest of the Kiratas and a Kirata Woman from the Morang or Tarai is said to have been the wife of Raja Birat, who, it is said in Mahabharata that gave shelter to Yudhisthira and his four Pandava brothers during their 12 years of exile.
There is a Kheer Samudra Sthal in Dudhmanjar under Patesari Panchayat. Where it is said that Arjuna, the beloved of Lord Krishna and the supreme disciple of Guru Dronacharya, had created the river of Kheer with his voice. Today people know it as Kheer Samudra and on the full moon day of Magh month, people come here to offer prayers and a fair is also held here. There are Bhatdala and Sagdala ponds in Ward No. 6 and Ward No. 1 of the city itself, where the Pandavas had made a pond for bathing and they also cooked food here.
Kanhaiya ji is an island under Bandarjhula Panchayat where Pandavas spent their time. The most direct evidence is that Bhima killed a demon named Keechak in Nepal across the Mechi river, just adjacent to the Thakurganj block. A statue killing Keechaka at this place is still standing at the site of Kichakbad. Here also a fair is held on the occasion of Maghi Purnima and people reach here for worship.
It is also believed that the Mahabharata Biratnagar was located at this place only instead of the present day Nepal’s Biratnagar which exists nearby. This place has already developed into a commercial place where trade and business activities are in full swing. Tourists keep flocking here to explore its history and culture.
It shares its borders with Nepal and West Bengal. In such a situation, along with Bengali, Nepali culture also has a little influence here.
The relics present at various places here are seen to testify that the history of this area has been golden. The place has been given by the name of Bhima Takiya, Bhat-Dala, Saag Dala. From here to the west a place called Kichak Vadha also points to the golden history of the region.
Kichaka Badh: Kichaka Badh is one of the ancient places nearby Thakurganj close to Purnia for explorers.
Nevertheless this place gains a lot of importance due to the mythological interest in the people even today.