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खेती-बाड़ी (Cultivation)

शिल्प कला (Sculpture)

Ang - Pradesh has its usual assortment of rural handicrafts of hand painted wall hangings, wooden stools, miniatures in paper and leaves, stone pottery,bamboo and leather goods and appliquÃ© work. The ancient designs in bright colours can still be seen on the mud walls in the districts of Saharsa, Munghyr, Begusarai, Purnea, & Bhagalpur. Bikramsila epitomise the art of sculptures. Different temples, stupas, vihars and residential accommodations of the monks exemplify the architectural designs and constructional superiority. The uniqueness of the Pal Age architecture lies in its use of bricks in construction. The residual portion of the temple and the stupas of Bikramsila Mahavihar (Bhgalapur) not only signals the socio-religious life of the age but also the superior craftsmanship in brick, stone and earth. The Art found in Sultanganj was much influenced by the Mathura style. Ang - Pradesh has its usual assortment of rural handicrafts of hand painted wall hangings, wo…

मुखौटा (Mask Making)

The mask is an essential part of the dances in Ang-Pradesh. The mask mirrors the emotions expressed in the dance. These were originally made of wood, then of pumpkin shells and today they are made of paper.

चटाई (Tapper Mats / Chatayee)

Tapper is like jute, made from the sun hemp plant / khajoor leaves. The fiber, which is extracted, is spun into yarn and used for making tapper. Tapper is more durable than jute fiber.

तस्सर सिल्क (Tassar Silk)

Silk forms the base of Bhagalpur economy. The artisans at and around Bhagalpur are traditionally silk fabric weaver since few hundred years."Bhagalpur Silk", also known as Tassar Silk, the Queen of textiles Has a place of distinction and pride in world. Bhagalpur was once famous for its "Malmal" fabrics before British came here and destroy malmal industy.

अंगदेश के खान-पान (Cuisines of Ang Desh)

By and large, people of Ang- Pradesh are vegetarians.Lying on the border of West Bengal, the cuisine here is influenced by both states. Chitba & Pitthow are baked items prepared from rice flour. Chura is pressed rice . The pressed rice is washed and mixed with curds sugar or Jaggery making it an instant health food. This is particularly suited to the climate in Ang - Pradesh. Sattu is powdered gram. Sattu is mixed with water and salt,made into dough and eaten with green chillies and onion. This dish is full of protein. These do not need cooking and hence ave fuel. Another special dish of Ang-Pradesh is the Littis - a circular mound of wheat dough, baked on a girdle or oven. Littis are stuffed with a mixture of roasted sattu, onion, ginger, green chillies, kalonji and ajwain (carom seeds). A variation of the Littis is the Makoni. Khichidi â€“made from dal and rice eaten with alu bharta (boiled and mashed potato sautÃ©ed with spices and onions) or baigan bharta (roasted …

मिट्टी के खिलौने (Clay Toys)

The clay toys of Ang-Pradesh are like replicas of excavated Mauryan pieces. The making of clay toys is seasonal and is associated with religious festivals. There are special toys made for different festivals. An exceptionally decorated elephant with clay ornaments on its head and a big bowl on its back is kept on the roof of the house where a marriage is taking place.

बाँस के सामान (Bamboo Work)

Bamboo is put to use for a variety of purposes in Bihar. In fact an entire house can be decorated using bamboo. Furniture, lamps, tableware, travel kit â€“ almost anything - is made from Bamboo. The artisans of Ang- Pradesh have been very skilful in creatings articles from local materials. Baskets, cups and saucers made from bamboo-strips or cane reed are painted in vivid colors are common articles found in the home of Ang- Pradesh.

पौती (Pauti)

The "Pauti", is a sentimental gift that accompanies a bride when she leaves her home after her wedding. Indeed, for the bride, next to the wooden container for "sindoor" (vermillion), namely, the "sinhora", this is a precious gift that she treasures for her entire life. In the picture on the right, the "pauti' with its lid partly open occupies the center.

सिक्की घास के सामान (Sikki Grass Articles / Sikki Arts)

The sikki is a type of grass that is connected with important ceremonies and rituals. Sikki is wired and stitched together with the pasikki, dyed in several different shades, using a thick needle called takua. Boxes made of Sikki are used for various purposes. A special container woven out of sikki grass, the pauti, is a sentimental gift that accompanies the bride when she leaves her home after her wedding. Indeed, for the bride, next to the wooden container for sindoor (sinhora), is a precious gift that she treasures for her entire life.

सुल्तानगंज बुद्ध, सुलतानगंज(Sultanganj Buddha) – Sultanganj

The Sultanganj Buddha is 2.3m high and 1m at its widest point and weighs about 500kgs. It was cast by the technique known as the 'lost wax' process, in which a solid core of clay is overlaid with wax. The sculptor models the fine details in the wax coating. The wax is covered with a liquid layering of clay and plaster which hardens to form a mould. When heat is applied the wax melts and molten metal is poured in. The finished statue is finally obtained by removing the outer casting when cool. The Sultanganj Buddha conveys an image of calm and tranquillity and a spiritual detachment from the material orld . The Buddha's sangathi (monastic robe) clings so closely to the body that it is almost invisible, but for a series of string-like folds, giving the figure a wet-looking appearance. The right hand is raised in abhayamudra (a gesture of reassurance or protection) while the left hand, with palm outward and held downwards indicates the granting of a favor. The Sultanganj Buddha …

मञ्जूषा कला (Manjusha Art)

Manjusha

Manjushas are temple-shaped boxes, made of bamboo, jute straw and paper. According to legend, Manjusha art traces its origin to the Bihula-Vishahri or Mansha folktale, popular in erstwhile Anga Pradesh and found also in an altered form in West Bengal. The paintings are drawn primarily on the occasion of the Bishari puja, celebrated usually in August to propitiate the snake gods. As Bihula's boat was decorated by a character called Lahsan Mali, this art has been confined to the Mali or gardener caste. Like Madhubani, Manjusha too is pictorial reflections of folklore, poetry and the larger cultural consciousness of the region.

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भागलपुर रेल टाइम टेबल (Bhagalpur Railway Time Table)

TOWARDS SULTANGANJ, JAMALPUR, KIUL NUMBER TRAIN NAME FROM TO ARRIVAL DEPARTURE DAYS VIA 13415 Exp Malda Town Patna 00.21 00.26 1,4,6 Kiul 15620 Exp Kamakhya Gaya 00.21 00.26 2 Nawadah 13023 Exp Howrah Gaya 04.15 04.30 Daily Nawadah 13401 Intercity Exp Bhagalpur Danapur - 05.35 Ex 7 Patna 13071 Exp Howrah Jamalpur 05.40 05.55 Daily Sultanganj 13119 Exp Sealdah Delhi 06.36 06.51 1,5 Varanasi 13133 Exp Sealdah Varanasi 06.36 06.51 2,3,4,6,7 Patna 14055 Bramhaputra Mail Dibrugarh Delhi 07.25 07.37 Daily Allahabad 15648 Exp Guwahati Mumbai LTT 08.00 08.15 3 Mughal Sarai 12335 SF Bhagalpur Mumbai LTT - 09.00 2,5,7 Mughal Sarai 19048 Exp Bhagalpur Surat - 09.15 1,4 Mughal Sarai 13241 Exp Banka Rajendranagar Ter 09.30 09.35 Ex 7 Jamalpur 53431 Pass Sahibganj Jamalpur 09.45 09.50 Daily Sultanganj 13409 Intercity Exp Malda Town Jamalpur 09.45 09.50 Daily Sultanganj 12367 Vikramshila SF Bhagalpur Anand Vihar Ter - 11.15 Daily Patna 53429 Pass Bhagalpur…

अंग परिवहन (Ang Transport)

Bhagalpur Bus Station is in Bhagalpur District, Bihar. Long distance and short distance bus services are available from this station. Buses ply from Bhagalpur to Bokaro, Ranchi, Dhanbad and other destinations. Bhagalpur Junction Railway Station is the nearest railway station and Patna Airport is the nearest airport.

अंगिका भाषा (Angika – The Language of Anga)

Angika (अंगिका) is a language spoken in Eastern Part of Bihar, Santhal Praganas of Jharkhand and Maldah District of West Bengal. Angika is an Indo-Aryan of the Anga region of India, a 58,000 km2 area approx. that falls within the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Angika is spoken in most of the Metros of India like Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, and Bangalore, most of the industrial cities of India like Durgapur, Vadodara, Surat, Patna, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Bokaro and other parts of the country. Besides India, Angika is also spoken in Terai region of Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, and other Southeast Asian countries. A sizable Angika speaking population migrated in other countries such as the Gulf, United States and the United Kingdom. Angika is spoken by more than 30 million of the Indian population ((As per 2001 Census and as per the statement given in Indian Parliament by Shri Subodh Roy Member of Parliament of India which is available in PARLIAMENTRY PROCE…

तिलका मांझी – स्वतंत्रता सेनानी (Tilka Manjhi – The Freedom Fighter)

Baba Tilka Majhi was first Santal leader who took up the arms and raised his voice against English fought with them in the 1789's, around 100 years before Mangal Pandey. He drove a mortal arrow into Cleveland, the British Commissioner who had made a great name for himself by pacifying the region. The arrow killed Cleveland. The British surrounded the Tilapore forest from which he operated but he and his men held the enemy at bay for several weeks. When he was finally caught in 1784, he was tied to the tail of a horse and dragged all the way to the collector's residence at Bhagalpur. There, his lacerated body was hung from a Banyan tree. A statue to the heroic leader was erected at the spot after independence. 1780-85 - Tilka Manjhi led the tribal revolt and managed to injure British army chief 1785 - Tilka Manjhi hanged to death in Bhagalpur Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University

अशोक कुमार (Ashok Kumar)

The boss's wife and leading actress of a leading Film Company runs off with her lead man. She is caught and taken back but not the lead man who is unceremoniously dismissed. So now the company needs a new hero. The boss decides his laboratory assistant would be the Film Company's next leading man. A bizzare film plot??? Hardly. This real life story starred the Bombay Talkies Film Company, it's boss Himansu Rai, lead actress Devika Rani and lead man Najam-ul-Hussain and last but not least its laboratory assistant Ashok Kumar. And thus began an extremely successful acting career that lasted six decades! Ashok Kumar aka Dadamoni was born Kumudlal Kunjilal Ganguly in Bhagalpur and grew up in Khandwa. He briefly studied law in Calcutta, then joined his future brother-in-law Shashadhar Mukherjee at Bombay Talkies as laboratory assistant before being made its leading man. Ashok Kumar made his debut opposite Devika Rani in Jeevan Naiya (1936) but became …

फणीश्वर नाथ ‘रेणु’ (Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’)

Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' (March 4, 1921 - April 11, 1977) was one of the most successful and influential writers of modern Hindi literature in the post-Premchand era. He is the author of Maila Anchal, which after Premchand's Godaan, is regarded as the most significant Hindi novel. Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' is most known for promoting the voice of the contemporary rural India through the genre of 'Aanchalik Upanyas' (Regional Story), and is placed amongst the pioneering Hindi writers who brought regional voices into the mainstream Hindi literature. His short story Maare Gaye Gulfam was adapted into a film Teesri Kasam (The Third Vow),Â by Basu Bhattacharya (produced by the poet-lyricist Shailendra) in 1966 for which he also wrote the dialogues. Later his short story Panchlight (Patromax) was made into a TV short film. Biography Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' was born on 4 March 1921, at village Aurahi Hingna near Forbesganj, in Araria district (then Purnea district),Bihar. His pri…

नंदलाल बोस (Nandlal Bose)

Born in Bhagalpur, Bihar on December 1882, Nandlal Bose rose to become one of modern India's most important artists. A product of GCAC, Bose was mentored by Havell and Abanindranath. His integrity and intent idealism were reflected as well as widened with his nationalistic consciousness, his commitment for classical and folk art, along with its underlying spirituality and symbolism, and a responsibility towards shaping the self-consciousness, choices and moral virtues of the people. The early philosophical inspirations came from Havell, Coomaraswamy and Sister Nivedita, while his interactions with the Japanese painters in Calcutta influenced him to realize the significance of the artistic heritage. The Indian renaissance formed the full vision of the magnificent yet ruined past in Abanindranath Tagore. Though it was pervaded with western realism, its nostalgic milieu asserted more of the national and Pan-Asian culture than the topical issues. After this advent, therefore, an i…

रामधारी सिंह दिनकर – राष्ट्रीय कवि- (Ramdhari Singh Dinkar – National Poet)

Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' (September 23, 1908 â€“ April 24, 1974) was an Indian Hindi poet, essayist and academician, who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. Dinkar emerged as a rebellious poet with his nationalist poetry in pre-Independence days. His poetry exuded veer rasa, and he has been hailed as a Rashtrakavi ("National poet") evoking the spirit of nationalism on account of his inspiring patriotic composition.As a mark of respect for him, his portrait was unveiled in the Central Hall of Parliament of India by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on his centenary year, 2008. Dinkar initially supported the revolutionary movement during the Indian Independence struggle, but later became a Gandhian. However, he used to call himself a 'Bad Gandhian' because he supported the feelings of indignation and revenge among the youth. In Kurukshetra, he accepts that the war is destructive, but says that it is necessary for the protection of fr…

सरहपा – प्राचीन कवि (Sarahpa – The Ancient Poet)

Sarahpa was born in 769AD in a BrahmÂ¡n family in East India whose mother was a Â·Â¡kinÂ¢. He studied BrahmÂ¡nic literature and became a famous scholar. He had faith in Buddhist Tantra and was practising it along with BrahmÂ¡nism. As a tantric, he was allowed to drink alcohol which restored energy in physical body. He was accused by BrahmÂ¡ns of drinking and appealed to the court of the king. He freed himself from the ordeals imposed on him by the king. After the judgment, the king acquitted him of drinking alcohol. He even ordered the BrahmÂ¡ns to drink alcohol if they could perform the feats that Sarahapa did. After this bad incident, he left for Nalanda and took ordination. He deeply learnt Sutra and Tantra. He strove to preserve and promote the Buddha's teachings. After some time, he fled to South India in search of a qualified consort who would help him in practising Tantra. He adopted a daughter of a Â·Â¡kinÂ¢ as a consort who was making arrows. He used to roam…

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