Kariyan or Karian is a village and a

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Samastipur Samastipur is a city and a municipal corporation (nagar nigam) in Bihar, India. It is the headquarter of Samastipur district and comes under Darbhanga division. The Budhi Gandak river flows through the town. It is one of the five railway divisi ...

district in the

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Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

Location

About 16-km northeast of the

Rosera Rosera is a town (subdivision) on the bank of River Budhi Gandak. It is a municipality in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. Rosera block consists of 48 villages. Rosera is well connected by the rest of the country through railw ...

ghat railway station of Northeastern Railways the modern village of Karian is situated on a mound, 20-ft high from the surrounding ground level and about 96 acres in area. Local traditions associate this village to be the birthplace of Udayanacharya, a Maithil Brahmin and great philosopher of ancient times who is also supposed to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Extensive excavations have revealed at this village antiques of as back as of 2nd century B.C. and afterwards from 6th century AD to post 1200 A.D.This village is the birthplace of philosopher and scholar

Udayana Udayana, (Devanagari: उदयन) also known as Udayanācārya (Udyanacharya, or Master Udayana), (circa 975 - 1050 CE) was an Indian philosopher and logician of the tenth century of the Nyaya school who attempted to devise a rational theol ...

alias Udyanacharya This village is called the karmbhoomi of famous

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who was a great philosopher and "shastarthi " in the time of Kumarilbhatta. It is said that both of udayanacharya and kumarilbhatta stop the expansion of Buddhism's in eastern India. Udayanaachaarya Udayanacharya or Udayakara, a Brahmana logician of Mithila wrote a sub-gloss on Vachaspati's work called the

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to acquire a large following in the country. (Scholars mention here the texts of "tarkapAdam" ofKumarilabhatta and the "bauddhadhikAram" by UdayanAchAryA). Late Sanaknandanacharya was another baishnav saint belongs to Village Kariyan. A famous maithili poet Late Kali Kant Jha Buch was born at Kariyan. He wrote a huge nos songs, poems & navgeet in maithili literature. A poetry collection named " Kalanidhi" was composed after his death.

Demographics

According to census 2001, The total population of the village is 18,086. The literacy rate is 41%. The female literacy rate is 26.87%. The male literacy rate is 54.67%

How to reach

Nearest railway station

is 16 km south. Kariyan is well connected by road, It is 12 km north of

market and 12 km south from Baheri (Rosera-Shivajinagar-Baheri path) . Kariyan can also reached by 28 km form the district headquarters

and one can reach 35 km from

Darbhanga Darbhanga is the fifth-largest city and municipal corporation in the Indian state of Bihar situated centrally in Mithila region. Darbhanga is the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. It was the seat of the erstw ...

Living

Most of the people of village are farmers. Agriculture is main source of living for the uneducated people of village . There are many people in government service. Most of the young ones are outside the village because of education and profession. People of all caste and creed live here in harmony . Village is well equipped with all the facilities like Road, Electricity, Telephone, Telecommunication, Education institutions and all type of medical facility all most like a small city ..

Places to see

Famous Kariyan Deeha Udyanchanrya temple and library. Ancient Bhagwati temple ( Jagatdhaatree Mandir ) on the Bank Of Badi Pokhar Siya Jha Sweets (Peda). Badi Pokhar Maa Jagatdhaatree Mandir, Shiv Mandir near navki pokhar, Durga Sthan, Mahavir Sthan etc.

References

All about BiharCensus India
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