Rajnagar is the nearest village to
Madhubani, Bihar
Madhubani is a City Municipal Corporation and headquarter of Madhubani district. Madhubani is situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It comes under Darbhanga Division. It is situated at 26 km northeast of Darbhanga City.The Madhuban Raj i ...
, India. The ruins of the
Rajnagar Palace, destroyed in the
1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
, are located here.
History
Maharajadhiraj Sir Rameshwar Singh Jha wanted to shift the headquarters of Raj Darbhanga from Darbhanga to Rajnagar and spent money in building palaces and temples and excavating or renovating tanks.
The palaces were ruined almost beyond repair and the temples were also very badly damaged.
The earthquake rendered the main palace through the
Durga
Durga ( sa, दुर्गा, ) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi. She is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, and wars.
Durga's legend centres around c ...
hall and the roof over the inner shrines into a mass of ruins and the marble image of the deity broke into pieces.
The
Shiva
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...
temple built on the South Indian model was beyond repair.
The village has had electricity since 1959. A railway station of the
North-Eastern Railway serves the village.
The village is also the centre of trade in ''
Euryale ferox
''Euryale ferox,'' commonly known as prickly waterlily, makhana or Gorgon plant, is a species of water lily found in southern and eastern Asia, and the only extant member of the genus ''Euryale''. The edible seeds, called fox nuts or ''makhan ...
'' (water berries).
Gallery
File:Kali_Temple_at_Raj_Nagar.jpg, Kali Temple at Raj Nagar
File:Rajnagar_Railway_Station.jpg, Rajnagar Railway Station is located in Madhubani district
File:Durga_Temple_at_Rajnagar.jpg, A Durga temple in the Navlakha palace campus
References
External links
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Bihar Govt. Official Website
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Villages in Madhubani district
Populated places in Mithila, India