Mairwa

Mairwa
—  town  —
Mairwa Location of Mairwa in Bihar and India
Coordinates	26°14′N 84°09′E / 26.23°N 84.15°E / 26.23; 84.15Coordinates: 26°14′N 84°09′E / 26.23°N 84.15°E / 26.23; 84.15
Country	India
State	Bihar
District(s)	Siwan
Parliamentary constituency	Siwan
Assembly constituency	Ziradei
Population	18,696 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 65 metres (213 ft)

Mairwa is a town and a notified area in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Geography

Mairwa, situated in the western part of the State, was originally a block of Siwan District, which in ancient days formed a part of Kosala Kingdom. which is geographically situated at 25º35 North and 84º1 to 84º20 east. Mairwa is bounded on the east by the Siwan district head quarter, on the north by Gopalganj district and on the west and south by two districts of U.P. viz. Deoria and Balia respectively.

Mairwa is just 10 km west to the birthplace of the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Few adjescent Villages near Mairwa are Nauka Tola, Babu Tola. Babu Tola is Dominated by Gautam Rajputs. Who came and Settle there from Majha Garh of Gopalgang District. The Prominent man in mairwa is Shree singh, former friend of M.P. Mohammad Shahabuddin and cop turned scoundrel Satish pandey. There are three cinema halls running here.Among them Moti Mahal cinema situated near Railway station is one of the best cinema hall.It is the best construction for architechture point of view.The owners of Moti Mahal cinema are the very important intellectual personalities of society.They are the pioneer of society.Uphar & Asha talkies are another cinema halls Running in Mairwa.

Culture

One of the most popular places of Mairwa is the Hari Ram temple.Chanania Dih Temple is for worship of goddess Durga.It is situated at Dak Bangla built in British period.

Mythology

Two villages which are very near Mairwa are of great historical importance - one is Done and the other is Kanhauli.

As the name suggests Done which is originated from the word Drona is considered to be the birth place of the Dronacharya the famous guru of the Pandava's and the Kaurava's during the Mahabharata time and Kanhauli was earlier named as Kanhaiya wali baawali (small pond) and as time passed this village got its present name. During the Mahabharata period when Lord Krishna was coming to join the battle his army halted at this place and found themselves in great danger as there was no water and the army started dehydrating but Lord Krishna came to their rescue. He ordered them to dig a small pond and to their surprise the army got water just after digging a small pond. To the south of this village there is a small area known as Taal(pond) and this is the only place which is considered as that Kanhaiya wali baawali.

References

• Website for Mairwa

See also

• Mairwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)