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Dihika — village — Coordinates 23°38′29″N 86°54′06″E / 23.64136°N 86.901551°ECoordinates: 23°38′29″N 86°54′06″E / 23.64136°N 86.901551°E Country India State West Bengal District(s) Barddhaman Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Website bardhaman.gov.in/ Dihika (Bengali: ডিহিকা) is a village in Asansol subdivision of Bardhaman District, West Bengal, India.
History
It was made famous by Paramahansa Yogananda who had landed here way back in 1917 for setting up a "How-to-Live" school with only 7 students and a couple of teachers. The school, housed in a one-storey building on the brink of a small pond, was inaugurated on 22 March, 1917 with the financial assistance of Sri Manindra Chandra Nandi, the then Maharaja of Kashimbazar. However, the school was shifted to Ranchi in 1918.
In 1997, a piece of this land encompassing the pond was purchased by Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, the Spiritual Organization that Paramahansa Yogananda had founded in 1917. YSS Dihika Kendra has been functioning from this place since then.
Dihika Ashram School, 1917
In 1920, Sri Yogananda was sent by his Guru Sri Yukteswar Giri to share with the West the marvel of Yoga and its tradition of meditation. He was the first Hindu teacher of yoga to teach Ancient Yoga Techniques to the people America where he was widely heard and appreciated.
Geography
Dihika is located at 23°38′29″N 86°54′06″E / 23.64136°N 86.901551°E.
This village is located on the north bank of Damodar River and is approximately 10 km away from the city of Asansol.
The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating latterite region. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.[1]
References
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), (Bengali), Vol I, pp 14-15, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3
Bardhaman district topics General Bardhaman Raj • Bargi • Bhadu • Burdwan (Zamindari) • Burnpur Airport • Dharmathakur • Durgapur Barrage • Durgapur Steel Plant • Durgapur Thermal Power Station • Gajan • Guskhara Airfield • IISCO • Nehru Park, Burnpur • Panagarh Airport • Pandaveswar Airfield • Pandu Rajar Dhibi • Raniganj Coalfield • Sainbari incidentSubdivisions Territories Locations
other than cities and townsBarakar • Churulia • Dihika • Dishergarh • Dwariapur • Masagram • Monteswar • Nabagram • Nadanghat • Neamatpur • Palsit • Purbasthali • Ramnagar, Kulti • Randiha • Saktigarh • Sitarampur • WariaMunicipal corporations and municipalities Community development blocks Asansol subdivision Barabani • Jamuria • Raniganj • Salanpur Durgapur subdivision Andal • Faridpur-Durgapur • Galsi I • Kanksa • Pandabeswar Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision Ausgram I • Ausgram II • Bhatar • Burdwan I • Burdwan II • Galsi II Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision Khandaghosh • Raina I • Raina II • Jamalpur • Memari I • Memari II Kalna subdivision Kalna I • Kalna II • Manteswar • Purbasthali I • Purbasthali II Katwa subdivision Katwa I • Katwa II • Ketugram I • Ketugram II • MongalkoteRivers Transport NH 2 • Panagarh–Morgram Highway • Grand Trunk Road • NH 60 • Howrah-Delhi main line • Sahibganj Loop • Grand Chord • East Indian Railway Company • Eastern Railway • Kolkata Suburban Railway • Bankura Damodar Railway • Ahmedpur Katwa Railway • Burdwan Katwa RailwayRailway stations Asansol Junction • Khana JunctionInstitutes of higher learning Religion Ghaghar Burhi • Kalyaneshwari TempleLok Sabha constituencies Asansol • Bardhaman-Durgapur • Bardhaman Purba (SC) • Bardhaman – now defunct • Durgapur – now defunct • Katwa - now defunct • Bolpur (SC) - partly • Bishnupur (SC) - partlyVidhan Sabha constituencies Kulti • Barabani • Asansol Uttar • Asansol Dakshin • Raniganj • Jamuria • Pandaveswar • Ketugram • Mangalkot • Ausgram (SC) • Durgapur Purba • Durgapur Paschim • Galsi (SC) • Bhatar • Monteswar • Bardhaman Dakshin • Bardhaman Uttar (SC) • Raina (SC) • Jamalpur (SC) • Khandaghosh (SC) • Kalna (SC) • Memari • Purbasthali Dakshin • Purbasthali Uttar • KatwaFormer Vidhan Sabha constituencies See also Cities and towns in Bardhaman district • People from Bardhaman district • Villages in Bardhaman district • Damodar ValleyOther districts in West Bengal Bankura • Birbhum • Cooch Behar • Dakshin Dinajpur • Darjeeling • Hooghly · Howrah • Jalpaiguri • Kolkata • Malda • Murshidabad • Nadia • North 24 Parganas • Paschim Medinipur • Purba Medinipur • Purulia • South 24 Parganas • Uttar DinajpurSurrounding areas outside West Bengal Jharkhand Cities and towns in Santhal Parganas • Santhal Pargana division topics • Cities and towns in North Chotanagpur Division • North Chotanagpur division topicsCategories:- Villages in Bardhaman district
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