Nepal Yatra in Sept 16 Janakpur

ॐ श्री गणेशायनमः 

Janaki Mahal,Janakpur

Our Nepal trip to Janakpurdham (Janakpur)&beyond

We planned our trip in such a way that all six group members being senior citizens  

having traveled throughout our long working career with time constraint with faster mode of

transport decided to take long train route from Hyderabad covering all most 45 hours by 

Hyderabad -Raxual Express so that we can spend time together recollecting old memories 

and enjoying home made snacks and food without preservatives which will last for all most 

48 hours covering Maharashtra,Madhya pradesh,Chattisgarh,Jharkhand and finally landing at 

a station called Sitamadhi(Indian side of Janakpur) where Mata Sita was born.From here our 

last station of India was Raxual was an hour away.But from this Sitamadhi station it was easy 

to go to Janakpur(Nepal) which was an hours drive to cross the border.We took some 

Nepali currency in exchange at border which 1 Indian Rupee=1.60 Nepali Rupee.

At Shiv Mandir 

Having entered Nepal around 6 pm,We took hotel rooms in market place in Janakpur which 

were economically priced to suit middle class budget and value for money and after getting 

fresh,left to explore our taste buds.Food was of local taste,but well prepared and hygenic.

Next day morning we started our visits with Janaki Mahal where Mata Sita"s father King 

Janak ruled his kingdom Mithila .This place is where she is born and Maharaj has done 

"Putrakameshti Yagna .It is is said that while ploughing the land for performing Yagna ,

Maharaj Janak discoved a golden box containing baby Sita (Sita means end portion of 

Plough).This is the place where she is born.There are other temples of Lord Rama,Maharaj 

Janak and others apart from temple of Lord Mahadev known as Bhoothnath temple.We 

performed Puja in the temple and had local break fast with Puri and Jalebi.

Performing Abhishekam

Performing  Puja 

Breakfast Center

We took battery operate Rickshaws for Local conveyance as they are non polluting and easy to travel on local rough roads and economical.

Battery Operated Rickshaw

Travel without Pollution

Side View

Kalyana Mandapam(Marriage Hall)

Lord Rama and Mata Janaki

Sita Rama Kalyanam in Process with Maharaj Janak,Maharshi Vasishth,Maharshi Viswamitra andMaharshi Sathanik

Lakshman with Urmila

Bharath and Mandavi

Satrughna and Sruthakeerthi

Having seen the marriage hall ,museum and beauty of Royal palace which has alll paintings,picturs inscriptions on the walls giving story of Ramayana which happened before Sita kalayanam and after 

we moved to visit other places in town.

We  went to a place called Sita sagar a water body catering the water needs of the town.Here there is another Royal museum of  Nepal Kings who are great followers of Hindu traditions and devotees of Lord Rama  

Sita Sagar Lake

On Banks of Lake 

Our Group

 Portrait of Nepal Royal Family in Museum

Lord Rama Mandir

A  Lone Monkey near Ram Mandir sitting for Years

Bhutanath Mahadev Mandir

At Shiv Mandir

Tea Break on way to Khatmandu

With our luggage 

Khatmandu highway clad with clouds

We left in the afternoon for Khatmandu after completing local places at Janakpur covering around 300 KMand reached around 7 pm.

We will update our Khatmandu experience in next post.
Regards

C.Chalapthi Rao