19/06/2020
Titir stupa
Titir Stupa is located in the revenue village Titira Tole Budhnagar Bangra village of Siwan district near the west bank of Hiranyavati river (Sona river) which is the place of birth of Lord Buddha as Bodhisattva, according to the Jataka of Buddhist literature. Pilgrim Hiuen Tsang has also done this. Carefully reading the stories of Lord Buddha's past birth, we find that Kisanpur village in Siwan and the area around Muiya Nagar reinforces the stories of his past birth. The Lord said to Ayushman Anand - "Anand this city prospered in the past And was famous in the country and abroad. It cannot be disregarded. I have died here six times and have come for the seventh time ". 1 as a bird: In the place of this Kusinara in very ancient times there was a very heavy dense forest. One day there was a huge thunderstorm and a fire broke out in the forest. At that time, a bird also lived in this shalvan (forest), which saw this terrible calamity. Inspired by compassion and compassion, he flew to a lake and dived into it and then filled it with water. Then, fluttering his feet, he sprinkled that water on the fire. This pleased the God of Indra and he took water in his hand and put it on fire. She left, which calmed her down. Titir was born by the Bodhisattva itself. This place is in the village of Titira near Kisun Pur and Muiya Nagar. The Titir Stupa is built here and the village named Titira is named after this stupa. 2 as a deer: The Bodhisattva has also saved the souls of animals by taking birth here as a deer. This place is also a pheasant. There is also a deer stupa and a pungent hamlet is also a village of Hirauni (Hirauri). Features of 3 fish: The Bodhisattva also originated here as a fish, which is popularly known as 'Moi' fish. Muia is a village on the Sivana of Tithira village. The villagers say that moi fish was very much found in the pool here, due to which this village It is named Muiya. There is also a fishery diversion near the Tirtir Stupa from where a small river flows and a large quantity of fish is found here. 3 in the form of a tree: The Bodhisattva was also born in the form of a tree. That is why the events of his human life are also related to the trees. Birth, knowledge and nirvana under the tree. Nirvana took place under the tree in Shalavan Upavatana. The place which was near the Titir stupa. Even today, there are dozens of villages and hamlets related to the tree, such as - Bangra, Mahuabari, Nawalpur, Malak Pur, Amavasa, Bari Tola Thepaha, Gular Baga, Akolhi, Bhaluvahin, Sishani, Selrapur, Piparahia etc. 4 as a turtle: the Bodhisattva took birth as a turtle, The deer were protected. 5 As Maharaj Kush: Kusinara was named Kushavati in earlier times. Here a king named Ikshvaku (Ok Kak) ruled. Raja was Bodhisattva. Today there are villages named Kisunpur. 6 Chakravarti as King Mahasudarshan: In the past, there was a Chakravarti king who conquered the four directions called Mahasudarshan. This was the capital of Mahasudarshan named Kusinara. The Bodhisattva was born as the Chakravarti King. The third stupa and the village of Titira were on the western border. There is also the city of Vijayapura. Confirmation of this by British archaeologist W.W. Hoy, Krishna Kumar Singh's book 'Ancient Kusinara A Study', pages 19 and 35 -40. A reference book on Saran and Bihar District Gazetteer, Directory of Bihar Archeology BP Sinha, Siwan District, Sonalika, KP Jaiswal research. Dr. Jagdishwar Pandey, former director of the institute, Dr. DR Patil's book Antiquarian Remains in Bihar, page 37,
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