Chainpur Estate - Family Temple of Babu Vishwanath Prasad Narayan Singh

Following is the family Temple of Babu saheb Vishwanath Prasad Narayan Singh - Zamindar of Chainpur. The Panch Mandir was renovated by his grandsons - Shree Mahendra Jee (s/o Gauri Babu and Shree Sanjeev Jee.(s/o Uma Babu) .

 

भूमिहार ज़मींदारों की यह बहुत बड़ी खूबी थी कि उन्होने भगवान को हरदम उच्च दर्जा दिया और भगवन भी उन्हें सही मार्ग दर्शन करते रहे। और जो भगवान नारायण और भगवान शिव को याद रखेगा , उसे जग याद रखेगा। यही सत्य है और यही धर्म भी। और जो विष्णु अथवा शिव या शक्ति का नहीं हुआ , वो बेकार निकलता है जो कभी भी किसी का नहीं हो सकता। 

 

 Such Temples are not only the Pride of Chainpur but For Bihar too and one can make out how the BHUMIHAR ZAMINDARS were at the forefront of enhancing one's cultural heritage. There was no restriction to any living creature in entering these temples.

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 

Chainpur Estate - Family Temple of Babu Chandra Mohan Pd. Narayan Singh

Following is another temple of a Bhumihar Zamindar of Chainpur Estate - This belongs to the family of Babu saheb Chandra Mohan Pd. Narayan Singh. Alongside the temple is a huge water tank (North direction) owned by the deity of the temples.

The temple has 5 domes and is really magnificent.

 

Chainpur - Maghaiya Babu's Temple

चैनपुर में वहाँ के ज़मींदार परिवारों ने अपने नाती - भगीना को भी स्वीकार किया और उन्हें भी इस पुरानी परिवार का हिस्सा बनाया। उन्ही में से एक मघैया बाबू का परिवार था जो मगध छोड़ कर चैनपुर में अपने ननिहाल में बस गए क्योंकि उस परिवार में कोई वंश चलाने वाला  पुत्र नहीं प्राप्त हुआ था। आज उनके पास मार्किट है, अच्छी खेती है और साथ साथ यह पुराना मंदिर भी -

 

CHAINPUR ~ The Place , The Temples , The Dieties and much more

 

As one comes into Chainpur, one of the most important things we would notice are the different temples , the dieties' which itself has so much to say about the history of the place and off course the different Bhumihar Zamindar Families who while being dominant never forgot their family dieties or their temples.                                                           

 

So, one of the most memorable temples is that of the RAJA of Maksudpur and a Chainpur Babu - RAJA CHANDRESHWAR PRASAD NARAYAN SINGH which is situated in the main bazaar of Chainpur. Even, the local Police Station is within the four walls of the temple. And outside the temple you have all the shops on Raja Saheb's land. In the below photograph, the Chainpur Police Station is on the left side of the entrance to the sanctum of the temple.

 

 

 

Following are some of the dieties in the above Temple -

 

 

 

 

 



 And remember that Eksariyas who are from Parashar Gotra should follow this-  पराशर गोत्र वाले के लिए  भगवान शंकर का  आराधना करना उनका सबसे बड़ा फ़र्ज़ है। क्योंकि मकसूदपुर एव चैनपुर के यह राजा साहेब ने महादेव का शिव लिंग बनाया अतः यह युग युगान्तर के लिए अमर हो गए। हर हर महादेव।

और जहाँ शिवत्व नहीं वहाँ दया नहीं बल्कि वहाँ शून्य होता है , वहाँ ईर्ष्या , अन्याय ही होता है। और शिवत्व के होने से वहाँ न्याय होता है , संवेदना होता है , धर्म  और संस्कार का पालन होता है।     

The Term : BHUMIHAR

It was the Maharaja of BENARAS - His Highness Maharaja Bahadur Sri Sir Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh GCSI (1822-13 June 1889) who gave the nomenclature : BHUMIHAR and this was done somewhere around the mid-late 19 th century some 150 years from today.

The Maharaja wanted the Babhans of Bihar to start adopting the word BHUMIHAR - a term he coined to indicate "LAND OWNING" class. And this is what BENARAS RAJAS are famous for - they were the most powerful and when they said something it had to be followed.

When the Maharaja Bahadur Sri Sir Ishwari Prasad Narayan Singh ordered something, even the BRITISH had to listen to them (I will be writing about that in detail) , so how could anyone from this caste oppose him ?

Babu LANGAT SINGH of Muzzaffarpur took it on him to spread and familiarize the BABHANS of Magadh and the Pashim Brahmins of Tirhut with the Term BHUMIHAR. The BHUMIHAR MAHASABHA of 1892 was created for this purpose and even then Tirhut and Magadh wanted it as Paschima BRAHMIN SABHA and BABHAN Mahasabha - but again the then MAHARAJA of BENARAS - His Highness Maharaja Bahadur Sir PRABHU NARAYAN SINGH (26 November 1855 – 4 August 1931)  the most powerful member of the community ordered the word BHUMIHAR to be accepted. And so, the BHUMIHAR BRAHMIN was born.

Later, the Rajas and Maharajas of TEKARI, SHIVHAR, HATHWA and other smaller Zamindaris did everything to popularize the term "BHUMIHAR BRAHMIN".

So, Folks when anyone says proudly he/she is a BHUMIHAR - the credit goes to  MAHARAJA SIR ISHWARI PRASAD NARAYAN SINGH of BENARAS and the most powerful MAHARAJA ever - Maharaja Bahadur Sir PRABHU NARAYAN SINGH of BENARAS too.

Following is the invitation to the 26th BHUMIHAR MAHASABHA of 1924 at Gorakhpur . The chairperson of the Sabha was KashiRaj Maharaj Kumar Sri Aditya Narayan Singh. The invitation was sent to the entire community of Bhumihar, Tyagi and Mohiyal Brahmins by the Raja of Tamkuhi - Indrajeet Pratap Bahadur Shahi (M.L.C), Tamkuhi Naresh.

Later, a Bhumihar Brahmin Publication would come out : 

The Publication had the backing and help of several Rajas and Zamindars , including Ministers of the then Bihar Government. Please find the list -

1. MarajaDhiraja Kashi Raj Captain Aditya Narayan Singh Bahadur - Kashi Naresh
2. Rajadhiraj Sri Indrajeet Pratap Sahi, M.L.C. - Tamkuhi Naresh, Gorakhpur
3. Rajadhiraj Sri Guru MahadevAshram Prasad Sahi - M.L.C. - Hathuwa Naresh
4. Raja Harihar Prasad Narayan Singh, M.L.C - Amawan Raj
5. Raja Girish Nandan Singh Bahadur, Sheohar Naresh
6. Lt. Kunwar Maghdeshvendra Prasad Narayan Sahi Bahadur, Majha Raj
7. Sir Ganesh Dutt Singh, Minister, Bihar Government, Patna
8. Lt. Raja Gopal Sharan Prasad Narayan Singh Bahadur, Tekari Raj
9. Raja Chandreshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Bahadur, Maksudpur Raj
10. Raja SiddhuDheshwari Prasad NArayan Singh Bahadur, Salemgarh Raj
11. Raja Saheb BAraon Raj - Prayag (UP)
12. Babu Kameshwar Narayan Singh, Narhan Estate
13. Maharani of Bettiah - Bettiah Raj
14. Srimati Rani of Ausanganj, Benaras
15. Late Srimati Rani Sahiba Anapur Estate, Prayag
16. Sri raja Chet Singh Vansh...
and others ....

Bihar - Land Reforms coming ?

There is talk of uploading various land records on the official website these can be easily done from Register 2. Yet we find that the following forms are being circulated and Bihar Govt. sources indicate that this needs to be uploaded.

There are no circulars pertaining to the same . If they have to digitize land records, they can just upload from Register 2. Why such forms and without any official communication ?

Local and Non-Resident Biharis - Please be aware.

रैयत को उनके द्वारा धारित भूमिं का आवेदन पत्र क्यों चाहिए बिहार सरकार को ? आखिर क्यों ? Why ?

 
जय  हिन्द !

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