సివాన్ జిల్లా: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

Siwan was a part of [[Banaras Kingdom]] during the 8th century. [[Muslim]]s came here in the 13th century. [[Sikandar Lodi]] brought this area in his kingdom in the 15th century. Babar crossed [[Ghaghra]] river near Siswan in his return journey. In the end of the 17th century, the Dutch came first followed by the English. After the battle of [[Buxar]] in 1765 it became a part of Bengal. Siwan played an important role in 1857 independence movement. It is famous for the stalwart and sturdy ‘Bhoj-puries’, who have always been noted for their martial spirit and physical endurance and from whom the army and police personnel were largely drawn. A good number of them rebelled and rendered their services to Babu Kunwar Singh. The anti pardah movement in Bihar was started by Sri Braj Kishore Prasad who also belonged to Siwan in response to the Non Co-Operative movement in 1920.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

 

 

A village in Siswan Block, where there is a temple of [[Lord Shiva]] & Lord [[Vishwakarma]] which is visited by the people of the locality on the [[Shivaratri]] & [[Vishwakarma Puja]] (17 Sept) Day. It is known for its temple and a pond scatted over an area of more than 52 bighas (748800 sq.ft.). It is said that Nepal king built this big pond because in his journey he took his bath in a small pond at this place and got his leprosy cured.

'''Korara'''

 

A village in Mairwa Block, which is situated at 2&nbsp;km south from mairwa dham. where there is the first Sai temple of siwan district along with temple of Lord Shiva and Mother Durga. Every year in August, Annual function is celebrated by Rajeev Kumar Singh (Alias Bittu Singh) [Block Pramukh Gonda].

A village in the [[Darauli]] block where there are remnants of a fort, which is said to be connected with the famous hero of the [[Mahabharat]], Acharya Dronacharya the guru of both [[Kaurava]]’s and [[Pandav]]’s. Dona's stupa is a lesser-known but popular Buddhist pilgrimage site, despite its isolated location. The [[Buddhist]] traveler Hiuen Tsang mentions a visit to Don in his account of his travels in India. He describes the stupa as being in ruins. The account of Dona's distribution of Buddha's ashes and being given the vessel is a mentioned in the end of the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, which is described in Maurice Walsh's The Long Discourses. Presently Dona's stupa is a grassy hill and has a Hindu temple built over it, where a beautiful statue of Tara is worshipped as a [[Hindu]] goddess. This statue was carved in the 9th century. A.D. Tourists on a Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour are sure to appreciate the historic sight of the stupa at Don.

A block headquarters now, it was also called Basnauli Gangar. It is the largest bazar in the district. This was the place where great hero of Indian Independence Movement, Shri Phulena Prasad centralised his activity and fought against the [[Britisher]]s.

A village in [[Maharajganj, Siwan|Maharajganj]] Block, there is a big tree under the shade of which Bhaiya-Bahini temple is situated. The story runs that these brother and sister fought Mughal sepoys in the 14th century and died here in course of fighting.<ref>http://siwan.bih.nic.in/HistoricalPlaces1.htm</ref>

A place in the Guthani block, there is a famous temple of Lord Shiva (Hansnath baba), 40&nbsp;km from the district headquarters (Siwan) just at the border of district Deoria of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5aCmnNg_WE</ref>