Dhanushadham Municipality

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Lord Shiv handed over Shiv-Dhanush (Bow) to king Janak, father of goddess Sita. No one was able to lift the bow except king Janak. Thus, surrounding of the bow was very tidy not being able to lift and clean the area. One day while king Janak returned back to his Palace after roaming from his Kingdom, ancient Mithila state, he saw that bow was lifted and surroundings were cleaned thoroughly. He came to know that it was lifted by Sita (daughter of king Janak). Being proud to his daughter, he thought that Sita is very powerful and should not be married to a common man. So, he announced that Sita will be married to the person who can lift the Shiv-Bow and invited prince and king from all over the world. All prince and king took part in the ceremony but no one could lift the bow except Ram, prince of Ayodhya. The heavy waited Shiv-bow broke into Three pieces while lifting for shooting arrows. It is believed that one end went to Sky (Aakash), 2nd end to Abyss (Patal) and middle part fell on the earth which later named as Dhanusha (the place where Dhanush/bow fallen down). The municipality, Dhanushadham is named following the name Dhanusha. About 1 billion Hindu pilgrims visit Dhanush temple and Dhanushadham muncipality every year and is known as One of the live specimen of Hindu religion. It's also One of favorite Hindu Pilgrimage sites for all the Hindu residing all over the world. Several occasions like Ram Navami (birth day celebration of Lord Ram), Vivah Panchmi (marriage celebration of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita), maghe makar festival and so on, takes place at Dhanushadham. A research by Mithila Wildlife Trust, Nepal (www.mwt.org.np) shows that Dhanush temple receives 224 numbers of religious tourist every day on average basis.