Thursday 17 September 2009

Sasaram


It is beautiful maps in Sasaram Rohtas Distric.


Sasaram district is also famous for its nearby majestic fort of sher shah suri at Rohtasgarh.This fort has a long history trailing back to 7th century AD. The fort was built by raja harishchandra in the name of his son rohitashwa. The fort houses churasan temple,ganesh temple,diwan-e khas, diwan-e-aam,and various other structures dating back to different centuries and to different styles of architecture.This fort also served as the headquarters of Raja Man Singh during his reign as the governor of bihar and bengal under the regime of Akbar. Rohtaas fort in Bihar should not be confused with Rohtaas fort near Jhelum,Punjab , in what is now Pakistan, which was also built by Sher shah suri during the period when Humyaun was exiled from Hindustan.

Sasaram is also famous for Maa Tara Chandi Temple (where a fantabulous crowd can be always observed in SHRAWAN month or in DUSSEHARA )and also for Kaimur mountain. The two waterfalls which add to sasaram's scenic beauty are the Manjhar Kund and Dhua Kund. A fair is organised at these places every year after a day of Raksha Bandhan. These two water falls has capacity to generate 50-100 MW of electricity if utilized properly. Sasaram is also famous for Stone Chips and Stone mining industries.Rohtas in south of Sasaram known to be the residence of Satyawadi Raja Harischandra. On the name of his son Rohitashwa the district is so called Rohtas. Sasaram is also famous for the Samrat Ashok pillar (1 of the 13 laghu shilalekh) situated in a small cave of Kaimur hill near Chandan Shaheed. Languages spoken in this region are Bhojpuri,Hindi and Urdu ; religions comprise of Islam , Buddhist,jain and Hindu.

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