Aurangabad district, Bihar

Aurangabad district औरंगाबाद जिला,ضلع اورنگ آباد
District of Bihar
Location of Aurangabad district in Bihar
Country	India
State	Bihar
Administrative division	Magadh
Headquarters	Aurangabad, Bihar
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Aurangabad
Area
• Total	3,305 km² (1,276 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,511,243
• Density	760/km² (2,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	72.77%
• Sex ratio	916
Major highways	NH 2
Website	Official website

Aurangabad district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.

It is also referred as Chittorgarh of Bihar because of its dominant Rajput population and has a rare distinction of sending only Rajputs to Parliament ever since the first general elections in 1952.

This district is on the extreme mid-west part of ancient Magadh. All the literature available regarding “Treta Yug and Dwapar Yug” relate to Lord Sri Ram and Lord Sri Krishna respectively. Hindus all over the world come here to pay Pind (pious offering) to their ancestors. During the course of “Pind-Dan” first Pind is given on the bank of river Pun-Pun. River Punpun has been called in the Puran as Ardhgang ( Half of river Ganga ).

The sages like Bhrigu practiced penance here. The idol of sage Bhrigu's deity Bhawani is situated at the junction of river Pun-pun and Madar. The existing statue is regionally called Nakti Bhawani(goddess with broken nose) because of the statue broken at the nose. The celebrated book of Indian Astrology Bhrigu Sanhita is said to be written there.

This district remained taposthali (Penaut-place) of sage Chyawan. Sage Chyawan invented Aryuvedic Medicine Chyawanprash. The Shiv Ling (now called Baba Dudheshwar Nath) believed to be worshiped by Chyawan and made of Black Sapphire is still in existence. There is an ashram what is believed to be that of Chyawan present in Aurangabad in which unlit Akhand Dhuni (A place where the Saint used to continuously burn a log) is noteworthy. The Samadhi of Bal Yogi is also in front of Akhand Dhuni. Local disputes are solved by gathering near Bal Yogi Samadhi with a belief that the soul of Bal Yogi is still present would dispense justice.

There is a Sun temple of konark style in Deo (Aurangabad). It is said that this temple was founded by Raja Ayel, who was a Tretayugi king. He was also an ascendant of Lord Sri Rama. The old statue of the Sun in the temple was broken by Mughal rulers during their regime. The statue of trikal Surya has been established. The People of this region pay obligations to him especially on Sunday; Suryashasthi of month Chaitra, during the Adra Nakchhatra and on Suryashasthi of month of Kartik of Hindu Calendar. There is also a Suryakund in the south of temple where people pay Argha to the setting and rising Sun. People of this district and nearby districts treat Sun god as PRATYACHHA DEVTA (Visible God), from whom we all get power. There is folklore in this region that the descendant of Maharana Pratap, Raja Fateh Narayan Singh, who was a leper, came here in course of hunting to quench the thirst of his horse, he fell in that “kund” (Pond). It is said that his disease of leprosy disappeared.

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