I spent most of my childhood in Birpur,
Supaul. It is a small town near India–Nepal border. Last year i visited birpur
after 15 year to see the town and my school. There was very little change in
the town. My school was now much bigger than it used to be
when I left the town. It was very emotional moment for me to be a place which
is linked to my countless number of beautiful memories.
Next day myself and my family decided to visit Kankalini Mandir (Kali Mandir) in Bharda, Nepal. It is an ancient temple and
devotee comes from all over Nepal and Bihar, India. This temple is dedicated to
Kali, the goddess of destruction. Temple is also famous for mass
animal sacrifice during Kali Puja. Every year unaccounted number of
water buffaloes and small animals are scarified.
We Started early morning from birpur and stopped
at bhimnagar for breakfast. We stopped at check post again near the Indo-Nepal border. One of the border guard from Nepal asked us the purpose of visit and suggested to take permit at barrage . In fact there is no border fence or clear demarcation between India and Nepal
except few stones. After few kilometer inside Nepal we reached koshi barrage.
Koshi
barrage is a flood control channel to control the flood. It is an engineering
marvel with 52 gates which controls the flow of river. Near the Barrage i
arranged permits for my vehicle at bhansar office . We passed through koshi barrage and after few km further
through green fields we reached the temple.
Temple was recently renovates and there
was less crowd inside because it was not an auspicious week to visit the
temple.
We performed
the puja at the temple. There were two altar one for water Buffalo and
another for small animals. I witness sacrifice of many animal and birds. There
was pool of blood near the altar.
We spent some
time exploring nearby area and dam. There were many local kids playing near the
temple and on nearby trees for berries. I gave them some Prasad and my wife
tried to talk to them. They were very happy to see their pictures on my camera
screen.
My mother bought few pictures of temple and sweets from shops before heading back.
On the way back We Stopped near the kosi barrage to see the barrage and fishing by some daredevils.
We stopped at check post again to show them the permits of my vehicle. One change I noticed was the security. In past i never saw any military presence in these area. Security at India-Nepal border has been beefed up recently. We returned back to birpur in late afternoon with memories.
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