Bhatpura

Bhatpura
भटपुरा
Village
Bhatpura
Interactive map of Bhatpura
CountryIndia
StateBihar
RegionMithila
DistrictDarbhanga
BlockManigachhi
Gram panchayatBrahmapura-Bhatpura
Founded byBhatta family
Named afterBhatta surname of Kumarila Bhatta
DemonymMaithil
Language
 • OfficialHindi
Regional languages
 • Mother tongue
  • Ancient
  • Maithili
  • Sanskrit

Bhatpura ( Maithili: भटपुरा ) is a historical village in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent. It is located in the Manigachhi block of the Darbhanga district in the state of Bihar in India.[1] The name of the gram panchayat of the village is Brahmapura-Bhatpura.[2][3] It is the birthplace of the renowned Mimansa scholar Kumarila Bhatta.[4] It was also the native place of Ubhaya Bharati in Mithila.[5]

In the village, there is a Shiva temple known as Satyuga Nath Mandir.[6] Similarly, the village holds an important historical dih of the Mithila region related to the 8th century CE scholar Kumarila Bhatta. It is known as Kumarila Bhatta Dih.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Bihar, India Superintendent of Census Operations (1965). District Census Handbook, Bihar: Darbhanga. Government of Bihar.
  2. ↑ "मध्य विद्यालय भटपुरा में खत्म हुआ आंदोलन". www.livehindustan.com (in Hindi). 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  3. ↑ Bharat, E. T. V. (2023-01-11). "Nitish Kumar Samadhan Yatra: दरभंगा में आज CM करेंगे तारामंडल का उद्घाटन, लेंगे सोलर प्लांट का जायजा". ETV Bharat News (in Hindi). Retrieved 2026-06-01.
  4. ↑ Śrīvāstava, Lakshmī Prasāda (1990). Bihāra loka saṃskrti kośa: Mithilā khanḍạ (in Hindi). Sītārāma Prakāśana.
  5. ↑ कुमार, विजय; प्रसाद, युवराज देव (2012). बिहार के विकास में महिलाओं की भूमिका (in Hindi). Bihāra Rājya Abhilekhāgāra Nideśālaya. ISBN 978-93-81456-00-2.
  6. ↑ "मनोकामना सिद्धि के लिए इलाके में प्रसिद्ध हैं बाबा सिद्धेश्वर नाथ महादेव". Dainik Bhaskar.
  7. ↑ "कुमारिल भट्ट भटपुरा से महिषी तक निकलेगी रथ यात्रा". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2019-08-22. Archived from the original on 2024-12-15. Retrieved 2026-06-02.