Naromurar is a Village in Warisaliganj Tehsil, located from National Highway 31 and from State Highway 59, making it the only village of the area well connected to both Nawada and Nalanda districts of Bihar. Literally the word Nar means water and Murar means Lord Krishna who appeared as the 8th avatara of Lord Vishnu in Dvapara Yuga as mentioned in Garuda Purana,Garuda Puran published by Geeta Press Gorkhpur that is the word Naromurar means the house of lord Vishnu -Kshirsagar. Naromurar is a village with great traditions. It is one of the ancient villages of India having a four hundred years older Thakur Wadi dedicated to Maryada Purushottam Ram and Lord Shiva. Along with the Rajkiyakrit Madhya Vidyalay having established in 1920 AD, 27 years before the freedom of India, a Janta Pustakalay the Public Library is also started in the year of 1956 AD which was inaugurated by the Education Minister of Bihar during the time of Krishna Singh.
History Black Death India was depopulated, Tartary, Mesopotamia, Syria, Armenia were covered with dead bodies - as mentioned by a German physician Justus Hecker in his book "Epidemics of the middle Ages" page no 21. The Black Death was one of the most devastating Pandemics in human history. The Black Death is thought to have originated from the Tartary plains of Central Asia, where it then traveled along the Silk Road and sea trade roots with Mongol armies and traders spreading throughout China, India reaching the seaports of Europe by 1346 AD. The black death is estimated to have killed 2.5 crores of Chinese and other Asians before it entered Europe. It is estimated to have killed 30 to 60% of Europe's total population. The plague reduced the world population from an estimated 45 crores down to 35 crores in the 14th century. However, the analysis of DNA from victims published in 2010 indicates that the pathogen responsible was the Yersinia bacterium, probably causing several forms of plague.
Migration From Pandarak
In the 1340s while the Plague was spreading towards the eastern part of India, It reached the pandarak a village now in patna district Bihar. The villagers could do nothing but see others die and wait for their turn. Most of the villagers were dying due to the plague attack, people used to say - "Bhagwan nikauni kar rahe hai" In Magadhi speaking people nikauni word is used for cultivation, the process of weeding the unwanted herbages from crops is known as Nikauni. Some of them who survived migrated to Apsarh or Aanti village now in Nawada district Bihar, later a group of people from Apsarh migrated to Kochgaon village and some of them to Naromurar to protect their lives. It is believed that in the year 1352 AD two brothers namely Naro Singh and Murar Singh along with their families were the first immigrants to come to that place which later flourished and developed and came to be known as Naromurar after their names.
History of Temples Literally the word Nar means water and Murar means lord Krishna who appeared as the 8th avatara of lord Vishnu in Dvapara Yuga as mentioned in Garuda purana, that is the word Naromurar means the house of lord Vishnu - Kshirsagar. Naromurar is a village with the diversities of Hindu sub castes, belief and worship are common amongst the villagers with a sincere love for one another. To express their strong devotion and love to God, villagers have built a number of temples all around the village having the sculptures of different Hindu Deities. Devisthan in the south, Thakursthan in the north, Durgasthan in the east, Shivamandir in the west, Shivalaya at the centre along with Thakurwadi, Vishnu temple and Mathuradham Suryamandir at the outskirts of the village, Temples all around the village making it looks like a mini Bhubaneswar
Devi Sthan
In the year of 1352 AD, when the village was founded by Naro Singh and Murar Singh, a temple "Devi Sthan" had also been built inside the village to practice their religious belief and faith towards the God. Devi Sthan is the oldest known temple of Naromurar having Devi pratima in the center surrounded by several other sculptures of Hindu God and Goddess inside the temple. It is one of the most sacred places not only for the villagers but also for the area, People from the nearby areas also use to visit there for the treatment of diseases like "Eczema". Due to its poor condition, the temple was rebuilt in 2002AD by Ramsagar Prasad Sinha, former General Manager ONGC Mumbai. There is a group of Pandits in the village for the medication of such diseases in a traditional aryurvedic fashion.
Thakur Sthan
Thakursthan is the second oldest temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in northeast direction of the village. A temple dedicated to Goddess Parvathi was also built in the premises later. Beauty of Thakur Sthan seeks the attention of all the villagers on the festival of Maha Shivaratri.
Thakur Wadi
Nearly four hundred years ago a Thakurwadi had been built by the villagers in the southwest outskirts of the village. It is well surrounded by gardens of Mango, Gooseberry, Guava, Banana, Papaya and several other trees from all the side. The temple is dedicated to Hindu God Rama along with laxmana and Goddess Sita. A group of saints with the chief priest of the temple known as Mahant, are employed there to practice their religious interests. A plot of 11 Bigha is also allocated to the incumbent Mahant for the welfare of saints and Thakurwadi. According to the tradition of the Thakurwadi, after declaring a Saint as the new Mahant he has to adopt a new title Das. Sr. No. Mahant Name Name Before Village From 1. Ganga Das Ganga Singh Naromurar 2. Jaymangal Das Jaymangal Singh Naromurar 3. Ramaudit Das Ramaudit Singh Kumar 4. Ramavatar Das Ramavatar Singh Naromurar 5. Ramalakhan Das Ramalakhan Singh Naromurar 6. Ram Das Ramchandra Singh Naromurar
Durga Sthan Adi Shakti Ma Durga temple is located in the kachahari premises of the village. There is a dedicated cultural organization Adarsh Natyakala Parishad to organize the grand Durga Pooja. Along with worshipping the nine forms of Devi, a series of cultural activities are also performed throughout the Navaratra that fills the entire village with full of energy and happiness. A series of Natyakala organized by the Adarsh natyakala Parishad during the five nights starting from the Jagarana to day after Vijayadashmi is unique throughout the Warisaliganj and nearby villages.
Shiv Parvati Hanuman Mandir
Three temples to worship Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvathi and Lord Hanuman is situated in the Kachahari premises of the village. There is one attached community hall as well to organize cultural programs during the sacred Hindu festivals of Ramnavami and Holi.
Mathuradham Suryamandir
In the year 2002 AD, A Sun temple is built on the outskirts of the village by Shree Shyamdev Singh. Villagers named it Mathuradham Suryamandir to respect the late Mathura Singh, the father of Shyamdev Singh. A Shyamkund is also built on the premises for the villagers to celebrate the sacred Hindu festival of Chhath Pooja. In 2012 AD, a Shiva temple is also built in the premises by Shree Chandeshwar Singh.
Shiv Parvati Laxmi Mandir There are three temples on the premises dedicated to Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvathi and Goddess Laxmi. Shiva Mandir built in the year of 2006 AD by Shree Ajay Singh followed by Parvati Mandir in 2014 AD by Shrimati Gayatri Devi and laxmi Mandir in the year of 2015 AD by Pravin Singh. The temple seeks attention of the villagers on the occasion of laxmi Pooja. Naromurar village has a dedicated cultural organization Tarun laxmi Pooja Samiti to organize the grand laxmi Pooja.
Ancient Naromurar Kachahari
Before the advent of Independence in 1947 AD, Bihar was one of the provinces under the rule of British Raj. In 1936 Bihar and Orissa Province was declared as separate provinces of Bihar and Orissa under the Government of India Act 1935 passed by the Parliament of United Kingdom, before the year of 1912 Bihar and Orissa province was the part of Bengal Presidency. For administrative purposes, the provinces were divided into several parts having a Zamindar as the head of each, over time they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja, Nawab, Mirza and many others.
Naromurar was one of the 2046 villages of South Bihar under the jurisdiction of Tekari Raj. In 1764 after the decisive victory in Battle of Buxar by British East India Company fought with combined army of Nawab of Awadh, Nawab of Bengal and Mughal emperor at Buxar, then within the territory of Bengal, a town located on the bank of Ganges river about west of Patna, an agreement of Permanent Settlement Act was signed in 1793 between East India Company and Bengali landlords to fix revenues to be raised from land. Earlier Zamindars in Bengal, Bihar and Odisha had been functionaries who held the right to collect revenue on behalf of the Mughal emperors. By the permanent settlement act of 1793, the zamindars power of keeping the armed forces were taken back and they remained just the tax collectors of the land. The power of zamindars were considerably weakened as they were not allowed to hold any court as it was brought under the supervision of collector appointed by the company. They did not want to take direct control of local administration in villages because of several reasons, they did not want to annoy those people who had traditionally enjoyed power and prestige in the village. The court commonly consists of four people having their designations as - Sr. No. Designation Work Profile 1 Gomastha A paid Manager of the Zamindar 2 Patwari Employed for accounting purposes 3 Barahil To carry the collected tax 4 Chaukidar To provide the security In the centre of the village there used to be a big Ficus religiosa tree, under its shade a delegation having the associates of zamindar used to collect the revenues from the villagers during the zamindari period. The place is still known as kachahari (court), after the independence several temples has been built inside the kachahari campus but that peepal tree can still be found reminding us about the zamindari era. Along with Naromurar there were nine more villages under the jurisdiction of this Kachahari and the villagers from all those villages had to report there in order to pay their taxes. Villages under the jurisdiction of Naromurar Kachahari - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Naromurar Khirbhojana Kutri Rampur Tullapur Godapar Paingari Masalkhama Shankar Bigha Basochak
Administration
Naromurar is one of the 75 villages under the administrative region of warisaliganj block in Nawada district. Giriraj Singh is the Incumbent Member of Parliament from Nawada and Aruna Devi is the Member of legislative Assembly from Warisaliganj.
Gram Panchayat Warisaliganj is one of the 14 Panchayat Samitis under Nawada Jila Parishad. Warisaliganj Panchayat Samiti is further subdivided into sixteen Gram panchayats for better administration. Naromurar comes in the administrative division of kutri Gram Panchayat under Warisaliganj Panchayat Samiti. Sr. No. PRI Designation Incumbent Holder 1. Gram Panchayat Mukhiya Satyabhama Devi 2. Panchayat Samity Pramukh Naresh Paswan 3. Zila Parshad Dharmsheela Devi
Naromurar Wards Naromurar Village is further subdivided into four wards. Current Wards are - Satrughan Kumar Ramashish Mochi Bina Devi Buni Devi
Naromurar Sevak Sangh Naromurar Sevak Sangh is a Non Governmental, Non Profit Organization founded by a group of New Generation villagers . Currently having Naromurar village its jurisdiction, Motive of the Naromurar Sevak Sangh is to uplift the village by using all the skills of privileged villagers. The Organization co founders met on the auspicious day of Vijayadashmi, 20 Oct 2015, in the premises of Rajkiyakrit Madhya Vidyalay - Naromurar for the first time with a common motive to serve the village selflessly by all means.
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