I spent couple of years of my highschool age in Bhojpur Bazar.

I feel like there are at least a few Sajhain from Bhojpur. Let's talk about our memories too.

i am neither from bhojpur nor do i have anyone there in bhojpur but i have been to that place in 2003/04. that visit was kinda unforgettable for us. i stayed there on and off for lil more than two months. i was there for field visit and stuff with my friends and i really liked the place and mostly those nice people and their hospitality.we were still in bhojpur bazaar when moaists attaked bhojpur bazaar. we could hear the salvo and firing sound the whole night and it was heart wrenching when we saw the aftermaths of the attack. the places i visited in bhojpur were annapurna (ki ke re ???) and places near khotang boarder...where we had an unexpected encounter with platoon of maoist militias, many with fresh injury from the attack. one of commanders came to us and had some friendly chat and that was really impressive.....and been to yaku... ani tyo sankhuwa sawa khandbari bhanda wari ko thau ke re i forgot that place name...teha dherai rudraksha pauthyo. ani been to south of bhojpur, is that ghodetar, hhmmmm......damn i forgot all those names. yeah been to many places over there kati hidiyo kati teha but i know thats everyday life of people out there.

btw, don't the local people from bhojpur bazaar pronounce bhojpur something like "bhochhur" if i am not mistaken. that was interesting......and i still remember our 12 something hours walk from bhojpur bazaar to pakhribas via phalate.... crossing arun bridge .....and the most embrassing part was that local people can conquer that distance in mere 4-5 hours. LOL oohh yeah forgot to mention i have a friend from bhojpur bazaar named udim rai if anyone here knows him

Dream catcher, you are absolutely right, we, primarily senior people pronounce it as भच्चुर. Looks like you have visited more places than I have done.

Annapurna, yea, if that is the plance in western part of the district. pandhaare could be a place where you encountered the maoists.

I was in Bangkok when that tragidy happened. My in-laws house was right next to the Army camp, in norhtern side, I was terribly worried when I heared that news. Fortunalely, nothing bad happened to my in-laws family other than several bullet holes in the walls of the house.

You must have walked to deurali, about 1 KM west of the main bajar. about 1 KM down the hill from there is where I was grown up. As I went through your memories, remembered several of those who were guests while I was doing high school in Bidhodaya.

Thanks for sharing your feelings here in this thread, it makes me so happy to listen from the people like you who love the place as a visitor. As you know, not many people visit my place and it so great that you have been to there, and spent that long.

bhojpur ra bhojpuri ma k sambandha hola?
just curious

No relation at all, bikash ji. I even did not know that there is a bhojpuri language down in the plain, until I first moved out of the district.

That was the most frequenly asked question to me, no wonder at all.

However, there is a district called Bhojpur in northern india too, which may have some connection with bhojpuri, just my guess.

No relation at all, bikash ji. I even did not know that there is a bhojpuri language down in the plain, until I first moved out of the district.

That was the most frequenly asked question to me, no wonder at all.

However, there is a district called Bhojpur in northern india too, which may have some connection with bhojpuri, just my guess.

la yo map herau bhojpur ta dekhakai chha(i mean highlighted chha)
aru adjacent jilla kun kun hun hamle ni janam na

yo ho map

khai birse ki maile ni, teso bhaye ta lajai bho. tara chhaina hola.

purba - dhankuta, sankhuwasabha
uttar - sankhuwasabha, solukhumbu,
paschim - khotang
dakchhin - sunsari, udayapur.

bhojpur euta paschim ko jillla
ma pare madhe paschimanchal jilla ko descendent
i mean i was born n raised in narayangarh
but my root is from baglung
my q is related to nepali log-geet
madhye-paschim(i didnt mean sudur paschim) ka geet especially from kaski,baglung,parbat,myagdi,tanahun,lamjung are more appealing than purbako ho?
even we listen at nepali radio tv, we hear more of songs from that area
many singers r also from that area(i dont remember any from purba now)
purba ka geet haru ali thado khal ko ho?
those my thoughts,no segregational feelings
just pointing out rich diverse nepali
culture

sorry bhojpur euta purba ko jilla hunuparne

Well, it is the natural tendency of a pearson to like things that they have experienced in their childhood.

I like purbeli songs more than the pachimi, but I do not mean they are not good. You must have heard sambhu rai, hiranya bhojpure, srawan mukarung, khem gurung and all.

Wari jamuna pari jamuna pakkai sunnu bhaekai geet ho, was from the boarder area of Bhojpur and Sankhuwasabha.

But, I like the songs like balla paryo nirmaya makuri jalaimaa and baini ko daya chha bhane, those are basically from the area you mentioned.

Buttomline is, we enjoy ourselves most, and that is what happening here for me too.

Pikhuwa Wari-Pari Ko Ukalo Oralo Samjhida !

I remember the days in which I used to go along the roads uphill and downhill before and after crossing the PIKHUWA KHOLA with a backback full of books and other stuffs. Once the river was too much flooded due to a heavy rainfall of SRAWAN and I was not much interested to take a long route. I met someone on the way who was much experienced in swimming in the rivers and asked him to help me cross the swollen river. The guy agreed to help me and caught my one arm tightly and entered the river. After some steps into the river, my feet were no more in contact with the river-bed! Oh my god, I was floating on water with my backback full of books and rice and vegetables. I closed my eyes while the person holding my arms was dragging me to the other side of the river against the river current. When I reached the other side, I turned around and watched the river. It was really terrible!

By the way, some of my Batch mates from Yashodhara Ma.Vi. are - Som, Ajamber, Khageshwor, Dipendra, Khom + 60/70 other friends !

Seems More people are from Bhojpur and enjoying all.

Lets share more pictures if you have. Thanks for the pictures and it refreshes old fading memories.

oh.. I can visualize how terrible it would have been.

so, you are from Dalgaun or ahale or closerby.

I followed your stories, they are great and inspiring. Looks like you are studying in mid west, may be one of the universities in IL. Do you know durga paudel who is also living in that region, a post doc in physics.

yeah SurNaTal, i know that place deurali...infact i stayed there for few days while i was in bhojpur. if i am not mistaken deurali is where bhojpur district forest office is located, right? and there was one pradhan didi ..she used to make really good local rakshi and buff sekuwa. LOL. and i still remember those fresh oranges we used to eat in bhojpur......man, thats when i got hooked with oranges coz i wasn't that big on oranges before. i visited lot of places in bhojpur but forgot most their names..... when i read you guys mentioning about those places, it kinda refreshes my memories btw do you know udim rai from bhojpur bazaar....he was one of my friends.

DreamCatcher, you are right, Deurali is the place where the district forest office is located. I may not now udim. At least I can not recall now. Did you bring a khukuri from there?

Deurali is the place where I did my primary school. It is also the place where I spent significant amount of my child and adolthood playing Carim board. I miss that always.

SurNaTal, i guess the school located right below that district forest office is where you did your primary school huh? i don't remember the name of that school though. and no we didn't bring any khukuri from bhojpur though we really wanted since the situation was not that favorable to travel with khukuri....you know what i mean. but of course, we brought rudraksha mala from dingla........when we traveled to remote part from bhojpur bazaar maoists would think that i were one of their members and would come and talk to me since i have mongolian look though i am not rai. LOL. that was interesting......and you know what i liked the way people used to say "bhojpur' as "भच्चुर" and liked that place itself

yea, the school was Mahendro daya pra. bi.

"भच्चुर" , yea, I love that.

I thank you all guys for sharing your feelings in this thread. It reminded me all my years in this beautiful place. Keep adding.

Here is map of Bhojpur district: