Saturday, February 3, 2007

My first Post - Bareilly

Hi Everyone,
This is Abhinav Shrivastav from Bareilly, U.P.
To know more of me, you should know more about my birthplace. So this post will be dedicated to my birth place i.e. Bareilly.
Those who haven't heard of Bareilly, remember the "Jhumka gira re, Bareilly ke bazaar mein". Yes guys, its the same city and till date people have not been able to find out the jhumka :-). People who are fond of kites, must have heard about the "manjha" of Bareilly. Also, if you guys remember Priyanka Chopra was in Bareilly when she became Miss World.
Bareilly, a district located around 250 kms from Delhi and 250 kms from Lucknow, some where between these two cities. Also known as "Bans Bareilly" due to it large Bamboo market. Asia's largest veternary research institute "Indian Veternary Research Institute" is here. It also boast of having one of the important Air Force Base (Trishul), and a cantonment area. Standing on the Ramganga River, it is the capital of Rohilkhand Division and is a center for the manufacture offurniture and for trade incotton, grain and sugar.
Bareilly is home to a number of famous hindu temples. It has four Nath (Shiva) temples at its four corners, Alakhnath, Tiberinath, Madhinath, and Dhopeshwarnath. One of the well known temples is the Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir (located in Katra Manrya street near Bara Bazar). This temple was built by the efforts of a Muslim named Chuuna Miya. There is also another reputed temple of lord DoopeshwarNath which is assumed to be the place where Draupadi and Drishtadyumn was born by a grace of lord shiva in Mahabharata era.
So lots of things about Bareilly. The subsequent posts will take you through my life's journey.
Luv
~Abhinav