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Concept, Photography, Script and Research by

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Table of Contents

Disclaimer 3

Distribution Right ......................................

4

The Second Prime Minister ......................................... 5

Author Preface ............................................ 6

Introduction ............................................. 8

The Pre history of Meerjapur ............................ 11

The Religious City ................................................ 13

The City of Ashrams & Durgah .................................... 14

The Geographical Importance ..................................... 16

The 15 Beautiful Water Falls of Meerjapur & Nearby ... 17

The 19 Other Picnic Spots .........................................................

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The Ponds & Rivulets ........................................... 42

The Sculptures & Carvings .................................................. 46

Meerjapur The Historical City ............................................ 50

The Gardens ...................................................... ....... 53

The City of Temples ................................................................

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Mission Meerjapur ........................................................... ....... 56

Unveiling the Beauty of a City ...... ...................................... 63

Website & Email ...................................................................... 64


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The Second Prime Minister of India

Everyones favorite Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastris Mother &

His Wife, both were from Meerjapur. When Lal Bahadur Shastri was

just a kid, his father left them for good and his mother came to her

fathers house and Shastri ji got his primary education from

Meerjapur.


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Deepak Kapoor

AUTHOR PREFACE

DEAR READER

Living in the biggest district of Uttar Pradesh, it was somewhere

there in my mind that we were far

behind from progress and wealth

instead.

Who does not have love and

affection for his motherland! I also

do have

Keen desire, engrafted deep into my heart, to make Meerjapur the

crown of India, got intensifying with time. I kept on my thinking

that doing something for Meerjapur is doing something for my

motherland and I opine, Doing something for your motherland

may or may not be gratefulness but not doing anything for Her, is

unforgivably ungratefulness.

I dont want to leave the ghost showing absurdly ingratitude to my


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beloved motherland. I took an oath and committed to do something

and then I set forth and step up to make our Mission Dream

Meerjapur come true!

Deepak Kapoor


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INTRODUCTION

In the history of Meerjapur, this city was known as Girijapur but

Saiyyad Shah Mirza was captured by the British government, so the

British called this city as Mirzapur fetkZ+iqj but after

independence, when in India, the cities were being renamed, then

the learned of this district clarified it that this is ehjtkiqj and not

fetkZ+iqjA Then even in all the Govt official work, the name was

corrected as ehjtkiqj except Railway Department, where still it is

mentioned as fetkZ+iqjA While in hindi the name was corrected but

in English it was remained as Mirzapur because none made an

effort to talk with the Govt. that if it is ehjtkiqj then how can we

spell it as Mirzapur? So I think the correct spelling should be

Meerjapur.

So I should make it clear that in hindi, the official name is ehjtkiqj

and in English it is Mirzapur.


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So I request you that if here I am using the spelling Meerjapur it is

unofficial and yet to be corrected by the Govt., by the continuous

effort of ours. But in hindi you can unhesitatingly use this official

name ehjtkiqj without caring that in railway station it is

mentioned as fetkZ+iqjA


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Before 1stApril 1989, Meerjapur was the Largest District of India

but on this day it was divided into two parts and a new district

Sonebhadra came into existence.

If we talk about the nomenclature of Meerjapur then as per the

description given by the learned of Meerjapur, after independence

of India, is as under

Meer ehj means sea

Ja tk means to emerge

Meer ja ehjtk means one who emerges from the sea who we

call Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth & Prosperity

And Pur iqj means Nagar or City

Thus the description of Meerjapur ehjtkiqj is the City of Goddess

Lakshmi i.e., The City Abundance with Treasure and Prosperity.


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SourceThe Swatantra Bharat, 28th

January, 1990

The Pre history of Meerjapur The Archaeologists,

Anthropologists or

Researchers have found

nearly 100 caves of pre

historic people in

Meerjapur district. The

first cave was searched by

Archwald Karlile in 1880.

Dr. S. A. Sali said that these caves are of 25,000 to 40,000 years old.

Most of the caves are near Lekhaniya Water Fall, 10 kms from

Ahrora or 70 kms from Meerjapur City.

SourceThe Swatantra Bharat, 28th

January, 1990


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Some of the caves have been destroyed by the stone crushers, some

are being destroyed and many of them are waiting of their turn.

These are the great and precious assets of the world for

researchers and can be a superlative place for attracting the

tourists from whole of the world.

SourceThe Dainik Jagran, 27th

October, 2005


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A Religious City

A devout triangle of Goddess

Vindhyavasini, Goddess Ashtabhuja &

Goddess Kali

and the pious

and Godly River

Ganga makeMeerjapur a

Religious city.

The Holy Book Upnishad says, Vindhya Region is the Holiest

Region in whole of the Universe.

Goddess Vindhyawasini

Goddess Ashtabhuja

Goddess Kali

River Ganga


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The City of Ashrams & Durgah

Meerjapur is a good place for Meditation & Spiritual Progression.

Many of the Saints & Sages came here for attaining the divine

knowledge through Meditation in the pious hillocks of the district.

Nearly 4 Kms from Meerjapur, near Vindhyachal, this is the Durgah

of Renowned Sufi Saint Hajrat Khwaja Ismail Chisti, the maternal

nephew of the great Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti

35 Kms from Meerjapur in Chunar Fort,

this is the Samahi of Raja Bhartrihari,

the elder brother of Raja Vikramaditya

of Ujjain.


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Gurudev Nagar

Ashram, 40 Kms

from Meerjapur

City, at Meerjapur

Ghorawal Road

Devraha Baba

Ashram is 12 Kms

from Meerjapur

City, near

Vindhyachal

Argaranand

Ashram is 45 Kms

from Meerjapur at

Shakteshgarh near

Chunar.

Gurudev Nagar Ashram

Devraha Baba Ashram

Argaranand Ashram


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Geographical Importance

By geographical point of view Meerjapur is the most important

district of India because Indian Standard Time is calculated from

the clock tower in Meerjapur which is at 82.5 Longitude.
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The Divine Beauty

God intended something to be very beautiful and He made the

pious land of Meerjapur. He decorated it with the range of Vindhya

Hills, Natural Water Falls & Fountains and made the pious river

Ganga to meet with Vindhya Hills in this district only.

The 15 Beautiful Water Falls of Meerjapur and Nearby

1. Jogiya Dari (Water Fall)

A magnificent water fall, 45 kms from the city, southward Padri


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2. Kushiyara Fall

A splendid water spring, nearly 38 kms from the city, southward

Gaipura on Gaipura Lalganj Road.


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3. Bokariya Dari (Water Fall)

An excellent water spring, nearly 18 kms from the city, at

Meerjapur Lalganj Road.


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4. Mukkha Water Fall

A gorgeous water fall 60 kms from the city, at Meerjapur Ghorawal

Road, district Sonebhadra


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5. Alopi Dari (Water Fall)

A stunning water fall 35 kms from the city, southward Padri at

Meerjapur Chunar Road


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6. Kharanja

An exquisite water spring 12 kms from the city, northward

Barkachha Pahari at Meerjapur Robertsganj Road.


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7. Windhom

A spectacular water spring 14 kms from the city, at Meerjapur

Robertsganj Road.


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8. Tanda Fall

A fabulous water fall 8 kms from the city, eastward Bathua at

Meerjapur Lalganj Road.


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9. Sirsi

An awesome water fall 45 kms from the city, southward from 18 th

km Miliestone at Meerjapur Robertsganj Road.


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10. Siddhanath Ki Dari (Water Fall)

A marvelous water fall 45 kms from the city, southward Chunar


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11. Lekhaniya Dari

A very beautiful water spring 65 kms from the city, at Meerjapur

Chunar Jamui Ahrora Lekhaniya Water Fall


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12. Raj Dari

A fantastic water fall 102 kms from the city, at Meerjapur Chunar

Jamui Ahrora Chandauli Raj Dari Water Fall, at Chandauli

district


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13. Dev Dari

A remarkably superb water fall 102 kms from the city, at Meerjapur

Chunar Jamui Ahrora Chandauli Dev Dari Water Fall, at

Chandauli district


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14. Chuna Dari

An exceptionally incredible water fall 75 kms from the city, at

Meerjapur Chunar Jamui Ahrora Lekhaniya Chuna Dari

Water Fall


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15. Pehti Ki Dari

A superlatively & remarkably beautiful water fall 47 kms from the

city, southward, 10 kms before Chunar to Lahora Village


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The Divine Beauty

Meerjapur has a big number of Water Falls, Springs, Ponds and

Rivulets. Most of them are unknown even to the local citizens, they

know only about a few places. I am giving here some of them but be

sure that even I myself am not knowing about all its jungle beauty.

The 19 Other Picnic Spots

1. Bhairo Kund A very beautiful water fall near Ashtbhuja

Temple, 8 Kms from Meerjapur and 2 Kms from Vindhyachal


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2. Bhuiyan KhohThis is a very

nice place between Gaipura and

Lalganj, nearly 30 Kms from

Meerjpaur City

3. Bokariya Dari (Water Fall)This isolated place has peace &

calm, you can visit there for

spending some time with the

peace and calmness of Nature.

This is between Barkachha

Pahari and Tanda Fall, nearly

11 Kms from Meerjapur City.


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4. Chitwa Khoh A place for the enjoyment of adventurous

picnic. Dont go if you cant walk

several miles on rough road. But

really a very nice place

surrounded by hills with a

beautiful Water Spring and a

Water Well, named Lal Bhatt Ki

Bawli

5. Dayniya KhohA very peaceful

place near Kali Khoh Temple, 8 Kms

from Meerjapur City and 3 Kms from

Vindhyachal Temple


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6. Jargo Reservoir one of the biggest water reservoirs in

Meerjapur between Chunar and Ahrora, it creates a beautiful look

of a lake surrounded by hills.

7. Kali KundA marvelous water fall near Kali Khoh with a kund

with drinking water with natural minerals.


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8. Lakshman Kund Between

Vindhyachal and Birohi, A water fall

but for 2 or 3 months only, during

rainy season

9. Lower Khajurionly 8 kms from

Meerjapur city near Barkachha, at

Robertsganj Road, an excellent place

for them who have tremendous love

for Nature.

10. Machhodra Kund Between

Vindhyachal and Birohi, this is a

natural water resource, the best

natural mineral water fit for drinking,

throughout the year.


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11. Medaniya Kund A peaceful

place with a natural water spring,

near Kali Khoh Temple

12. Meja ReservoirA very vast reservoir between Sirsi Water

Fall and Lalganj, nearly 50 kms from Meerjapur City


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13. Patarke Mahadev A nice

place with calmness between Gaipura

and Lalganj, nearly 38 kms from

Meerjapur City

14. Ram Kund A water fall

between Vindhyachal and Birohi, but

for 2 to 3 months only, in rainy

season


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15. Sita Kund Nearly 3 kms from Vindhyachal and 8 kms from

Meerjapur City, this is

a temple of Sita ji,

where you can find a

natural source of

water, inside the

temple, beside the

Goddess Idol, where

pure, natural, mineral

water fit to drink, always flows throughout the year. There is a Sita

Footprint Temple also.

16. Tudtudiya Kund This is a

beautiful water fall very close to

Birohi Railway Station, Water flows 4

to 5 months here in rainy season.


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17. Upper Khajuri Nearly 18 kms

from Meerjapur City, this is a water

reservoir with a very beautiful natural

scene and a water spring. A marvelous

place for enjoying with family.

18. Vansatti DeviThis is a natural

water fall between Gaipura and

Lalganj, nearly 35 kms from

Meerjapur City. Dont go there if you

dont know the exact way to reach

there or accompany with a local person.


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19. A Water Fall Near AhroraA water fall nearly 18 kms from

Ahrora Town


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The Ponds & the Rivulets

1. The Pond, at Lohandi This

Pond is at Lohandi near Hanuman jis

Temple

2. The Pond, at Lalganj This

Pond is at Lahengpur, at Lalganj


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3. The Pond at Kantit This

Pond is at Kantit, behind the

temple of Bhaironath

4. The Durga Kund, Chunar

This is a Temple of Goddess Durga

and a beautiful Kund (Pond) in the

Temple campus at Chunar


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5. The Pond, Ashtbhuja This

Pond is near Ashtabhuja Pahari

6. The Naag Kund, Kantit This

is a Beautiful Religious and

Historical Kund (Pond) behind

Kantit Sharif, between Meerjapur &

Vidhyachal

7. The Motiya Talab (Pond)

There is a Temple of Lord Shiva at the

bank of the Kund (Pond). Its a

beautiful Religious Kund.


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8. The Gerua Talab (Pond)This

religious pond is at Ashtabhuja Hill

9. The Dhurker Rivulet On

the way to Ghorawal from

Meerjapur, this is Dhurker

Rivulet, nearly 45 kms from

Meerjapur City


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The Sculptures or Carvings Meerjapur has many

magnificent Buildings, Wells, Bridges and Ghats made up with

Meerjapuri stones. These sculptures are matchless.

1. Ghantaghar (The Clock Tower) This magnificent building

is the Clock Tower of Meerjapur. It is the

best Ghantaghar of India. It was completed

on 31st May, 1891. Seeing the carvings on

this tower, one forgets batting ones

eyelids. This is in the city near

welleslyganj area and still waiting of

Archaeological Survey of India to give

attention over it and declare it as a Protected National Monument.


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2. Pakka Ghat, at River Ganga This glorious structure is a

Ghat at River Ganga in the city. The name of the Ghat is Pakka Ghat.

The beauty of this Ghat is marvelous and matchless but gradually it

is deteriorating.

Magnificent Carvings at Pakka Ghat in Meerjapur City at River Ganga


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3. The Water Well This spectacular

structure itself exemplifies the standard

of Stone Carving art of Meerjapur. This

beautiful Well, at Pakki Sarai area in

Meerjapur City, has been waiting

patiently of ASI to keep it among other

National Monument as remembrance of

the glorious history of Meerjapur Stone

Carving Art.

4. The Water Well in front of

City Kotwali There are many

Water Wells in the city with excellent

Stone Carving Work and this is one of

them in the city in front of City

Kotwali, Meerjapur.


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5. The Ojhla Bridge Between Meerjapur and Vindhyachal, a

River Ojhla (Punyajala) flows. Mahant Parashuram Giri, a Rich

Cotton Merchant of Meerjapur

constructed this bridge, in Saka

Samvat 1772 (CE 1829 1830),

over this river by donating only

one day income of his business.

There are stairs also to go

inside of the pillars of the splendid bridge.

6. The 11 Takkhe Ka Bridge

This bridge is in the city near

Lohandi. There are 11 passages

for the river to flow through the

bridge so it is called 11 Takkhe

Ka Bridge.


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MeerjapurThe Historical City

The Chunar FortIn the great literature

Chandrakanta Santati, you must have heard

about the kingdoms Naugarh, Vijaygarh

and Chunargarh. One of these forts, the

Chunargarh is in Meerjapur district while others are also nearby.

This Fort is in Chunar, 35 kms from the city.

This fort was built by King Vikramaditya for

his brother Bharthrihari. The fort was

under control of the rulers King

Vikramaditya, Prithviraj Chauhan, Shahabuddin

Gauri, Swami Raja, Sikandar Lodhi, Babar, Humayun,

Sher Shah, Akbar, Jahangir, Aurangzeb, Nawab Wazir,

Nawab of Awadh then East India Company and from

the company it went under control of the British.


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The Chunar FortIn this fort there is a very old & big well. This

well was constructed by Swami Raja in 1333

CE (AD). There is a flight of stairs to go in

the well to reach the wellspring. Sonwa

Rani, the daughter of Swami Raja, used to go

there to take bath in the well.

The place where the king held his court with his

courtiers and the queen used

to see the proceedings of the

court from this balcony.

This is Sonwa Mandap, the place made by Swami Raja for his

daughters marriage. But shedidnt get marry

as Raja had put a condition that whoever

could defeat him in the fight would marry his

daughter. 12 persons were defeated & murdered by Swami Raja

and at last Alah Udal married Sonwa and took her with him.


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The Chunar Fort There is

an underground prison for the

prisoners in the fort and some

openings for oxygen are also

there on the roof of the cell.

In the fort, there is a shrine of king

Bhartrihari, who was the elder brother of

king VIKRAMADITYA of Ujjain.

It is said that if this fort had not been

here or the walls of the fort had been

made of mud or soil then Ganga would

not have gone to Varanasi, instead, it

would have turned to the district Sonbhadra. Because of this fort

only, the Ganga diverted northward to Varanasi.

The Ganga can be viewed from the back and side walls of the fort.


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The Gandhi Garden In 1929, Gandhi ji visited in the city. He

addressed the citizens in the park and this park has been named

after him The Gandhi Garden. It is at Lal Diggi, in Meerjapur City.

The Shaheed Udyan (Martyrs Garden) This is a very

beautiful garden at Naarghat,

in the city. It is one of the best

Shaheed Parks in India as a

tribute to the martyrs who

sacrificed their life during the

revolution for Indias freedom.


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The City of Temples There are a lot of ancient temples in

the city. While it is said that many of the temples were destroyed by

Aurangzeb, in spite of that even today it is The City of the Temples.

Some names are Tarkeshwar Mahadev, Panchmukhi Mahadev,

Budhenath, Lohandi Mahaveer, Sankat Mochan, Kali ji, Ram Mandir,

Beti ji, Bari Mata, Dau ji, Vaman Dev, Bala ji, Khatu Shyam etc. In

every Ghat of the River Ganga there are many temples. The

carvings of the temples are marvelous.

The Magnificent Carving on a Temple at Bariya Ghat


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Some of the temples are dilapidating and carvings in the ancient

structure or small temples are being destroyed by the people of the

city knowingly or unknowingly.

Images of Some Temples

Tarkeshwar Mahadev, Panchmukhi Mahadev, Lohandi Mahaveer, Lal Bhairo & Kali ji at Lohandi


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Mission Meerjapur


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Mission Meerjapur


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Mission Meerjapur


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Mission Meerjapur


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Mission Meerjapur


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Mission Meerjapur


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Mission Meerjapur


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Deepak Kapoor

with all others who love meerjapur

Don't you think that it will not be an

exaggeration if we say Meerjapur the most

beautiful district of Uttar Pradesh and one of

the most diversified and distinctive districts

in India!

But the story doesnt bring to an end here. Whole of this beauty is

in the veil. We have committed to commitment to

unveil its beauty. We make an appeal to you also,

Lets mingle our hands and keep pace together to

touch the horizon.

We are on a biggest Revolutionary Mission of

Meerjapur, affirming you that soon you will find

us at the zenith coming off with flying colors or

laying down dead on the earth,

As we don't like the strangulated and suffocated life sandwiched

between these two................................


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