Barahachhetra Municipality


Barahakshetra Municipality is a newly formed municipality located in Sunsari District of Province No. 1 in Nepal. The area of the municipality is 222 km2 and according to 2011 Census of Nepal the population of the municipality is 77,604 Barahakshetra is a famous pilgrimage site that remains inside Barahakshetra Municipality.Also saptakoshi River flows inside the Municipality.

Education

There are both government and non-government schools. There are about fifteen government and about fifteen non-government schools. Among them Shree Ja De Ja H.S.S is the oldest and reputed Government School in the Municipality and are one of the oldest and reputed government school in the locality. Shiddhartha Memorial H.S.S, Morning Star School,Sunshine Secondary English Boarding School,Sunsari Garden Academy,Rajabas English Secondary School, Moon Beam Academy, The Sky Lab Academy and The Oxford School are some of the reputed non-government schools among the Municipality.

Climate

The weather in Barahakshetra Municipality is mostly hot.
Chakraghatti,Prakashpur experiences 6 seasons,
SeasonSpan Span Characteristics
Basanta Chaitra-BaisakhMarch–AprilAround 25-30 degrees Celsius, very dry and windy
Grishma Jestha-AshadMay–JuneVery hot, Up to 40 degrees Celsius, farmers prepare for rice planting
Barsha Shrawn-BhadraJuly–AugustHot, very humid and heavy monsoon rains, Krishna Janma Asthami celebrations
Sharad Ashvin-KartikSeptember–OctoberCalm temperatures, festival season of Dashain and Tihar
Hemanta Mangshir-PaushaNovember–DecemberCold temperatures and sometimes fog, farmers harvest the rice
Sishir Magh-FalgunJanuary–Februarycold temperatures and foggy weather.

Barahachettra

is a Hindu pilgrimage sites. Among 4 chhetra in Hindu mythology 2 falls in India and 2 in Nepal that is Kurukshetra & Dharmachhetra in India and Barahachhetra & Muktinath or Muktichhetra in Nepal. In every 12 year a kumbha mela is organized in Chataradham.
Lord Vishnu, by taking the incarnation of Varaha or Baraha protected the earth from being submerged into Patala with his long tusk. Then the Lord sat with his wife Laxmi at the bank of Koshi River and the lap of Himalayas and hills. So, the place bore its name after that event. There is a big and beautiful image of the Baraha incarnation of Lord Vishnu.