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<p>The article starts with the literal meaning of words bairagi mandal. The bairagi or Ramanandi means the desireless and mandal means origin. The Ramanandi mandal are spread over northern and central India and terai region in Nepal. The article presents the common features of a typical mandal with a description of three mandals. The first mandal is commonly found and the second and third are somewhat unique. The article discusses the officers of the mandal, the privileges of the sri mahant and the function of the mandal, the internal organization and composition of the different mandals like Suja mandal, Bavan kuti mandal and the internal affairs for the regulating of the mandal. The article discusses the unique rules of a mandal, like the ban on killing birds, fish, and mammals within Janakpur, and explores the reasons for the decline of the different mandals like Bavan kuti mandal. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-07)</p>
<p>The article reports on an investigation into the contexts in which folk knowledge of hygiene and sanitation in Nepal might play some role in the promotion of public health. It particularly focuses on folk knowledge of water related diseases and of water management. The article describes water sources, storage systems, and indigenous method of water treatment. The article mainly discusses water management in the context of the town of Janakpur. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-11)</p>
<p>A reconstruction of the reappearance of janakpur and the events which led to the founding of the modern town of Janakpurdham in the early eighteenth century. (Mark Turin 2004-06-16)</p>
<p>The article starts with the annual cycle of religious festivals which are celebrated by pilgrims and devotees of the Vaisnavite cult in Janakpurdham, including Sri Ram navmi, Sri Janki navmi, Jhula, Vijaya Dashmi, Diwali, Hanuman jayanti, Vivaha Panchami, and Janakpur Madhya Parikrama, Guru purnima and several other occasions. The article studies the role of kinship in the formation of groups of Maithili pilgrims who come to Janakpurdham to celebrate a mela. It is through kinship that the devotee creates a relationship to his deity, Lord Ram, and in re-enacting the lila of his deity, it is by means of these relationships that the devotee is transformed by the image of his beloved and thus becomes part of the divine. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-01)</p>