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{{Short description|Birth place of Maithili poet Vidyapati}}
{{See also-text|[[Vidyapati]]|[[Ancient Mithila University]]|[[Vidyapati Dham]]}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Bisfi Vidyapati Dih
| native_name = बिस्फी विद्यापति डीह
| image = Statue of Maha Kavi Kokil Vidyapati.jpg
| founder = [[Vidyapati]]
| parent = [[Ancient Mithila University]]
| religious_affiliation = [[Sanatana]]
| principal = Vidyapati
| city = [[Bisfi]] village, [[Madhubani district]]
| state = [[Bihar]]
| country = India
| campus_type = Rural
}}
'''Bisfi Vidyapati Dih''' is the birthplace of [[Maithili language|Maithili]] poet [[Vidyapati]] in [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]. It is located at [[Bisfi]] village of [[Madhubani district]] in [[Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=विद्यापति डीह का होगा विकास:पूर्व विधायक |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-development-of-vidyapati-deh-former-mla-18670416.html |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> It was also an educational centre of the [[Ancient Mithila University]]. [[Vidyapati]] used to teach his students here. According to legend, [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]] had incarnated here as [[Ugna Mahadev|Ugna]], in the form of a poor servant at the courtyard of his great devotee [[Vidyapati]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hindustan Special In whose house Mahadev Mahadev was servant his wife commanding LordcShiva Maithil Kokil Vidyapati - Hindustan Special: जिनके घर महादेव करते थे चाकरी, शिव पर पत्नी चलाती थी हुक्म; उन्हीं को भुला दिया, बिहार न्यूज |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/story-hindustan-special-in-whose-house-mahadev-mahadev-was-servant-his-wife-commanding-lordcshiva-maithil-kokil-vidyapati-8511341.html |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=Hindustan |language=hi}}</ref>

== Description ==
There are Vidyapati's birthplace Dih, Vidyapati's academy, pond and Bhagwati Visveshwari Mata Sthan.<ref>{{Cite news |title=विद्यापति की जन्म स्थली डीह पर मार्बल से बनी तीन फीट की मूर्ति लगवाएंगे : शंकर झा |work=Dainik Bhaskar |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/muzaffarpur/madhubani/news/will-install-a-three-feet-marble-statue-of-vidyapati-at-the-birthplace-of-dih-shankar-jha-127590972.html}}</ref> It is said that King [[Shiva Simha Singh|Shivasimha]] granted Vidyapati his home village of [[Bisfi|Bisafi]] which was recorded on a copper plate grant. This historical place is the heritage of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]].The ruins of his school have become his memorial monuments. In the 14th century, the poet raised the flame of education by building a school for the education of exploited, neglected and downtrodden children. Nowadays dead bodies are burnt here. Due to the neglect of politicians, the school turned into a crematorium.<ref>{{Cite news |title=आजादी के वर्षों बाद भी उपेक्षित है विद्यापति का डीह बिस्फी गांव |work=Dainik Bhaskar |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/madhubani/news/vidyapati39s-deh-bisfi-village-is-neglected-even-after-independence-024524-3260794.html}}</ref> In 2018, a committee was constituted at the district level for its development on the standard of tourism. The committee demanded to display the pictures related to [[Vidyapati]]'s work, personality and his couplets through wall writing at the ancient site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=उच्चैठ व बिस्फी विद्यापति डीह का होगा विकास |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-high-and-bisefi-vidyapati-will-grow-up-2254071.html |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Hindustan |language=hindi}}</ref> A delegation of the Global Maithil Samaj led by Pandit Kamalakant Jha, the representative of Vidyapati Seva Sansthan and former president of Maithili Academy, demanded Chief Minister [[Nitish Kumar]] to declare it as a national monument.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=राष्ट्रीय स्मारक के रूप में विकसित होगा विद्यापति डीह, विद्यापति सेवा संस्थान ने मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार को दिया प्रस्ताव |url=https://news4nation.com/news/vidyapati-dih-will-be-developed-as-a-national-monument-753039 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=news4nation.com}}</ref> It has been proposed to build a guest house and a grand entrance gate at the Bisfi Vidyapati Dih. A three-storied building has been proposed to be constructed parallel to the length of the memorial building on the western vacant land adjacent to the Vidyapati memorial building. It is proposed to develop a theater on the first floor, a library on the second floor and an auditorium on the third floor of the building. The work of fencing the pond from all sides and making fountains at various places is also proposed in the plan.<ref name=":0" />

On 7 August 2024, the ''Standing Finance Committee'' of the [[Government of Bihar|Bihar Government]] approved a scheme budget of 20 crores for the development and beautification of the premises. The implementation of the scheme was entrusted to the [[Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation]] with estimated fund of amount Rs 19 crore 90 lakh 73 thousand.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-08-07 |title=20 करोड़ की लागत से विद्यापति के स्मारक स्थल का विकास कार्य होगा - bisfi News |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/madhubani/bisfi/news/vidyapatis-memorial-site-will-be-developed-at-a-cost-of-20-crores-133441441.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808095154/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/madhubani/bisfi/news/vidyapatis-memorial-site-will-be-developed-at-a-cost-of-20-crores-133441441.html |archive-date=2024-08-08 |access-date=2025-11-19 |work=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Proposed Grand Statue of Vidyapati ==
In 2014, Phul Singh, the chairman of Vidyapati Janjagran Trust proposed a grand statue of [[Vidyapati]] at the Bisfi Vidyapati Dih. The height of the statue will be 111 feet high. It will cost about Rs 4 crore. As the statue will be erected on the 16-feet-high mound, the actual height of the statue would be around 127 feet from the level plane of the village.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-08-01 |title=111 feet Vidyapati statue to come up at Bisfi in Madhubani district |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/111-feet-vidyapati-statue-to-come-up-at-bisfi-in-madhubani-district/articleshow/39392048.cms |access-date=2023-03-21 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Mithila (region)]]
[[Category:Madhubani district]]
[[Category:Sanskrit and Vedic learning in Mithila]]

Bisfi Vidyapati Dih - Revision history

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