Discovery of the country of Pava where Cunda the blacksmith lived. "Parsa village."This is a video of Parsa village which Buddhists mispronounce as Pava. In the Mahaparinirvana story the Buddha goes to the country of Pava from Bhoganagara. Bhoganagara is Bhagwanpur chowk in Muzaffarpur town while Pava is Parsa village in Bettiah district. It was here in Cundas mango grove the Buddha stayed and ate pork. The off shoot is the place is today known as 'Sugaili' which I have deciphered as 'Sugar-Khauli' which means to eat pork. The Buddha continued travelling north west but soon tired out and rested under a tree. He asked Anand to get water from the Kohra river. The river was muddy. This is exactly what Kohra means. Other places mentioned in the Maha Parinirvana are nearby so Parsa village is certainly the Pava of Buddhist scriptures. The area of Cunda the blacksmiths house is known as 'Parsa Tola Arazi Chakw'. Chakw is Cundas real name. Cunda is a foreign Buddhist mispronunciation of Chakw. This village is inhabited by Bhumihar Brahmins with the Kashyap gotra. Their sub gotra is Mallya. So they are the Mallas of Pava mentioned in Buddhist scriptures. Enjoy the video of the country of Pava.

Here is the link to the youtube video of Parsa village

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RCEz7q02-Y

The Ashokan stupa in Birgunj town marking the spot the Buddha died. "Vishwa Hillock." This stupa is in Birgunj town and is called Vishwa hillock. Locals failed to realize it was a stupa so called it a hillock. According to Huen Tsang Ashoka constructed this to mark the spot where the Buddha died. It is close to Maisthan Chowk where the "Gah Hawa Mai" temple is where, according to Huen Tsang, the Buddha died. Just as Huen Tsang described, both the temple and this stupa (locally known as Vishwa hillock) are on the western banks of the Sirsiya river which Buddhists have mispronounced as Hirannavati. Huen Tsang calls the river "O-shi-to-fa-ti." When I shot this video I thought it was the relic dividing stupa where the Buddhas relics were divided between eight kings. So in the video I state it is the relic dividing stupa. Later I realized the relic dividing stupa was in Khutwajabdi village next to the stupa that marks the spot where the Buddha was cremated. So the viewer is requested to ignore my speech and simply view the stupa. There is a possibility it is the Mallas relic stupa.

Here's the link to the youtube video of "Vishwa Hillock."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAAJOSAl1z8

The place where Vimalakirti preached when he was sick. According to Huen Tsang this is the place where Vimalakirti of the Vimalakirti sutra fame last preached. He was a householder of Vaishali/Pidhauli and was a strong follower of the Buddha. This temple proves that India never converted to Hinduism. Buddhism is too good a religion to leave behind. Huen Tsang called this a house of spirits. He also adds that this is where Vimalakirti last preached. Most villages in Bihar and eastern UP has a house of spirits where Brahmins aren't allowed to conduct prayers. These temples are like the ones in this video.


Here's the youtube video of Bhairon Baba temple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omJwbJeOpBc&t=3s

Discovery of one of the first statues of Padmasambhava. "Jallappa Sthan" temple in Lakhisarai district. This video is of a statue I found in Jalappa Sthan in Lakhisarai District of Bihar. Jalappa Sthan is the place where the King of Zahor, locally called Sahur, tried to burn Padmasambhava and Mandarva but water came and doused the flames. This is exactly what Jalappa Sthan means. Initially I thought it was a statue of Mandarva. But the inquisitive me lifted the red cloth covering the statue. I saw stomach muscles that were male. And I saw the statue was holding a trident and pointing it at a child. This was Padmasambhava no doubt as he had killed a child with a trident for which he was banished to the charnel ground of the cold forest. SO FOLKS THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST STATUES OF PADMASAMBHAVA.

Here is the link of the video showing the Padmasambhava statue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGQKUm0dxRg

Discovery of Paida village where the Buddha was born. This is Paida village. Huen Tsang writes about a pond with a stupa next to it. The village is settled on the stupa due to which it kept the name Paida alive. It is spelt 'PAIDA' but pronounced 'PAIRA' which literally means little feet. So this is certainly the spot where the Buddha was born. The central point of the stupa will be the spot where Maha Maya, the Buddhas mother held onto the tree and gave birth.


Here is the link of the stupa next to Paida pond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szfe0bjNpKY

Discovery of the place where the Buddha ate pork in the country of Pava in Cundas Mango grove.This video is of Sugauli Bazaar in Bettiah district. In the Mahaparinirvana sutta the Buddha asks Cunda the blacksmith who lives in Parsa (mispronounced as Pava) village.. Cunda is directed by the Buddha to feed him the pork and not the disciples. They are given spinach which is locally known as Saag. After eating the pig meat the Buddha directs Cunda not to feed it to his disciples and to bury the left over in the ground. This is exactly what Sugauli means. The word can be broken up into 'Sugar-khauli' which means to eat pig meat. This was his last meal. The bazaar will certainly be on a stupa.


Here is the youtube link of Sugauli bazaar where the Buddha ate pork after which he got dysentry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwxZ6U8DRcI

Discovery of Magadhs share of Anands relic stupa in Rajgir. "Dumri." In page 160 last para of his book "Si-Yu-Ki" Huen Tsang writes, “By the side of the stupa of Ajatshatru Raja (he means by the side of Ajatshatrus Buddha relic stupa) is another stupa which encloses the relics of half the body of Anand.” Huen tsang then goes on to narrate the story of Anand crossing the Ganges to go to Vaishali which Huen Tsang calls ‘Fe-she-li’. The kings of Magadh and Vaishali are enemies so want to keep Anand on their side of the river so they raise an army to fight for him. Anand is disgusted and commits suicide/nirvana. According to Anands last wish his disciples give half the relics to Vaishali and the other half to Magadh. Ajatshatru brings his share to Rajgir and builds a stupa over it. I have chosen Dumri to be the stupa because of its proximity to Chakra which is the stupa housing Ajatshatru’s share of the Buddhas relics. Dumri in rural Bihari language also means skin or dry skin which is why the little drum sadhus keep is called ‘dumroo’. It is called that because it’s made of dry skin. When one walks uphill and gets tired one says, “Dum pasar gaya,” which means my skin has been floored with fatigue. The name Dumri hints at how Anand must have died. According to Huen Tsang the legend was Anand was burnt in the middle of the river. It could mean that an irritated and saddened Anand was suffering from depression after Sariputras and the Buddhas death. Seeing the two loved kings of the Buddha raising an army to fight each other for him, he committed suicide by burning himself to escape this madness. The stupas name Dumri could mean the body was only partially burnt. It could mean when Ajatshatru collected his half share of Anands body, it wasn’t fully burnt and some skin was left which had dried. And it could mean it was the lower half of Anands body. What ever the case Dumri surely means a part of the human anatomy. I am sure this village is on the stupa that entombs half of Anands relics. It is the kower or bottom part of his body. That means the upper half went to Vaishali.


Heres the link to the youtube video of Dumri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy39USYZLiM&t=15s