# Bisfi

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**Bisfi** is a village and the headquarters of Bisfi block in the [Madhubani](/source/Madhubani_district) district of [North Bihar](/source/North_Bihar), [India](/source/India). It is about 26 kms from the district headquarter of Madhubani. It is the birthplace of Maithili poet [Vidyapati](/source/Vidyapati).[1]

## Description

Bisfi is a historical place in the [Mithila region](/source/Mithila_(region)) of Bihar, India. The significance of Bisfi can be traced from the ancient [Vedic](/source/Vedas) period to the mediaeval period. It is believed to be the home of prominent scholars like [Yajnavalkya](/source/Yajnavalkya), [Chandreshwar Thakur](/source/Ca%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8De%C5%9Bvara_%E1%B9%AChakkura) and [Vidyapati](/source/Vidyapati), etc. The location of [Yajnavalkya Ashram](/source/Yajnavalkya_Ashram) at [Jagban](/source/Jagban) village of Bisfi block gives it significant position in the pilgrimage of Hindu tradition.[2] Similarly, [Bisfi Vidyapati Dih](/source/Bisfi_Vidyapati_Dih) is an important location for Maithili language and culture.[1] According legend, it is said that [Lord Shiva](/source/Shiva) took the incarnation of [Ugna](/source/Ugna_Mahadev) as the servant of his popular devotee [Vidyapati](/source/Vidyapati) during 14th century in the Bisfi village. Ugna came to the courtyard of the house of the poet Vidyapati in search of job. The story of Ugna and Vidyapati is very famous in the [Mithila region](/source/Mithila_(region)) of Bihar.[3] There is a Lord Shiva temple at Bhairava village in the Bisfi block devoted to the Ugna incarnation. This temple is called as [Bhairava Ugna Mahadev Mandir](/source/Bhairava_Ugna_Mahadev_Mandir).[4]

According to legend, it is said *Shringi Rishi* of the [Ramayana](/source/Ramayana) period had lived at *Singiya* village of the block for several years. There is an ancient ashram named after him in the village. The ashram is called as [Shringi Rishi Ashram](/source/Shringi_Rishi_Ashram,_Singiya). In the campus of the ashram, there is a temple devoted to Lord Shiva called as *Shringeshwar Mahadev Mandir*.[5]

## History

Bisfi is called *Bisapī* ([Devanagari](/source/Devanagari): बसपी) in a [copper plate grant](/source/Indian_copper_plate_inscriptions) dated to the year 293 of the [Lakshmana Era](/source/Lakshmana_Era) (about 1400 CE) which granted the village to Vidyapati, describing it as "that village on the banks of the [Vāgvatī](/source/Bagmati) known as Bisapī... with much cultivated land, of wide extent, watered by rivers, [and] endowed with woods and tanks." The grant was made by the king [Shivasimha](/source/Shiva_Simha_Singh), who is also referred to in the grant by his title Rūpa Nārāyaṇa, from his capital of [Gajarathapura](/source/Gajarathapur). The village is described as being in the [pargana](/source/Pargana) of [Jarail](/source/Jarail).[6]: 188, 191

## Demographics

According to the India's population census 2011, the total population of the Bisfi village is 13981.[7]

## References

1. ["विद्यापति की जन्मस्थली बिस्फी को मिलेगा पर्यटन केंद्र का दर्जा Madhubani News - Bisfi the birthplace of Vidyapati will get the status of tourism center"](https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-bisfi-the-birthplace-of-vidyapati-will-get-the-status-of-tourism-center-19598899.html) (in Hindi). *Jagran*. Retrieved 2024-08-04.

1. ["वैदिक काल के महान दार्शनिक और ज्ञाता थे महर्षि याज्ञवल्क्य"](https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-maharishi-yajnavalkya-was-a-great-philosopher-and-knower-of-the-vedic-period-7817667.html). *Hindustan*

1. ["...जब चूल्हे की जलती लकड़ी से हुई भगवान शिव की पिटाई, हुआ ये अंजाम"](https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/spirituality/religion/story-of-ugna-mahadev-temple-in-bhawanipur-village-at-madhubani) (in Hindi). *Amar Ujala*. Retrieved 2024-08-04.

1. ["20 thousand devotees in Bhairava of Bisfi raise water on ugna mahadev"](https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-20-thousand-devotees-in-bheirwa-of-bisphi-raise-water-on-ugna-mahadev-2645102.html). *Hindustan*

1. ["महादेव मंदिर के जीवन काल पर हुआ शोध"](https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-research-done-on-the-life-span-of-mahadev-temple-3314935.html). *Hindustan*

1. Grierson, G. A. (1885). ["Vidyapati and His Contemporaries"](https://archive.org/details/indianantiquary1885vol.14_991_P/page/190/mode/2up). *[The Indian Antiquary](/source/The_Indian_Antiquary)*. **14**: 182-96. Retrieved 17 March 2026.

1. ["Population finder | Government of India"](https://censusindia.gov.in/census.website/data/population-finder). *censusindia.gov.in*. Retrieved 2025-04-11.

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