Nonihat

Hi this is Bipn Sen from New Delhi….

My home town is Nonihat You can call it the village of nature.My village is situated in Dumka District of  Jharkhand (India). It is about 28 km from DumkaDistrict . Nonihat is small town. It is famous for its Festivals, Fairs, Cuisine and nearest very famous temple of lord Shiva Baba Basukinath dham. Here you can see kind of religion. There are many type of festival celebrated in this village. The most famous are Durga Puja (October), Yag Mela (May-June), Naag Mela (June – July. People comes to join these occasions from the distant places. About my village, it is not associated with any historical event; however it is unique in many ways. It is important to me because my lots of memories are associated with this.

This is a mini town with some groups of villages, which includes different type’s cultures. Though it is small town, but it is unique in its structure. Here everybody is dependable on each other. Most of the peoples are well educated but on account of resources most of them couldn’t achieve their views.

The unique thing about my village is its water system. This area is never prone for water shortage. This village has a river, it is 1 km away from main baazar. This river includes one bridges Which links the village erect to Basukinath Dhaam

Due to this rever our village has not seen any water shortage. The calm environment of my village. This calmness is like a meditation. One can hear the voice of river water two km away. People talks from km away can be heard. In cities, we will ever get this opportunity. Here one can hear nature talking to him and see lot of miracles of nature. I invite people to explore the beauty of my village and Jharkhand. You will really like this for your life.

Nonihat is a village where you can find different type culture people. There are Brahman, Chatriya, Gwala, Maarwadi, Kuiri, Bengali, Christian, Muslim, Bhojpur and so many. Although they belongs to different culture but they involved their festivals. However they celebrate the joys together.

There are three famous fairs at Nonihat :

As there are so many culture in Nonihat society you can see a lot of festivals  to  celebrate there, especially in Bengali culture. There are so many small and large festivals they celebrate. Some of them : Durga Puja, Diwali, Saraswati Puja, Vishwakarma Puja, Muharam, Id, Makar Sankranti, Naag Puja, Maha Shivratri, Raam Yag and so many.

In Nonihat you can enjoy some special meals Such as:
Special desi ghee Sonpaapdi and Ghugni Mudi these cuisine are famous food of Nonihat.