Pratapgarh History

Pratapgarh is a major district of Uttar Pradesh. Which came into existence in 1857. Pratapgarh-Kasba is the headquarters of the district. This district is a part of Allahabad division. This district is located on 25 ° 36 ‘and 24 ° 11’ northern latitude) and 71 ° 19 ‘and 72 ° 26’ East long -term lords. The water level in Pratapgarh city ranges from 70 feet to 180 feet according to 2012. The district falls on the main road of Allahabad Faizabad, 41 kilometers from Allahabad and 39 km away from Sultanpur.

The height of this district is around 138 meters above sea level. It is spread 110 kilometers from east to west. In its south-west, the Ganges river makes a 50-km circle which separates it from Allahabad and Kaushambi (Fatehpur). Ganga, Sai, Bakulahi is the main rivers here. Loni and Sarkani rivers flow in the district. In the northeast, the Gomti River flows about 6 kilometers of circle.

The state is a district of Uttar Pradesh, it is also called Belha, because there is a Belha Devi temple which is built on the banks of the Sai River. This district is considered very important from a historical point of view. The country’s first Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru started his political career through a padyatra from the assembly constituency Patti here. This earth is also known as the birthplace of Acharya Bhikharidas, the best poet of Reetikal and national poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. This district is the birthplace of Dharmasamrat Swami Karpatri ji and the taposthali of Mahatma Buddha.

The local king, Raja Pratap Bahadur, whose term was between 1826 to 182, established his headquarters in an old town Aror near Rampur. Where he built a fort and named it Pratapgarh (Fort of Pratap) in his name. Gradually, the place around that fort was also known as that fort, that is, in the name of Pratapgarh. When the district was reorganized in 1858, its headquarters was established in Belha which is now known as Belha Pratapgarh. The Belha name was actually taken from the temple of Belha Devi situated on the banks of the Sai River.

Pratapgarh district, situated on the banks of river Ganges near Tirtharaj Prayag, is considered to be very important from historical and religious terms. This district of Uttar Pradesh has been witness to many important events of Ramayana and Mahabharata. It is believed that Prabhu Shri Ram went to South from Ayodhya at the time of Vanagaman through the banks of Belha’s legendary river Sai. The banks of the rivers here have become holy from their feet. One of the five Prabhuk rivers of Uttar Pradesh, which is mentioned in Ramcharitramanas, is the Say River of Pratapgarh in the Vanwas Yatra of Lord Shri Ram.

Sai River-This river originates to the north of Hardoi and crosses the district, crossing Lucknow, Unnao and Rae Bareli and enters Pratapgarh in Mustafabad, Atteha in the west. First of all, its passage is very difficult, which consists of several turns and contradictions that make large and small loops, and surround the fertile upper land. After creating the border between Rampur and Atteha, it passes from the east for a few kilometers from the upper part of the pargana in the middle of Pratapgarh, then reaches the district headquarters by descending and climbing in a series of big turns. From this point it turns south and then to the extreme eastern border of South-East, Pratapgarh tehsil. Entering the tehsil strip in Khambor, it bends north as an ancient fort of Kot Billkhar in the north, and then leaving the southeast, the district in Danwan village and after a 72-km course through Pratapgarh, in Jaunpur Enters. It eventually joins Gomti, about 32 km south-east from Jaunpur city.
In dry weather, the Say is narrow, shallow and easily moving, while its tributaries become only ravines; But in the rain, the river takes a large amount of water in the river, which increases to a large level and gets a great velocity. The crooked bends of the river, although frequent at intervals in their entire course, are most attentionly paid to its entry into the district. It seems that they are made up of resistance to hard soil and kankar rocks, which forced the river

Turn to one side to pierce the soft surrounding land. The banks of the Sai are high in many places and are usually well defined. Sometimes they are broken and pierced from ravines that sometimes spread to several hundred meters, while in other places they slowly move towards the river floor in long parallel waves. They are usually cultivated in this region, but usually the edges have high and broken land with bumpy soil, more high stood standing like separate mounds, devoid of vegetation or thick Are covered with grass. The broken land is inland spread for different distances and sometimes about one kilometer in width. In some places, shore are covered with mango and dense trees of mahua, which are slightly away from flood reach.

Shani Dev Temple
Lord Shani’s ancient mythological temples in the forest of Kushfara, about 2 km from Vishwanathganj market in Pratapgarh district, are the centers of reverence and faith for the people. It is said that this is a place where the devotee becomes a character of Lord Shani’s grace as soon as he comes. This place filled with miracles suddenly draws people towards itself. This Dham is situated on the banks of the Balkuni River. Which is now also known as Bakulahi. Due to being the only mythological Shani Dham in Awadh region, devotees from Pratapgarh (Belha) as well as many districts come.

Bela Devi
There is a historic Belha Mai temple on the banks of the Sai River in Pratapgarh. This temple of Mother Belha Devi, the presiding deity of the city, is located on the banks of the Sai River flowing through most of the land. The district is also known as Bella or Belha due to the grand temple of Maa Belha Devi on the banks of the Sai River. Regarding the establishment of the temple, it is said in the Puranas that Sati reached without calling in the yagna performed by King Daksha. Seeing Shiva ji there, Sasati jumped into the Havan Kund and gave up his life. When Shiva ji took away Sati’s body, Vishnu ji ruled him by running a cycle. Wherever the body of Sati fell, Devi temples were established there. Here Sati’s (waist) part of Sati had fallen. When Lord Rama was going for exile (exile), he worshiped Maa Belha Devi in ​​the temple on the banks of the Sai River. Every wish sought in front of Mata Rani was definitely fulfilled