TARKULHA DEVI

Whenever I go to Tarkulha Devi temple I think why Indian Robinhood Bandhu Singh had not properly treated as freedom fighter by the historian.The point in favour of him are as follows:
1.He sowed the seed of patriotism in the local people which ultimately lead to the famous "CHAURI CHAURA"incident.
2.His fights with Britishers near GAGHA,DUMRI COURT,at the bank of river GANDAK,near CHAURI CAHAURA bridge are ample proof of this.
3.He once captured the camp office of District magistrate.
4.He snatched the treasure of Britishers many times and distributed among the needy.
5.???He met Mangal Pandey during his mission.
The point probably goes against him are:
1.He spent more time in his maternal grandfather's house in Nepal.
2.His faith on Robinhood type of work.
3.His own people cheated him very early in his life therefore he was caught and hanged early.
4.He took some part of his KULDEVI'S soil from his house and reestablish her around palm tree.For this he has done PRAN PRATISTHA from bringing the burning earthen pot (with camphor) from MADANPURA.All this has taken precious time from his organizational work and he became famous more as a devotee of Tarkulha Devi.
5.He belonged to eastern Uttar Pradesh and Britishers were against the natives of this place because of their short temper.Even after independence people of this area are not properly treated.
Now the ultimate question:What should we do?
1.Statue of the Bandhu Singh should be erected at the Tiraha of Tarkulha Gorakhpur road.
2.Drinking should be prohibited in the area.
3.Try to publish his achievements in national daily(not local paper) and  also in book form from some national publication.

FREE BLANKET DISTRIBUTION

This winter created lot of problems for the poor people.Government organizations distributed blankets to the maids and servants of affluent people.Dr Kundan Kumar(Secretary),Dr O S N Tiwary(Treasurer),V K Shukla (Principal St Xavier's School) and Sulabh Jaiswal(Young Businessman) moved from hut to hut of poor people at the periphery of Salempur and distributed blankets to the needy at their doorstep.

CANCER DETECTION CAMP '2012

11th cancer detection camp was organized on 11th Dec '2012 in front of NAGAR
PANCHAYAT office Salempur, Deoria by C-MODEP.Ex minister Durga Misra inaugurated
the camp and told that doctors are like"NARSIMHA"when they treat the patients
and like mother when they take daily rounds for well being of patients.Total of
262 patients were examined 45 USG, 32 FNAC,10 PAP smear and 7 tumor markers were
done.Dr U P Sahi senior radiation oncologist,Dr Kundan Kumar surgical oncologist
from BHU and Dr N M Mathur surgeon,K M Bhagat, ultrasonologist participated in
this.All pathological examination will be done by Dr Mohan Kumar Head, Deptt of
pathology,BHU.
A special bulletin on importance of radiotherapy was also released.Hindi
literature on breast cancer and lung cancer were distributed by V K Sharma and
Mamta Upadhhay.Vote of thanks was given by the chairman of C-MODEP K K Tiwary.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE LIVE SHOW

Third General Knowledge live show was organized by C-MODEP at St Xavier's School,Salempur Deoria on 30th april '2012.Correct answers of the 9th General Knowledge Test were shown on the screen with the help of multimedia by the secretary of C-MODEP Dr Kundan Kumar. The students who ranked among the first fifteen of General Knowledge Test were awarded with cash prizes.New questions were also asked and for each correct answer cash prize was given.Few questions were there for staff and teachers and Rs 100/- was awarded for each correct answer.The programme ended with thanks given by the principal Mr V K Shukla.

TARKULHA DEVI

Tarkulha devi temple is situated 5 km from 'Chauri Chaura' and it is situated around the area full of TAAD (palm) trees hence the name of the deity is derived from this.There is a month long fair organized starting from the 'Chaitra Ramnavami'.People purchase their quota of spices of the year(garam masala) from the fair.Tarkulaha devi was also ishta devi( special deity for whom the worshipper is devoted) of the freedom fighter Bandhu Singh who used to fight Gurilla war with the Britishers.basically his character was like Robin hood but the Britishers as always used to call him as a dacoit.It is a folklore that Indian Robin hood Bandhu Singh use to worship the goddess by burning 50 Kg (seer according to the system popular at that time) of camphor. That practice is still continued and devotees burn camphor and incense sticks in front of the deity.A memoir is also built in the memory of Bandhu Singh.
There is a saying that he used to sacrifice heads of enemies in the Tarkulha Devi Temple.Finally he was arrested by British and hanged publicly at Ali Nagar Chauraha in Gorakhpur on 12th August 1857. People say that 7 times the hangman was unable to hang him due to rope breaking every time by grace of Tarkulha Devi. It was successful only at 8th time when Bandhu Singh prayed Mata Tarkulha Devi.(According to some he murmured that goddess didn't help him when it was needed and now playing the game then final rope didn't break.)
At present the devotees after worshipping the goddess cook meat in a earhen pot on fire of cow dung cake (goitha) and litti( a local delicacy made with wheat flour on open fire and seves as substitute of indian bread 'chapati').But few people are making the atmosphere bad by drinking alcohol.It should be banned in the premises by the local authority.C-MODEP is looking out the ways to solve it.

FREE TRICHOSCAN

Hair fall is a subject of concerned and most of the bald has some sort of inferiority complex.There are many causes of hairfall like genetic, dandruff, scalp infection, lack of proper nutrition etc. In view of this free 'Tricoscan' test was organized by C-MODEP in front of Nagar panchayat office, Salempur,Deoria. A team consisting of M.S.Tiwary and Punita Kumari from MMC lab has done tricoscan of 55 persons. Free consultation and and free medicines were distributed by Dr Kundan Kumar secretary of C-MODEP.

SALEMPUR

Salempur was under Gupta and Pal dynasty.Due to thick forest alarond it was never invaded by Muslim rulers. In Mugal period there representative Salim Khan was here which was the source of its name. It was under Majauliraj. One of the king of Majhauliraj acceptedd Islam as religion so the queen became angry and made her residence across the Bhat(a type of land) thus the name Bhatparani came into picture. Dirgheshwernath is a lord Shiva's temple and made by Aswathama when he had donated his MANI to Arjuna and left for Devaranya(forest of God and present day Deoria district. Sahiyagarh is also nearby place where many idols of Gupta or Pal dynasty are lying under the sun unattended. Shonitpur is present day Sohanpur which was capital of Banasur.C-MODEP is trying to give its glory back.