Charaut Math

Charaut Math
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Sitamarhi
Deity	Lakshminarayan (Vishnu)
Location
Location	Charaut, Sitamarhi, Bihar
State	Bihar
Country	India
Architecture
Founder	Mahant Jai Kishun and Maharaja of Darbhanga Raj
Date established	1761

Charaut Math is a temple at Charaut block (Sitamarhi), in the Indian state of Bihar, of the Lakshminarayan monastic order group of the Hindu tradition. It is an ancient temple in the Mithila region of Bihar. Its antiquity is felt by looking at the throne with copper vessels, brass bells of over a Quital weight, brass and silver doors, etc. Apart from being a Hindu temple, it was also an important centre for the tradition of Sanskrit and Vedic learning in Mithila.

History

Charaut Math is a Hindu monastery. It was founded by Mahant Jai Kishun. He was earlier a Mahanth (Head of Hindu Monastery) in a Hindu Math at Matihani Math (Yjnayavalkya Lakshminarayan Vidyapeeth) of Nepal territory. He founded this Hindu Math when the Maharaja of Darbhanga Raj granted this village for the purpose of building a monastery to impart Vedic knowledge to students. It was founded in 1761. It became an important center for the Hindu Vedic culture and tradition and education. Charaut was a part of the kingdom of Darbhanga Raj, in the 18th century.

The history of the math has also been described in the book "Antiquarian Remains In Bihar" , written by D R Patil, Superintendent, Archeological Survey of India, South-Western Circle, Aurangabad, Maharashtra in 1963.

There is also another story about the math. It is said that 350 years ago it was a forest. A Mahatma named Tasmaiya Baba selected it as his penance and meditation place. Darbhanga Maharaja was influenced by his penance and meditation, so he donated thousands of acres of land as a gift to him.

Within the Math

There is Lakshminarayan Mandir in the campus of the math. There is also a Sanskrit school in the Math which was established in 1926 known as Sri Laksmi Narayan Sanskrit High School, Choraut.