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Description:
The article starts with the literal meaning of words bairagi mandal. The bairagi or Ramanandi means the desireless and mandal means origin. The Ramanandi mandal are spread over northern and central India and terai region in Nepal. The article presents the common features of a typical mandal with a description of three mandals. The first mandal is commonly found and the second and third are somewhat unique. The article discusses the officers of the mandal, the privileges of the sri mahant and the function of the mandal, the internal organization and composition of the different mandals like Suja mandal, Bavan kuti mandal and the internal affairs for the regulating of the mandal. The article discusses the unique rules of a mandal, like the ban on killing birds, fish, and mammals within Janakpur, and explores the reasons for the decline of the different mandals like Bavan kuti mandal. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-01-07)
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