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{{Monastery<br />
| name = Kapil Ashram<br />
| native_name = कपिल आश्रम<br />
| established = 8th Century - 7th Century BCE<br />
| founder = Kapila<br />
| location = Kakraul, [[Rahika]], [[Madhubani district]], Mithila<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| dedication = Shankhya Shastra<br />
| style = Hinduism<br />
| other_info = Affiliation : [[Ancient Mithila University]]<br />
| image = Kapila.jpg<br />
}}<br />
'''Kapil Ashram''' ( Sanskrit : '''कपिल आश्रम''' ) was a Hindu monastery of the Vedic sage [[Kapila]]. He is the author of [[Samkhya|Shankhya Shastra]] of Ancient Indian philosophy. It is located at Kakraul village of Rahika block in Madhubani district of Mithila region of Bihar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=बाबा कपिलेश्वर स्थान में बिखरने लगी मधुबनी पेंटिग की छटा|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-baba-started-disintegrating-in-kapileshwar-place-madhubani-19646118.html|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Shankar Dayal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=syip6LKz78kC|title=Bihar : Ek Sanstkritik Vaibhav|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-7182-294-2|language=hi}}</ref><br />
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== Background ==<br />
According to legend this place is related to Maharishi Kardam and Devhuti. [[Kapila]] was the son of Maharshi Kardam.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jha |first=Bhavanath |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vGpvEAAAQBAJ&q=Mahadev+sthan+Jagban+Madhubani |title=धर्मायण, 2078 वि.सं. भाग-1, अंक 105-108 |publisher=Mahavir Mandir, Patna |language=hi}}</ref> It is believed that the Vedic sage [[Kapila]] was the devotee of Lord [[Shiva]]. He established [[Lingam|Shivlinga]] at the Kakraul village known as [[Kapileshwar Temple, Bihar|Kapileshwar Sthan]]. There was an Ashram of Kapila where he developed and wrote the Shankhya Shastra of the Indian philosophy. There he taught his Shankhya Shastra to his disciples for many years. Seerdhawaja [[Janaka]] the king of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] also came here to study the Shankhya Shastra from the Vedic sage Kapila.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nirmalendu|first=Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tn-4DwAAQBAJ|title=Magadhnama|date=2019-10-23|publisher=Lokbharti Prakashan|isbn=978-93-88211-61-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Chaudhary P. C. Roy|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206891|title=Bihar District Gazetteers Darbhanga|date=1964}}</ref> This is the attractive tourist destination for Hindu pilgrims in the Mithila region. Hindu devotees from different parts of the district and the entire Mithila come here to worship the Shivlinga of the [[Kapileshwar Temple, Bihar|Kapileshwar Sthan]] temple.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mithila Heritage - Places|url=https://www.mithilaheritage.com/blogs/places|access-date=2021-11-21|website=www.mithilaheritage.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121085605/https://www.mithilaheritage.com/blogs/places|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About District {{!}} District Madhubani, Government Of Bihar {{!}} India|url=https://madhubani.nic.in/about-district/|access-date=2021-11-21|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Ancient India]]<br />
[[Category:Places in the Ramayana]]<br />
[[Category:Ashrams]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Madhubani district]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu educational institutions]]<br />
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