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| name = Mandan Bharti Dham<br />
| native_name = मंडन भारती धाम<br />
| native_language = Maithili<br />
| founded = Mandana Misra<br />
| architecture = Hinduism<br />
| built_for = Teaching of Mimansa Shastra<br />
| location = Mahishi Village, Saharsa District, Mithila region, Bihar<br />
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'''Mandan Bharti Dham''' is a historically significant site and a residential location associated with the Indian Vedic philosopher [[Maṇḍana Miśra|Mandana Mishra]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mandan Dham |url=https://tourism.bihar.gov.in/en/destinations/saharsa/mandan-bharti-dham |website=Bihar Tourism}}</ref> It is situated in [[Mahishi]] village, within the [[Saharsa district]] in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of Bihar, India. This site holds great reverence as a Hindu pilgrimage destination. Notably, it was the location where a significant Shastrartha (philosophical debate) occurred between two eminent Indian scholars, [[Adi Shankara|Adi Guru Shankaracharya]] and Mandana Mishra, within the Sanatana tradition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mandan Bharti Dham, Mahishi {{!}} Saharsa District {{!}} India |url=https://saharsa.nic.in/tourist-place/mandan-bharti-dham-mahishi/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> In this Shastrartha, [[Ubhay Bharati]], the wife of Mandana Mishra was chosen as the impartial judge to adjudicate the philosophical discourse. Moreover, this location served as an educational center for the study of the [[Mīmāṃsā|Mimansa Shastra]] in [[Sanskrit and Vedic learning in Mithila|Mithila]]. The Mimansa Shastra is one of the six schools of Indian philosophy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nadkarni |first=Vithal C. |date=2009-05-29 |title=It's a question of perception |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/vedanta/its-a-question-of-perception/articleshow/4595382.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-10-18 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jha |first=Bishwambhar |date=2010 |title=Education in Early Mithila: A Reappraisal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44147484 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=71 |pages=160–164 |jstor=44147484 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
It is said that a university was once located here whose Chancellor was Mandan Mishra. In the 8th-9th century, Adi Guru Shankaracharya came to Mahishi to debate with Mandan Mishra on Advaita Vedanta.<ref>{{Cite web |title=मंडन धाम में तोते भी करते थे संस्कृत में बातें - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/saharsa-15636694.html |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> It is said that the debate continued for 42 days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=मंडन धाम पर मंदिर का होगा निर्माण... पत्नी भारती ने शंकराचार्य को कामशास्त्र के इन सवालों से किया था परास्त - Temple will be constructed at Mandan Dham... Wife ubhay Bharati defeated Shankaracharya with these questions of Kamashastra |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/bhagalpur-temple-will-be-constructed-at-mandan-dham-in-bihar-saharsa-22882031.html |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> Alan Thraser, the scholar of Harvard University did his PhD on Mandan Mishra's work [[Brahmasiddhi]] in 1972. It was later published by Motilal Banarasi Das Prakashan. In 2015, the state [[government of Bihar]] declared it as a protected religious site. The initiative for declaring the site as protected religious site was initiated by the state archeological department. The site was also inspected by the local chapter of the [[Archaeological Survey of India|Archeological Survey of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bihar declares Mandan Dham in Saharsa a protected site |url=https://news.biharprabha.com/2015/03/bihar-declares-mandan-dham-in-saharsa-a-protected-site/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Biharprabha News {{!}} Connecting Bihar with the entire World |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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