Gosaunik Ghar

Gosaunik Ghar
गोसाउनिक घर
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
Worship Room
RegionMithila region
Location
LocationCourtyards of Maithils
Special worship room for Gosaun/Gosauni in the Mithila region

Gosaunik Ghar (Maithili: गोसाउनिक घर) is special worship room of the Kuldevata or Kuldevi also called as Gosaun or Gosauni in the houses of Maithil people in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent.[1] In the Mithila region Gosaun Devata or Gosauni Devi is worshipped in the houses of every Maithil people. In some auspicious day Maithil women sing some Maithili folk songs dedicated to these deities in their praise at the Gosaunik Ghar.[2]

  1. ^ Mishra, Abhaya Nath (1984). Shrotriyas of Mithila. Kishor Vidya Niketan. p. 99.
  2. ^ Jhā, Ramānanda (1995). Akhiyāsala: ālocanātmaka nibandha-saṅkalana (in Hindi). Akhiyāsala Prakāśana.