Rupani Rural Municipality

Rupani (Nepali: रुपनी) is a small rural municipality in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2019 Nepal census it had a population of 29,989 people living in about 8500 individual households.^[3]

Rupani रूपनी
Rural Municipality (Gaunpalika)
Rupani Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 26.62°N 86.69°E / 26.62; 86.69
Country	Nepal
Zone	Sagarmatha Zone
Province	Province No. 2
District	Saptari District
No. of Wards	6
Formed as a Rural Municipality	2073/11/27
Government
• Type	Local
• President	Hareram Yadav (RJPN)
• Vice President	Bechani Kumari Sardar
• Chief Administrative Officer	Arbinda Kumar Chaudhary[1]
Area
• Total	56.08 km2 (21.65 sq mi)
Elevation	242.78 m (796.52 ft)
Population  (2019 est.)[2]
• Total	29,989
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Postal code	56405
Area code	031
Website	http://www.rupanimun.gov.np/

Cultural Traditions

Major religious celebrations include the major Hindu festivals Vijaya Dashami, Dipawali, Chhath, Holi, Ram Navmi, Janai Purnima or Rakshabandhan, Saraswati Puja or Vasant Panchami, Jeetia, Chauth Chandra, Vishwakarma Puja, Govardhan Puja, Bhai Tika, Chaite Dashain and so on. The Dashain, Deepawali, Chhath Holi and Muslim festival "Eid al-Fitr" and "Eid al-Adha" are heavily celebrated with full devotee and proper rules. The locals people take pride in the way these festivals are celebrated with joy and happiness.^[4]

Celebrating Chhath in Kataiya, Saptari by giving Argha to Sun God

Religious Sites

Though its name is given after Rupani Devi. It is popular for Shiva Sani Dham in the northern part of Chure hills which is about 6.5 km (4.0 mi) from the East-West Highway and Dinaram Bhadri Temple in Kataiya. People use to visit there in huge numbers on Saturday to worship Shani Dev. Dinaram Bhadri is the deity god of Musahar people. There are many small temples including dihabar sthan, rajaji, hanuman temple, and Muslims Mosque etc.