Jagat Malla

Jagat Malla was the nineteenth king of the Malla dynasty. He ruled from 994 CE. to 1007 CE.^[1]

History

Jagat Malla gets special attention in the history of the history of the Malla dynasty, as it is believed that as per the direction of the Goddess Jagadamba Ma Mrinmoyee, he shifted his capital from Pradyumnapur to Bishnupur. According to myth, once Jagat Malla proceeded for hunting to Bishnupur. The then Bishnupur was covered with a dense forest. At that place he surprisingly noticed that a heron, sitting on a branch of a tree, repeatedly attacked one of his hunting dog. Seeing that he was very astonished and thought that the [lace has definitely some supermatural power. Then Ma Mrinmoyee appeared to him and told him to shift his capital to Bishnupur and as per the order of the deity he shifted his kingdom to Bishnupur. It is told that Bishnupur was previously a village and named Bishnupur as per the name of guardian deity Vishnu, In 997 CE., he established Mrinmoyee temple. During his ruling, Bishnupur was a very developed and also was a self-suficient kingdom. Jagat Malla reigned for thirteen years. During the early part of Malla dynasty one of the important facts that there was an influence of Dharma Raj. Again Buddhism, in the guise of Dharma Puja had stronghold in Bishnupur. There are evidences of Dharma puja throughout Mallabhum And it had a great role in the religions life of Mallabhum till the introduction of Vaishnavism. Even after the Hindus In this area. There were several Malla Kings after Jagat Malla. Among them Prithwi Malla (1295 CE. to 1319 CE.), Dinabandhu Malla (1334 CE. to 1345 CE.), Shiv Singh Malla (1370 CE. to 1460 CE.) are to be mentioned specially due to their contributions.^[1]

References

Sources

• Dasgupta, Gautam Kumar; Biswas, Samira,; Mallik, Rabiranjan, (2009), Heritage Tourism: An Anthropological Journey to Bishnupur, A Mittal Publication, p. 20, ISBN 8183242944