Siraha

Siraha lies in the eastern Tarai, in the Maithili-speaking plain below the Himalayan foothills. The region’s villages preserve stories of Salhesh, a heroic king and folk deity celebrated in song and performance. Traditions of the Danuwar people remember him as a wrestler at the court of Pakariya. His stories and shrines belong to a shared cultural landscape extending across the plains of Mithila.