Rupani Rural Municipality
Rupani 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.
The rural municipality like Nakati-Rayapur, Lauwapar, Peeprahi, Pauwa, Kataiya, Hardiya, Makari Tole, Jamuni Madhepura, Laxmipur, Chhapki, Bhathail Tole, Basbitti, Musharniya, Kumraul, Dhargaun Tole, Terhauta, Kolhuwa, Jagmohan, Naya Basti, Deuhela Tole, and Birendra Bazaar.
Cultural Traditions
Major religious celebrations include the major Hindu festivals Vijaya Dashami, Dipawali, Chhath, Holi, Ram Navami, Janai Purnima or Rakshabandhan, Saraswati Puja or Vasant Panchami, Jitiya, Chauthi Chan or Chaurchan, 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.
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 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 and Rajaji Than, Hanuman temple, and mosques etc.