Rajdhani, Gorakhpur
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Rajdhani is a village in Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur is a city in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, near the border with Nepal. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur District and Gorakhpur Division. Gorakhpur is one of the proposed capitals of the Purvanchal state which is yet to be formed...

,situated 29 KM from Gorakhpur Junction, Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, This village is situated near the bank of River Rapti
West Rapti River
Not to be confused with the East Rapti in Chitwan Valley some to the east, this Rapti drains Rapti Zone in Mid-Western Region, Nepal, then Awadh and Purvanchal regions of Uttar Pradesh state, India before joining the Ghaghara a major left bank tributary of the Ganges.The West Rapti is notable for...

, which is a tributary to river Ganges.
Most of the people in the village are farmers. There is small Aashram called Sirsiya Baba ka Sthaan, where people of Rajdhani and adjacent vilages come to listen Kathas(spirutual stories) and to make prayers.

Bhojpuri Language is mother tongue of people in this village. As entertainment, people here enjoy Bhojpuri folk songs,
Biraha, Nautanki
Nautanki
Nautanki is one of the most popular folk operatic theater performance traditions of South Asia, particularly in northern India. Before the advent of Bollywood , Nautanki was the single most popular form of entertainment in the villages and towns of northern India...

 following their old traditions. Durgapuja is very popular festival here and is celebrated with worships
of Goddes Maa Durga for 9 days.

The village has experienced floods twice, 1999 and 2002 due to river Rapti
as its worst affecting flood.[India]].
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