to the prominent historical personalities of Mithila.

Etymology

Dih is a Maithili word derived from another Maithili word Dihi. The literal meaning of the term Dihi is earliest original ancestor or founder of a village. Similarly the literal meaning of the term Dih signifies the place where the original ancestor or a prominent personality of the village may had lived. Sometimes it also signifies the worship place where the folk deity Gram Devata or Brahm Baba or Dihavar Baba of the village

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