Where is jhumri telaiya

It was also a time when television was rare and pop culture was more inclined towards radio shows. Sending song requests to Radio Ceylon and Vividh Bharati through phone calls and letters was a thing during those times. Evidently, the largest litany of film song requests came from this town. As a result, the following for Radio Ceylon soared up immediately. The practice of sending song requests started with a famous mica tycoon of Jhumri Telaiya, Rameshwar Prasad Barnwal.

He used to send mail requests to Radio Ceylon daily. Initially, it was just the paan-shop owner Ganga Prasad Magadhiya and electronics shop owner Nandlal Sinha. But it did not take much time for the fever to spread among others. What started as a pastime became a cult with clubs to listen to songs collectively and competitions to see who can send the maximum song requests in a day or a month.

To give an estimate of its craze, many listeners even started doubting the existence of Jhumri Telaiya because of the enormous amount of song requests received by Vividh Bharati and Radio Ceylon. It is indeed intriguing to see the intricate relationship between mica and music.

But, now, with the complete FM-isation of AIR, it is increasingly difficult to get the middle-wave set and listen to special song requests. Moreover, none of us have the time or patience for that anymore. We have switched to more effortless means like smartphones. And so has Jhumri Telaiya. The picturesque settings of this place makes it a major tourist attraction. It is a great picnic spot for those who want to spend some quality time amidst nature.

Perched on a small hill at a distance of about 33km from the district headquarters lies the Maa Chanchal temple dedicated to Chanchalni Ma who is one of the forms of Goddess Durga. There is a cave in the hill that houses four big portraits of the deity. The entrance to the cave is quite narrow and may not be suited to some visitors who have difficulty in walking.

Tuesdays and Saturdays are believed to be auspicious days here, and you will see a large number of devotees gathered here on these days. Arwa rice and mishri are given as offerings, and the use of sindoor or vermillion is prohibited. It lies dotted with religious sculptures and edifices that were excavated. But do you know why Jhumri Telaiya gained this cult-like status?

Probably some of you might have an idea. Originally a little-known town, Jhumri Telaiya became famous in the s owing to its connection with radio channels Radio Ceylon and Vividh Bharati a nationally broadcast radio service of the All India Radio. At a time when television channels and FM stations had not yet come to India, the All India Radio was a significant national phenomenon.

People used to tune in to the radio to listen to the news or their favorite songs and the largest number of requests for film songs addressed to the channel came from Jhumri Telaiya. It is quite surprising but true. After the British discovered vast mica deposits in the region in , a railroad was laid through erstwhile south Bihar now Jharkhand. Mining activities started soon after the discovery and trains were devoted just to carry mica.

The mineral was taken from the mines to the dockyards of Kolkata, erstwhile Calcutta, from where it was exported to Japan. It was a lucrative trade. These rich and influential businessmen spearheaded the transformation of Jhumri Telaiya from an obscure and sleepy village into a mining powerhouse.

Originally a part of the Bihar state, Jhumri Telaiya became the part of the newly formed Jharkhand state in On 8 December , the Jhumri Tilaiya municipality was declared as a minor urban area. Association with Vividh Bharati: Originally a little-known town, Jhumri Telaiya became famous in India in the s owing to its connection with the radio channels Radio Ceylon and Vividh Bharati a nationally broadcast radio service of the All India Radio. At a time when numerous television channels and FM radio stations were yet to come to India, the radio shows were a national phenomenon.

The largest number of requests for film songs addressed to the channel came from Jhumri Telaiya. The trend started in the early s, when a mica businessman named Rameshwar Prasad Barnawal started mailing song requests farmaish to Radio Ceylon daily.

Regularly hearing Barnwal's name on the radio inspired the paan-shop owner Ganga Prasad Magadhiya and Electronics Shop Owner of Nandlal Sinha to similarly mail a large number of song requests.

The growing fame of these three Jhumri Telaiya residents led to the emergence of a song-request fad among the people of the town. Young listeners from the town would compete among themselves to send out the most song requests in a day or month. The radio listeners thus became familiar with the town of Jhumri Telaiya. In the s, a radio listeners' club was formed in the town.

Subsequently, other towns also started competing with Jhumari Telaiya by sending out a large number of song requests. The fad declined as television gained popularity, and postal costs increased.

Because of a large number of song requests and the town's unusual name, many listeners of Vividh Bharti used to doubt its existence. The Bhadani family even got Suraiya a famous Bollywood playback singer all the way from Bombay to perform at a concert in Jhumri Telaiya.

In the s, television was yet to find a place in many Indian homes and radio shows were a huge national phenomenon. Sending song requests on postcards to these shows was slowly becoming a popular pastime in many Indian villages. Photo Source. Every resident of Jhumri Telaiya wanted their name to be mentioned on the radio show too.