Punpun is a Kasba in Patna District

Patna District

Patna district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, with Patna as the district headquarters. Patna district is a part of Patna division...

  in the state of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is 10 km south of Patna

Patna

Paṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...

. The name Punpun comes from the river Punpun

Punpun River

The Punpun River is a tributary of the Ganges. It originates in Palamu district of Jharkhand and flows through Chatra, Aurangabad, Gaya and Patna districts of the Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar.-Course:...

, a tributary of river Ganges, on whose bank the village has flourished.

Punpun nowadays came in highlights due to a character in the tv series Bhagyavidhaata

Bhagyavidhaata

Bhagyavidhaata is an Indian television drama series that airs on Colors since May 2009. Set in the rural district of Motihari, Bihar, the show deals with 2 families: the Sinhas and the Prasads.-Season 1:...

on colors tv named "Punpun Wali Bhabi" (a bahu in the serial) who belongs to Punpun village in Bihar.

History

Mata Seeta has spent some time near Punpun village at he bank of Punpun river. For Pind-dan Gaya and Punpun are the most important/ auspicious place in Hindu Dharma. Every year from Nepal and all over India hindus come here to do pind-dan.