Bishunpur Jaunpur

Bishunpur is a village and postal address in Shahganj, Jaunpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Bishunpur was donated by its Hindu landlord to Nivaji Baba (which means one who is honoured with the name of Baba, or 'father') who is still worshipped by people of the village, which was inhabited by the Brahmins originating from Gorakhpur (routed from Mount Kailash). It is known as the 'holy village', referring to perfection in Brahmanism in modern as well as past times. It is the focal point of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's of Jaunpur mirror and scale of human values on the earth. This village has an intimate relation with the Ramapur, Azamgarh. Bishunpur has provided one of his best "Rastriya Swayamsevak" who worked to continue the flow of human life and flame of love on the earth, was Shree Parash Nath Mishra, treasurer of the first Vishwa Hindu Sammelan (World Hindu Conference ) January, 1966 of (Vishva Hindu Parishad) in Allahabad. He was 1st Rashtriya Swayamsevak of RSS who started the 1st day RSS Sangh Shakha in Naini Jail during Emergency in India. He was a worker for Bajrang Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a close associate of Murli Manohar Joshi and Keshari Nath Tripathi of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and BJP.

The village name was chosen by the local Gautam gotra Saryupareen Brahmin inhabitants who follow the character of Lord Vishnu i.e. Lord of wealth and prosperity; and their main God is Shiva who is the Lord of power in Trinity. People of the village are referred to as Vyashi, Mishra Brahmins. Beside Shri Parasnath Mishra(RSS),two other prominent personalities of the village are Shri Shridhar Mishra(Physics), Principal, National Inter College Pattinarendrapur, Jaunpur and Professor Ram Chandra Tiwari, former Head of the Department of Geography, University of Allahabad.