CHITAKOOT

About Chitrakoot - Bundelkhand

Chitrakoot, 'the hill of numerous marvels', settles gently in the northern goads of the Vindhyas, a position of quiet backwoods dales and calm rivers, and streams where smooth and rest are all overrunning. This loveliest of Nature's endowments is additionally sacred ground, favored by the gods and blessed by the confidence of explorers. For Chitrakoot's otherworldly legacy extends back to incredible ages: it was in these profound fores ts that Rama and Sita burned through eleven of their fourteen years of outcast; here that the immense sage Atri and Sati Anusuya thought; and here where the chief trinity of the Hindu pantheon, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, took their incarnations. 

Ramghat

Ramghat is the most lovely showering ghat in Chitrakoot, spotted at the middle of town. It is accepted that Lord Ram had brought a dip here with Lakshman & Sita on their landing in Chitrakoot. Popular saint & poet Tulsidas is additionally accepted to have lived here. The celebrated sanctuary of Mattagajendreshwar or MadganjanSwami is arranged at Ramghat. As indicated by an old legend, Shivlinga of the sanctuary was established by Brahma, as Kshetrapal and amid his outcast, Sri Ram did rudrabhishek at Chitrakoot's Ramghat. 

                              

 Raghav Prayag ghat

Raghav Prayag ghat is to the south of the Ramghat on the Payaswini stream and is the considered by tourists, as the "Sangam" purpose of the three rivers—the Payaswini, the Mandakini and the Gayatri (or the Savitri, a waterway not obvious). It is accepted that Lord Ram performed the pitra tarpan service of his dad King Dashrath at Raghav Prayag Ghat in Chitrakoot.

Kamadgiri

Kamadgiri which signifies 'the mountain which satisfies all the wishes' is a heavenly place at Chitrakootin Bundelkhand.Kamadgiri is accepted to have been the house Lord Ram, Sita and Laxman amid their outcast. 

Kamadgiri Hill (Old Chitrakoot) is  encompassed by a 5 km Parikrama way in the midst of timberland for explorers  and  tourists,  with sanctuaries the  distance  around the hill. Consistently numerous voyagers take Parikrama around the hill unshod. There are numerous sanctuaries in and around Kamadgiri. 

Bharat Milap Place

Bharat Milap, about partially on the Parikrama Path in Chitrakoot Bundelkhand, is placed on the rear of the hill. Bharat Milap is the spot where Bharat is said to have met Rama amid his outcast period, to persuade him to come back to the throne of Ayodhya to be the lord. 

                            

Sati Anusuya Ashram

Sati Anusuya Ashram, committed to Maharshi Atri and his wife Sati Anusuya, is placed around 16 km from the core of the Chitrakoot town in a thick woodland territory. Sati Anusuya is upstream from Janaki Kund. It is accepted that at this spot Sati Anusuya had changed the three children, who were incarnations of Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh (Shiv). The Ashram has an icon of Anusuya, her spouse Maharshi Atri, their children Duttatreya, Durwasa, Chandrama and different gods and sage

Janaki Kund 

Janaki Kund is a peaceful place, located 2km upstream from Ramghat on the bank of the Mandakini River in Chitrakoot. It is believed that Sita, also known as Janaki, is used to bath here during the period of her exile.

There is a Janaki Raghuveer Temple and also a Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple. There are two ways to go to Janaki Kund, 2 km up from Ramghat by boat, or by road along a foliage-lined drive.

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