Historical PeriodEra
Varies
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Deities
Chitrakūṭa — Rama's forest exile
Chitrakoot — where Rama, Sita and Lakshman lived 11 years
Chitrakoot — where Rama, Sita and Lakshman lived 11 years
Hindu / Vaishnava
Chitrakūṭa — where Rama, Sītā, and Lakṣmaṇa spent the first 11.5 years of their 14-year exile — is a pilgrimage across MP and UP (the district straddles both states). Key sites: Rāmaghāṭ (Mandakini river, Rama's bathing ghat), Kamadgiri Parvat (Rama's meditation hill), Spaṭika Śilā (the rock where Rama and Sīta sat), Hanuman Dhārā (waterfall where Hanuman cooled after burning Lanka), Bharat Milāp Sthal (where Bharata met Rama to plead for return). Tulasidas composed much of the Ramcaritamanas here.
