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One day, a man questions Sita's fidelity and in order to prove her innocence and maintain his own and the kingdom's dignity, Rama sends Sita into the forest near the sage Valmiki's ashram. Years later, Sita returns to the womb of her mother, the Earth, for release from a cruel world and as a testimony to her purity, after she reunites her two ...
According to local beliefs and mythological accounts, Laxman left Sita at this location after her expulsion from Ayodhya by Lord Rama. Historically, the site was believed to be near a large river with Maharishi Valmiki's ashram on the opposite hills. Sita is said to have spent her pregnancy here, giving birth to Luv and Kush, and raising them. [5]
The exile of Rama is an event featured in the Ramayana, [1] [2] [a] and is an important period in the life of Rama.In the epic, Rama is exiled by his father, Dasharatha, under the urging of his step-mother Kaikeyi, accompanied by his wife Sita and half-brother Lakshmana for 14 years. [3]
Avani is known for the Sita temple situated on a hill. [2] This temple is one of the few temples dedicated to Sitadevi in India. There is a belief that the sage Valmiki, the author of the epic Ramayana, was residing here during the period of Ramayana. Sitadevi lived here in his ashram while in exile.
Siddhashrama (Siddhāśrama; Devanagari:सिद्धाश्रम), popularly called Gyangunj, is considered as a mystical hermitage, which according to a tradition, is located in a secret land deep in the Himalayas, where great yogis, sadhus, and sages who are siddhas live.
In the ashram there is a Lord Shiva temple known as Pundakeshwar Mahadev Mandir. There is a religious pond near the Ashram known as Sita Kund or Janaki Kund. [3] The Sita Kund is believed as the manifestation place of the goddess Sita. It is believed that this ancient pond has been the penance place of sage Maharishi Pundrik.
Rama, Sita and Lakshman meeting Sage Bharadwaj at his ashram in Prayag. The residents of Ayodhya can't spare the thought of being away from Rama and decide to join him in the forest. Rama, Sita, Lakshman and Sumantra go incognito and in the dead of the night leave the city and head for the forest.
The Sri Sita Ramachandraswamy temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Rama, a prominent avatar of the god Vishnu. It is located on the banks of the Godavari River in the town of Bhadrachalam in east Telangana , India.