Bundelkhand

► Chitrakoota Kshetra - Where Sri Rama stayed during forest exile and Ramagiri Shakti Peetha:

- Chitrakoot (Shakti Peetha)
(Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh)
(Satna district, Madhya Pradesh)

☗ Chitrakoota Mountain
☸ Chitrakoota Forest (Puranic)
▬ River Mandakini (Payaswini) flows
- Ram Ghat - Raghav Prayag Ghat - Bharat Ghat - Raj Ghat
(Bundelkhand)
(Baghelkhand)

• Rama: Sri Rama stayed in Chitrakoota mountain-forest in a Parna Shala during forest exile.
- Sri Rama described the beauty of Chitrakoota Mountain and river Mandakini to Devi Sita while residing in Chitrakoota.
- Sri Rama gave his Padukas to Bharata when Bharata came to meet him in Chitrakoota.
- Ram Ghat - Parna Kuti Mandir - Janaki Kund - Sphatik Shila - Kamadgiri Hill - Kamtanath Temple - Lakshman Pahari - Bharat Milap Temple - Bharat Koop - Sita Rasoi - Gupta Godavari

• Hanuman: It is said that after Hanuman set Lanka on fire, Sri Rama pacified his anger in Hanuman Dhara.
- Hanuman Dhara

• Devi: Devi abides in Chitrakoota as Ramagiri Shakti Peetha.
- Kamadgiri Hill - Maihar Sharada

• Sages: Sages associated with Chitrakoota:

○ Valmiki: Sri Rama visited the Valmiki Ashrama while entering Chitrakoota.
- Valmiki Ashrama

○ Atri: Sri Rama visited the Atri-Anusuiya Ashrama while leaving Chitrakoota.
- Atri-Anusuiya Ashrama

• Saints: Saints associated with Chitrakoota:

○ Tulsidas (1532 - 1623 CE): Sri Tulsidas was born in Rajapur of Chitrakoota. Sri Tulsidas composed part of the Ramcharitmanas in Chitrakoota. Sri Tulsias got the darshan of Totamukha Hanuman and Sri Rama in Ram Ghat of Chitrakoota.
- Rajapur - Ram Ghat

चित्रकूटाद्रिनिकेतन राम् ॥ कैकेयीतनयार्थित राम् ॥
राम् राम् जय राजा राम् । राम् राम् जय सीता राम् ।
- Nama Ramayana - verses 30 and 32 (Sri Rama stayed in the Chitrakoota mountain-forest and met Bharata there)

विरचितनिजपितृकर्मक राम् ॥ भरतार्पितनिजपादुक राम् ॥
राम् राम् जय राजा राम् । राम् राम् जय सीता राम् ।
- Nama Ramayana - verses 33 and 34 (Sri Rama performed the last rites of his father in Chitrakoota and gave his padukas to Bharata)

शोणाख्या भद्रसेनस्तु नर्मदाख्ये नितम्बकः ।
रामगिरौ स्तनान्यञ्च शिवानी चण्डभैरवः ॥
- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 37 (Chitrakoot has the Ramagiri Shakti Peetha where the Stana of Devi had fallen)


(Valmiki Ramayana)

▬ Sri Rama visiting the Valmiki Ashrama while entering Chitrakoota
(Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 56)
▬ Sri Rama staying in Chitrakoota in a Parna-shala
(Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 56, 94, 95)
▬ Sri Rama meeting Bharata and giving his padukas in Chitrakoota
(Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 99 to 112)
▬ Sri Rama visiting the Atri-Anusuya Ashrama while leaving Chitrakoota
(Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 117 to 119)
▬ Ramagiri Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Ramagiri Shakti Peetha where the Stana (Breast) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Shivani and the Bhairava is called Canda.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 37)

◍ Orchha - A pilgrimage of Sri Rama:

- Orchha
(Niwari district, Madhya Pradesh)

Rama: Ram Raja Temple

- Orchha is the place where Sri Rama is regarded as the King of Orchha. Queen Kunwar Ganesh (of Orchha king Madhukar Shah) brought the Image of Sri Rama from Ayodhya and established here.

▬ River Betwa flows