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Chhattisgarh Region
• Sacred Geography:
• Pilgrimages:
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Dandakaranya Kshetra - Where Sri Rama stayed during forest exile:
- Dandakaranya
(Satna district, Madhya Pradesh)
(Panna district, Madhya Pradesh)
(Bastar division, Chhattisgarh)
Rama: Sri Rama
- Dandakaranya is the place where Sri Rama spent more than ten years of forest exile in various hermitages of the sages.
Sages: Sharabhanga (Sharbhang Ashram), Suteekshna (Suteekshna Ashram), Mandakarni, Agastya's brother, Agastya (Ankai Agastya Ashram) (near Panchavati)
- Dandakaranya is the place where Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Sharabhanga.
- Dandakaranya is the place where Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Suteekshna.
- Dandakaranya (outskirts near Panchavati) is the place where Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Agastya.
☸ Dandakaranya Forest
(Valmiki Ramayana)
• Sri Rama visiting the Sharabhanga Ashrama in the Dandakaranya forest (Sharbhang Ashram)
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 5)
• Sri Rama visiting the Suteekshna Ashrama in the Dandakaranya forest (Suteekshna Ashram)
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 7 to 8)
• Sri Rama visiting various hermitages of sages for ten years in the Dandakaranya forest
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 11)
• Sri Rama visiting the Agastya Ashrama near Panchavati (Agastya Ashram)
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 11 to 13)
- Dandakaranya(Satna district, Madhya Pradesh)
(Panna district, Madhya Pradesh)
(Bastar division, Chhattisgarh)
Rama: Sri Rama
- Dandakaranya is the place where Sri Rama spent more than ten years of forest exile in various hermitages of the sages.
Sages: Sharabhanga (Sharbhang Ashram), Suteekshna (Suteekshna Ashram), Mandakarni, Agastya's brother, Agastya (Ankai Agastya Ashram) (near Panchavati)
- Dandakaranya is the place where Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Sharabhanga.
- Dandakaranya is the place where Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Suteekshna.
- Dandakaranya (outskirts near Panchavati) is the place where Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Agastya.
☸ Dandakaranya Forest
(Valmiki Ramayana)
• Sri Rama visiting the Sharabhanga Ashrama in the Dandakaranya forest (Sharbhang Ashram)
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 5)
• Sri Rama visiting the Suteekshna Ashrama in the Dandakaranya forest (Suteekshna Ashram)
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 7 to 8)
• Sri Rama visiting various hermitages of sages for ten years in the Dandakaranya forest
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 11)
• Sri Rama visiting the Agastya Ashrama near Panchavati (Agastya Ashram)
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 11 to 13)
• Hermitages:
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Dandakaranya: Sage Sharabhanga had his hermitage inside the Dandakaranya forest.
○ Sri Rama visited the Sharabhanga Ashrama in Dandakaranya forest (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Dandakaranya - Sharbhang Ashram (Satna district, Madhya Pradesh)
Dandakaranya: Sage Sharabhanga had his hermitage inside the Dandakaranya forest.○ Sri Rama visited the Sharabhanga Ashrama in Dandakaranya forest (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Dandakaranya - Sharbhang Ashram (Satna district, Madhya Pradesh)
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Dandakaranya: Sage Suteekshna had his hermitage inside the Dandakaranya forest.
○ Sri Rama visited the Suteekshna Ashrama in Dandakaranya forest (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Sri Rama revisited the Suteekshna Ashrama in Dandakaranya forest after 10 years
(Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Dandakaranya - Suteekshna Ashram (Satna district, Madhya Pradesh)
Dandakaranya: Sage Suteekshna had his hermitage inside the Dandakaranya forest.○ Sri Rama visited the Suteekshna Ashrama in Dandakaranya forest (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Sri Rama revisited the Suteekshna Ashrama in Dandakaranya forest after 10 years
(Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Dandakaranya - Suteekshna Ashram (Satna district, Madhya Pradesh)
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Dandakaranya: Sage Mandakarni lived in the Panchapsara Lake inside the Dandakaranya forest.
○ Sri Rama heard the story of sage Mandakarni near the Panchapsara Lake (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Note: This is expected to be somewhere within the Dandakaranya forest
Dandakaranya: Sage Mandakarni lived in the Panchapsara Lake inside the Dandakaranya forest.○ Sri Rama heard the story of sage Mandakarni near the Panchapsara Lake (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Note: This is expected to be somewhere within the Dandakaranya forest
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Dandakaranya: Sage Agastya's brother had his hermitage in the Dandakaranya forest outskirts near Panchavati.
○ Sri Rama visited the Agastya's brother's Ashrama near Panchavati (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Note: This is expected to be somewhere within the Dandakaranya forest
Dandakaranya: Sage Agastya's brother had his hermitage in the Dandakaranya forest outskirts near Panchavati.○ Sri Rama visited the Agastya's brother's Ashrama near Panchavati (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Note: This is expected to be somewhere within the Dandakaranya forest
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Dandakaranya: Sage Agastya had his hermitage in the Dandakaranya forest outskirts near Panchavati.
○ Sri Rama visited the Agastya Ashrama near Panchavati (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Nashik Ankai - Agastya Ashram (Nashik district, Maharashtra)
Dandakaranya: Sage Agastya had his hermitage in the Dandakaranya forest outskirts near Panchavati.○ Sri Rama visited the Agastya Ashrama near Panchavati (Valmiki Ramayana)
○ Nashik Ankai - Agastya Ashram (Nashik district, Maharashtra)