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Chhattisgarh Region


• Sacred Geography:

Dandakaranya Forest (दण्डकारण्य) (Puranic) --> Dandakaranya (Rama)



• Pilgrimages:

Dandakaranya Kshetra - Where Sri Rama stayed during forest exile:

Sri Rama in forest Sage Sharabhanga - Dandakaranya
(Satna district, Madhya Pradesh)
(Panna district, Madhya Pradesh)
(Bastar division, Chhattisgarh)
Rama: Sri Rama
Sages: Sharbhang Ashram, Suteekshna Ashram, Agastya Ashram (near Panchavati)
Sages: Sharabhanga (Hrm), Suteekshna (Hrm), Mandakarni (Hrm), Agastya's brother (Hrm), Agastya (Hrm)
Dandakaranya Forest
(Valmiki Ramayana)
Sri Rama visiting the Sharabhanga Ashrama in the Dandakaranya forest
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 5)
Sri Rama visiting the Suteekshna Ashrama in the Dandakaranya forest
(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
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 11 to 13)


• Hermitages:

Sage Sharabhanga 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)

Sage Suteekshna 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)

Om 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

Om 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

Sage Agastya 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)

Meditations on Earth, Life and Dharma: >>



Om, May there be Peace in Heaven,
May there be Peace in the Sky,
May there be Peace in the Earth,

(Shanti Mantra of Upanishad)

Preserve Nature,
And Nature will preserve Us,
Simplify Life,
And help Nature thrive,
Plant Trees,
And make our planet Green.

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Last updated on Dec-2025

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