Chitrakoot, 'the hill of many wonders', is a peaceful town nestled in the northern spurs of the Vindhyas. A place of serene temples,
tranquil forest glades, quiet rivers, streams and all pervading calm, this is a land blessed by the gods and sanctified by pilgrims.
Lord
Rama and his wife Sita are said to have spent eleven of their fourteen years of exile in its deep forests. It is here that the great sage
Atri and Sati Anusuya meditated and it is also here that the principal trinity of the Hindu pantheon, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh,
took their incarnations.
Sufferers and seekers, poets and visionaries, princes and noblemen have, through the ages, sought and found solace in Chitrakoot and drawn inspiration from it's sublime natural beauty, gained spiritual strength from it's serene temples and in turn, became a part of the hallowed legend -- that is Chitrakoot. |