Chitrakoot

Chitrakuta means the 'Hill of many wonders'. Chitrakuta falls in the northern Vindhya range of mountains spread over the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.  Chitrakoot region is spread over both the states. In Uttar Pradesh it is in Chitrakoot District and in Madhya Pradesh is falls under Satna District. Chitrakoot mountain ranges includes Kamad Giri, Hanumaan Dhara, Janki Kund, Lakshman pahari, and Devangana famous Religious mountains.

It is 72 km. from Allahbad and 10 km. from Karwi railway station. Nearest airport is in Khajuraho about 185 km. Madhya Pradesh tourism has its hotels here available.Chitrakoot is aholy place famous both for its natural scenery and its spiritual altitude. It is a very sacred place for Hindus.

It was in these deep forests of Chitrakoot that lord Rama, Sita and his brother Lakshmana spent eleven and half years of their fourteen years of exile; the great sage Atri, Sati Anusuya, Dattatreya, Maharshi Markandeya, Sarbhanga, Sutikshna and various other sages, seers, devotees and thinkers meditated; and here the principal trinity of the Hindu pantheon, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, took their incarnations.

A tourist is as much thrilled by sighting; its ; beautiful waterfalls, playful young deer and dancing peacocks as a pilgrim is overwhelmed by taking a dip in the Payaswani/ Mandakini (a river passes through this area) and by immersing himself in the dust of the Kamadgiri.