Chitrakoot

Chitrakoot was the residence of Shri Nathji’s devotee Mahatma Sita Ram

Sharan. He had met Shri Nathji at Triveni at Allahabad, when he had vowed to end his life buried in the river sand if he didn’t  have the darshan of  Ram, the Lord of Worship.  When he saw Shri Nathji, he immediately recognised Him as Lord Ram.

One of his fervent wishes was that Shri Nathji visit his hermitage at Chitrakoot. And he waited for several years. Shri Nathji made the attempt once in 1949 when he came to Allahabad again, but he had to return midway because the driver of his car lost his bearings. For years Mahatma Sita Ram Sharan waited for his Lord and Master, Shri Nathji, to come to his hermitage at Chitrakoot. However this was a promise that Shri Nathji could not keep in human form.

Chitrakoot means the 'Hill of many wonders'. Chitrakoot falls in the northern Vindhya range of mountains spread over the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The Chitrakuta region is included in the District Chitrakuta of Uttar Pradesh and the District Satna of Madhya Pradesh. Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh was created on 4 September 1998.  Chitrakoot is a town of religious, cultural, histoical and archaeological importance, situated in the Bundelkhand region. Half of Chitrakoot lies in Uttar Pradesh and the other half in Madhya Pradesh. It is known for a number of temples and sites mentioned in Hindu scriptures.

Chitrakoot Parvat Mala includes Kamad Giri, Hanumaan Dhara, Janki Kund, Lakshman pahari, and Devangana famous Religious mountains.

Chitrakuta’s spiritual legacy stretches back to legendary ages: It was in these deep forests that 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, and devotees meditated; and here the principal trinity of the Hindu pantheon, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, took their incarnations. It is said that all the gods and goddesses came to Chitrakuta when Rama performed the Shraddha ceremony of his father to partake of the shuddhi (i.e. a feast given to all the relatives and friends on the thirteenth day of the a death in the family).

Many people gather here on each Amavasya. Somwati Amavasyas, Deepawali, Sharad-Poornima, Makar Sankranti and Ramanavami are special occasions for such gatherings and celebrations. Noted 'Ayurvedic' and 'Yoga' centres like 'Arogyadham' are located in Chitrakoot.