Category: Ram Temples

Ram Temples

Real Ramayana Places – Rama Vanvaas Sthalam (Part 2)

Pratik Dave,

It was at this place where Lakshmana made a kutiya (hermitage) for them to stay. The still water of river Mandakini and floral beauty made this place the most ideal for Shri Rama to do Tapasya. Bharata, who was unaware of all this scenario created by Maa Kaikeyi whose ears were poisoned by her maid ‘Manthara’, came to meet his brother Shri Rama at Chitrakuta. He urged him to return to the kingdom and accept the crown of Ayodhya Maharaja. However, Maryada Purushottam could not go back on his word and disrespect his father, cementing the tag that he got. On seeing the firm determination of Shri Rama, Bharata decided to return back to Ayodhya with Shri Ram’s charan paduka (footwear), which he would worship every day and be placed on the throne on his behalf. Bharata was the caretaker of the Ayodhya Saamrajya for the next 14 years.

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Ram Temples

Real Ramayana Places – Rama Vanvaas Sthalam (Part 1)

Pratik Dave,

यत्क्रौञ्चमिथुनादेकमवधीः काममोहितम् – the shloka used by Mahrishi Valmiki to initiate writing the legend of Ramayana, making this itihas an eternal part of our values and traditions. This shloka means that a pair of krounchas (heron) were separated with the male bird being killed by the hunter because of his desire, desire to hunt innocent animals and birds for pleasure and business purposes. ‘Desire’ was the core and prime reason for the whole Ramayana. Maa Kaikeyi expressed her desire to make his son ‘Bharata’ the Maharaja of Ayodhya Saamrajya and asked Shri Rama to go into exile for 14 years away from their kingdom. For the sake of his father’s (Maharaja Dashratha’s) promise that he made to Kaikeyi, Shri Rama left for vanvaas and that’s how we got our ‘Maryada Purushottam’.

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Gujarat

Ram Pagdandi, Gujarat:

Saloni Choudhary,

Gujarat is home to places like Sabari Dham, Pampa Lake, Anjani Kund, Rameshwar and Unaai that stand observer to occasions of the old epic ‘Ramayana’. Some of these spots even discover notice in old sacred writings and strict texts in setting with Lord Ram’s excursion looking for Devi Sita. These spots that were once visited by Lord Ram are altogether called as Rampagdandi in Gujarat.

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