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Chitrakoot Travel Guide
Chitrakoot,
'the hill of many wonders', nestles peacefully in the northern spurs of the
Vindhyas, a place of tranquil forest glades and quiet rivers, and streams where
calm and repose are all pervading. This loveliest of Nature's gifts is also
hallowed ground, blessed by the gods and sanctified by the faith of pilgrims.
For Chitrakoot's spiritual legacy stretches back to legendary ages: it was in
these deep forests that Rama and Sita spent eleven of their fourteen years of
exile; here that the great sage Atri and Sati Anusuya meditated; and here where
the principal trinity of the Hindu pantheon, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, took
their incarnations.
Chitrakoot: This loveliest of nature's gifts is also hallowed ground,
blessed by the gods and sanctified by the faith of pilgrims. For Chitrakoot's
spiritual legacy stretches back to legendary ages: it was in these deep forests
that Rama and Sita spent eleven of their fourteen years of exile; here, that
the great sage Atri and Sati Anusuya meditated; and here where 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 ags, sought and founds solace in Chitrakoot, drawn inspiration from its
sublime natural beauty, gained spiritual strength from its serene temples and,
in turn, become part of the hallowed legend that is Chitrakoot. Chitrakoot ,
'the hill of many wonders,' nestles peacefully in the northern spurs of the
Vindhyas, a place of tranquil forest glades and quiet rivers, and streams where
clam and repose are all-pervading.
