Satna District
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Satna District is a distric of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Satna is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 7502 km², and a population of 1,868,648 (2001 census), 20.63% of which was urban. The district has a population density of 249 persons per km².
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[edit] Geography
The district is bounded on the north by Uttar Pradesh state, on the east by Rewa District, on the southwest by Shahdol District, on the south by Umaria and Katni districts, and on the west by Panna District. The district is part of Rewa Division. The district is divided into the tehsils of Amarpatan, Maihar, Nagod, Raghuraj Nagar, and Satna.
[edit] Places of tourist importance
Satna district is proud to have following major places of archeological, relgious and tourist importance
[edit] Chitrakoot
Chitrakuta is a town of religious, cultural, historical and archaelogical importance, situated in Satna district in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, bordering Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is known for number temples and sites mentioned in Hindu mythology. Chitrakuta’s spiritual legacy stretches back to legendry 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, devotees and thinkers meditated; and here the principal trinity of the Hindu pantheon, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, took their incarnations. [1]
[edit] Maihar
Maihar hass a very famous temple by the name of Sharda Devi temple situated on the top of the a hill around 5 Km from the heart of the town . This temple is known for the 1000+ steps to the top . Millions of devotess throng the temple all round the year .
[edit] Griddhraj Parvat
Griddhraj Parvat (Hindi: गृद्घराज पर्वत), which means the hill of vultures, is a hill of religious, archeological and ecological importance situated in Devrajnagar village of tehsil Ramnagar in Satna district. It is located at a distance of 8 km from Ramnagar town. Griddhraj Parvat is of great religious importance in Hindu mythology. It has been mentioned in Skanda Purana as ‘Griddhanchal Parvat’ (page 208). It is believed to be the birthplace of ‘Sampati’, the brother of Griddhraj ‘Jatayu’ mentioned in Ramayana. The poet Kalidas mentions about this place as the most sacred in his book ‘Griddharaj Mahatmya’ (Narad Uvach) in Sanskrit language. He has written that a dip in the Manasi Ganga River originating from Griddhraj Parvat, at an altitude of 2354 feet, is a saviour of all kinds of sins. Sons of Brahma and then goddess Parvati first saw this hill. It finds mention in Shiva Samhita (Chapter 19-Bhoogol varnan). Chinese traveller Fa-hien had visited this place and mentioned about it. [2]
[edit] Bharhut
Satna district is also proud to have an ancient city of Buddhist culture named 'Bharhut', whose archeological remains have been gifted to the major museums in the country and the world. The Bharhut stupa may have been established by the Maurya king Asoka in the 3rd century BCE, but many works of art were apparently added during the Sunga period, with many friezes from the 2nd century BCE.
[edit] Other places
- Tulsi museum at Ram Van has many unique artistic sculptures of ancient times found in this area.
- Lord Shiva Temple at Birsinghpur is also a famous and old temple in the region.
- Apart from tourism Satna also hosts a number of industries majorly cement, steel. Satna is also viewed as better commercial towns of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
- Nava Bharat is largest circulated news paper, edited by Sanjay Payasi.
[edit] See also
- Satna - For details
[edit] References
- ^ Vinod Avasthi: Chitrakuta darshan (Hindi), Purushotam Das Agarwal, Banda
- ^ JAMES LEGGE: A RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS, Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his Travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline, Chapter XXIX : GRIDHRA-KUTA HILL, AND LEGENDS. FA-HIEN PASSES A NIGHT ON IT. HIS REFLECTIONS.
