Sita Kund

"'Shri Sita Kund "' पुनौरा धाम मंदिर
Name
Other names Maa Janki Kund
Proper name Punaura Dham Mandir
Devanagari "'सीता कुण्ड या पुनौरा धाम मंदिर
Culture
Primary deity Sita
Important festivals Durgapuja
Architecture
Architectural styles Mandir architecture
History and governance
Date built Before 17th century AD
Creator Pragati Gaurav

The Sita-Kund is a Hindu pilgrimage site in Sitamarhi, in the Indian state of Bihar, which has an adjacent ancient Hindu temple. It is situated 5 km west of Sitamarhi town and a popular visitor's attraction.

Punaura Dham Mandir (Hindi: "'सीता कुण्ड या पुनौरा धाम मंदिर) is one of the holiest Hindu temples dedicated to Goddess Sita, located in Sitamarhi, Bihar, India. Million of pilgrims visit the temple every year and most visited religious shrine in North India.

Punaura Dham is about 5 km west of Sitamarhi. Saint Pundrik's Ashram was situated here. Sita-Kund place also claims the honour of being the birthplace of Hindu Goddess, Sita.

Sita Kund

Location in Bihar

Coordinates: 26°35′11″N 85°28′00″E / 26.5864797°N 85.466754°E / 26.5864797; 85.466754Coordinates: 26°35′11″N 85°28′00″E / 26.5864797°N 85.466754°E / 26.5864797; 85.466754
Country  India
State Bihar
District Sitamarhi

Reaching there

The place can be easily reached from the Patna Airport,Bus Station,Patna Railway Station. The temple is just approx. 150 km from the Patna Junction Railway Station.[1] Bus, taxis etc. are available at Patna, Gulzarbagh,Patliputra and Patna City railway stations.[2]

The place can be easily reached from the adjacent District's Muzaffarpur,Darbhanga, Madhubani and East Champaran.

The temple is just approx. 70 –80 km from the Muzaffarpur Railway Station/ Bus Station, Darbhanga Junction Railway Station/ Bus Station Madhuban Railway Station/ Bus Station and East Champaran Railway Station/ Bus Station.

Legend

Sitamarhi

This is the place where Sita was born, the main character of the epic Ramayana. The town is situated along the border of Nepal. The district of Sitamarhi was carved out of Muzaffarpur district on 11 December 1972. It is situated in the northern part of Bihar. Its headquarter is located at Dumra, five kilometers south of Sitamarhi. The district headquarter was shifted here after the town of Sitamarhi was devastated in the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake.

Sitamarhi is a sacred place in Hindu mythology. Its history goes back to Treta Yuga. Sita, the wife of Rama sprang to life out of an earthern pot, when Raja Janaka was ploughing the field Punaura near Sitamarhi to impress upon Lord Indra for rain. It is said that Raja Janak excavated a tank at the place where Sita emerged and after her marriage set up the stone figures of Rama, Sita and Laxman to mark the site. This tank is known as Janaki-kund and is south of the Janaki Mandir.

In course of time, the land lapsed into a jungle until about 500 years ago, when a Hindu ascetic, named Birbal Das came to know the site by divine inspiration. He came down from Ayodhya and cleared the jungle. He found the images set up by Raja Janak, built a temple over there and commenced the worship of Janaki or Sita. The Janaki Mandir is apparently modern and is about 100 years old only. The town however contains no relics of archaeological interest.

This district is often bereaved by natural calamities. One of the most devastating is excess flooding due to mis-management of the banks by both civilians and government officials. This town was almost completely destroyed by the earthquake of 1934.

Sitamarhi is a beautiful place. Sitamarhi is far away from Patna (approximately 140 km), lies the historical and mythologically-essayed town of Sitamarhi.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Traveling to Sita Kund". Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  2. ↑ "Sita-Kund History". Retrieved 2017-02-17.
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