
Chitrakoot (Ramghat & Kamadgiri)
Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India
The forest of Rama's exile years — Mandakini aartis at Ramghat, the Kamadgiri parikrama and Hanuman Dhara's cliff spring.
Why visit: Ramayana's most tender geography, alive with evening lamps.
- ›Ramghat aarti
- ›Kamadgiri circuit
- ›Hanuman Dhara climb
- ›Sphatik Shila
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Best time
Oct–Mar; Diwali mela
Entry fee
Free
Est. budget
₹400–900
Duration
1–2 days
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Hanuman Dhara Chitrakoot
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A cliffside Hanuman shrine where a spring pours perpetually over the idol, cooling the deity who burned Lanka — 360 steps to Chitrakoot's best view.
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The wooded hill believed to embody Rama himself — a 5-km barefoot parikrama past mukharvind shrines and langur troops.
Gupt Godavari Caves
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Twin caves where a hidden Godavari stream wells up and vanishes — waist-deep wading to the throne-rocks of Rama and Lakshmana.
Chitrakoot Ramghat
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The Mandakini ghats where Rama, Sita and Lakshmana spent eleven exile years — boat lamps and bhajans at Tulsidas's own tirtha.

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