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Bhadohi district, Uttar Pradesh · 25.2406°, 82.3328°
A temple completed in 1990 by Sri Prakash Narayan Punj on the road between Prayagraj and Varanasi, marking the spot where tradition holds Sita returned to the earth. Ram Navami is its principal festival.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Living at Valmiki's hermitage, Sita is said to have asked the earth to take her back after her sons Luv and Kush seized Rama's Ashvamedha horse and fought his army.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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