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Chitwan, Bagmati Province · 27.4453°, 83.9535°
A pagoda-style shrine inside Chitwan National Park in Nepal, revered as the hermitage of the sage Valmiki and worshipped with images of Rama, Sita and Valmiki.
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.
Tradition holds that Valmiki composed the Ramayana here, and that Sita stayed at the hermitage during her pregnancy and gave birth to Lava and Kusha.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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