Kamad Giri

Chitrakoot Kamta M.P. Satna

Kamta nath bhagwan ki jay

A story of Kamadgiri mountain in ChitrakootnThe spiritual heritage of Chitrakoot extends back to the mythological era: it was in those deep forests that Rama, Sita, and their brother Lakshmana spent a few months of their fourteen years of exile; The great sages Atri, Sati Anusuya, Dattatreya, Maharishi Markandeya, Valmiki and many other sages, saints, devotees and thinkers meditated; And here the major trinity of the Hindu pantheon, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva took their incarnations. It is said that all the gods and goddesses came to Chitrakoot when Rama performed his father's Shraddheshwari to partake of the purification (i.e. a festival given to all relatives and friends on the thirteenth day of death in the family). The first known mention of this place is in the Valmiki Ramayana, which is believed to be the first epic ever composed by a poet. The antiquity of its fame can be gauged as Valmiki Rama (or even earlier) is considered contemporary to Rama and is believed to have composed the Ramayana before Rama's birth.nnValmiki speaks as a sacred place inhabited by the great saints of Chitrakoot, surrounded by monkeys, bears and a wide variety of fauna and flora. Both the sages Bharadwaja and Valmiki speak of Chitrakoot in glowing terms and advise Rama to take up his abode during the period of his exile. Lord Rama himself accepts this distracting effect of this place. A favorite place in Chitrakoot is found in the Mahabharata, in the descriptions of 'Rampakhyana' and pilgrimages. The ‘Adhyatma Ramayana’ and ‘Breath Ramayana’ bear testimony to the bending of the spiritual and natural beauty of Chitrakuta. Various Sanskrit and Hindi poets have also paid equal tribute to Chitrakuta. Mahakavi Kalidasa has described this place beautifully in his epic 'Raghuvansh'. He was so impressed by his fascination that he replaced Chitrakuta (whom he calls Ramagiri due to his time-honored associations with Rama Rama) with his Yaksha exile at Meghdoot.nnHindi saint-poet Tulsidas has spoken with great respect for Chitrakoot in all his major works - Ramcharit Manas, Kavitwali, Dohavali and Vinay Patrika. The last mentioned work contains several verses that show a deep personal bond between Tulsidas and Chitrakoot. He spent some part of his life here worshiping Rama and longing for his darshan. It was here that he must have considered the crowning moment of his achievements — i.e. Visitation of Lord Rama, his beloved deity in the intercession of Hanumanji. His famous friend, the famous Hindi poet Rahim (i.e. Abdur Rahim Khankhana, soldier-state-saint-scholar-poet who was among Akbar's neo-gems) spent some time here, when he fell in favor of Akbar's son. Emperor Jahangir.

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