Sita Samahit Sthal (Sitamarhi), the holy place of Sitamarhi is situated between

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and

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, near the national highway No. 2 and also connected with Prayagraj and Varanasi railway line with Jangiganj, the nearest railway station. It is a well known Hindu pilgrimage in the poorvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh .

Mythic origins

It is said that this temple is the place where

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went into the earth when she willed it while she was living in residential hermitage of Saint

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in the forest of Sitamarhi. It was Saint Valmiki who wrote Ramayana. According to Ramayana and other sacred books of Hindu dharma, when Lord Rama returned from the grand victory on

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the powerful king of

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. After becoming the king of Ayodhya a big yaga was held by Lord

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and the horse of that grand yagya

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was released from Ayodhya, the horse was to move in any direction or in any kingdom, the king of that kingdom should have to declare Rama as his Emperor. When the horse was wandering in the jungle of now Baripur village of

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, the two sons of Sita captured the horse according to the declaration that was tagged on the forehead of the horse. All the great warriors of Lord Rama Including

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, Saturghna, Sugreev, Nal- Neel were defeated in the fierce battle between the two Lav and

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the most powerful

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was tied by them. At last the great Rama had to come to that place to fight the two children . No one knew that both boys are the prince of Ayodhaya and the son of Rama. When Rama came to the battlefield, all the holy souls of the three world comes to see the rare scene and Sita also comes to Lord Rama and said with folded palm that she served with Her all efforts and love and it was time to end this human life (note human life because they were God and Goddess) after she asked Her mother (the earth) to take her into her lap. She left behind Her two sons Luv and Kush whom Lord Rama took to the Ayodhya empire.

Gallery

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References

*https://www.sitasamahittemple.com/
''SITA SAMAHIT STHAL VIDEO''
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