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Sita Samahit Sthal: where Sita entered the earth

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Sita's earth-return is in a village on the Ganga, in the Poorvanchal.

Between Prayagraj and Varanasi in Bhadohi, a temple (completed 1990) marks where Sita is said to have asked her mother Earth to take her. Legend: Sita's sons Luv and Kush captured Rama's Ashvamedha horse near Baripur; Rama's warriors lost, Rama came to fight, Sita entered the earth, and Rama took the boys to Ayodhya. A 110-foot Hanuman statue is linked to the site.

Who: Sita, Luv, Kush, Rama, Valmiki

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Bithoor: Valmiki's ashram and the twins' birth same-story-other-version

Sita found in a furrow: Sitamarhi and Punaura Dham mirror

Places: Sitamarhi (Bankat), Bhadohi

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• commentary · Wikipedia Sita Samahit Sthal
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