Temple
A village-built Ram temple a short walk from Sita Kund.
Overview
Temple
This temple to Rama stands a few hundred metres from Sita Kund, the spring tied to the Ramayana legend of the Ajodhya Hills. Built by local people, it holds images of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana, and its walls are painted with scenes from the Ramayana. Worshippers usually visit the spring and the temple one after the other.
The district administration's page, last updated in 2022, describes the temple as about 20 years old and says local people built it 500 m from Sita Kund; Sangbad Pratidin puts the distance at 200 m. It belongs to the Purvanchal Kalyan Ashram, part of the Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram.
Rama is worshipped here daily, and many devotees come, according to a 2024 report. For local people the temple and the spring make a single pilgrimage, and tribal hunters who drink from Sita Kund before the hunt also offer prayers here.
Past & present
History & stories
The temple drew wider attention during the building of the Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. In August 2020 soil from this temple and from Sita Kund was sent to Ayodhya for the bhoomi pujan. On 22 January 2024, the day of the consecration there, women carried 108 pitchers of water from Sita Kund to this temple for a day of worship, a shared meal and evening bhajans, and the building was lit up.
When you're there
See & do
Episodes from the Ramayana run across the temple walls.
The spring is a few hundred metres away; look into the pool to see water welling up through white sand.
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Getting there
From Rangamati
Ram Mandir is about 20 km by road from the resort. We haven't pinned it on our map yet — message us and we'll send you the way.
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Questions
About 20 km by road, on the Ajodhya hill top. The resort can arrange a sightseeing cab, driver or guide on request.
A few hundred metres: the district administration says 500 m and Sangbad Pratidin 200 m, an easy walk.
It belongs to the Purvanchal Kalyan Ashram, part of the Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram.
No. The district administration's page, last updated in 2022, describes it as about 20 years old.
Yes. A 2024 report says Rama is worshipped here every day and many devotees come.
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Close by
Other places close to this one, so you can see a few in a single trip.
Sources: purulia.gov.in · sangbadpratidin.in · ecoheritage.cpreec.org · outlookindia.com · sangbadpratidin.in · sangbadpratidin.in · bengali.oneindia.com · prothomalo.com
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