Sitakund

Sita Kund is a small spring near Ajodhya hill top where, by local legend, Rama shot an arrow into the ground to bring up water for a thirsty Sita during their exile. Cold water bubbles up through fine white sand into a stone-ringed pool, ponds with floating lotus lie around it, and both the spring and the Ram Mandir nearby are held sacred by the people of the hills.

The spring is in Bagandi village, in the Ajodhya gram panchayat, within walking distance of the hill-top settlement. It is a small, well-like pool; the district administration describes cold water rising through white sand, small water bodies with lotus floating on them, and medium-dense forest all round.

A 2023 study maps fourteen springs along the spring line of the Ajodhya plateau, where groundwater held between the granite-gneiss bedrock and the red soil above comes to the surface. Sita Kund is one of them, and its water feeds the Kistobazar stream, which the Upper Dam impounds. A hill-top resident who works in tourism told Sangbad Pratidin that the spring never stops flowing.

The same study rated Sita Kund among the most attractive and accessible sites in the hills for its strong mythological connection, and visitors come every day. The district notes colourful birds, especially in winter, and local people point to what they say are strands of Sita's hair on nearby sal trees.