Bhagwan Valmiki - TIRATH & ASHRAMS

 

Bhagwan Valmiki Ji was known through out the world for his great work. He has lot many temples and ashrams from ancient times. Some of the main ashrams are described as under :

Valmiki TIRATH, AMRITSAR : In Punjab, eight kilometers away from Amritsar railway station on Chaugavan road “Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath” is situated from ancient times. A very huge fair is organized every year on Kartika Purnima.  On the outskirts of Amritsar this is a significant historic place. The place gets a special mention in the great Hindu epic "Ramayana". On return, after great victory of Lanka when Lord Rama deserted Mata Sita on hearsay, she came to this place, the seat of great saint Maharishi Valmiki who gave her shelter and protection. It was at this place that Mata Sita gave birth to "Luv"and blessed with "Kush" the great sons of Lord Rama. Maharishi Valmiki conducted them to highest levels in education in the realms of religious and social life besides intricacies of warfare. A suitable Ashram is erected to commemorate the event.
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM -BITHUR	BHAGWAN Valmiki YOG ASHRAM -RISHIKESH, HARIDWAR
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM -CHANDIGARH	BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - Sector -32, CHANDIGARH
BHAGWAN Valmiki CHOWK - FATEHABAD, HARIYANA	BHAGWAN Valmiki CHOWK - HISSAR, HARIYANA
Valmiki ASHRAM - HAR KI PAUDEE, HARIDWAR
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - KURUKSHETRA : A very famous “Valmiki Ashram” near Thaneshwar railway Station where Bhagwan Valmiki Ji completed the holy Yagya organized by Pandavs of Mahabharat.
BHAGWAN Valmiki BHAWAN -SANNOR, PATIALA	BHAGWAN Valmiki CHOWK - RURKEE, UTTRANCHAL PRADESH
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - PANCHKUYIYA, DELHI	BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - BOLANEE : Thirty Two Kilometers away from Merrut there is a village name Bolanee where at the side of Hindon river a Valmiki cottage is situated from ancient times. Every year on third Margasirsha, the local peoples at this place organized a very huge fair.
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - BABINA : Twenty Five Kilometers away from Jhansi there is Babina railway station. A very famous Valmiki Ashram and river was situated at this place.	BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - BHAINSA LOTAN : In Bihar state near to the Gandak river at the Indo-Nepal border there is a little village named Bhainsa lotan a “Valmiki Ashram” was situated here from ancient times. Due to the presence of Bhagvan Valmiki Ashram at this place in 1964 the government named this village as ‘Valmiki Nagar’ Today its tehsil is Baliya, District West Champaran, Pin code –845107.
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - BITHUR : Thirty miles away from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh at the river side of Ganga there is a famous pilgrim as Valmiki Tirath named ‘Bithur’. During exile from Ayodha, Sita took shelter by Bhagwan Valmiki and lived at this ashram. This ashram is located at a height and accessible by a flight of stairs known as the "stairway to heaven" . A panoramic view of Bithoor can be enjoyed from this ashram. It is closely associated with the Indian epic Ramayana. Located on a hillock, it is believed to be the place where Sita stayed during her exile and where her sons - Luv and Kush - were born. A stairway to heaven's if ascended, offers a panoramic view of the city and its surroundings. There is a small pool inside Valmiki Ashram, famous as Sita-Kund. Sita ‘Rasoi’ is still preserved, near which stands `Swarga Naseinee’ or Deep Malika Stambha, studded with niches all around for illumination. The tower has about 48 steps leading to its top which is surmounted by a cupola, from where one can heave a panoraic viewof the entire area. The existing Valmiki Ashram is said to have been rebuilt by Baji roa Peshwa in the 19th century.
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - CHITRAKUT DHAAM : There is Manikpur railway station near the way to Allahabad. At the distance of about 20 mile from this station another station came is “Karvi” which at present known as Chitrakut Dhaam. A very ancient “Valmiki Ashram” is situated here. In village Lalpur near Chitrakut Dhaam found very famous “Valmiki River”. The present name of Chitrakut is Shivrampur.
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - PANCHKUYIYA, DELHI
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - KANKHAL, HARIDWAR : A very famous “Valmiki Ashram” is established in Kankhal at Haridwar in Uttar Pradesh. The caretaker was Puran Satguru Shankerdass. After he left the world, Guru Maan Dass take the opportunity to serve this Valmiki Ashram. He is a great scholar of Sanskrit.
BHAGWAN Valmiki CHOWK - JALANDHAR
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - SITA MADEE : Bhiti Railway station is situated at a distance of about forty six kilometers from Allahabad. Seven kilometers away From Bhiti station on the coast side of river Ganga there is Bhagwan Valmiki ashram situated from ancient times. This sleepy village is believed to be where Sita lived during exile at the Sage Valmiki's Ashram. Her two sons, Lav and Kush, were born here and it was here that Sita is believed to have returned to her mother - the Earth.
BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - BRACHA (CHANOD) : Not very far from Malsat on the west coast of Narmada situated Bhagwan Valmiki Ji’s temple.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - Valmiki VAN (FOREST) : This famous Valmiki Van was situated near Vaidhnath Devdhar.

Valmiki TIRATH, SIVAN : Twelve kilometers away from Kaithal in Haryana there is a village named Sivan. Bhagwan Valmiki alongwith Sita mata stayed for four weeks at this place. In this village an ancient river is found named “maisar” where Sita mata used to take bath every day.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - SITASAR : It is situated at tehsil Sunam, thirteen kilometers away from district Sangrur in Punjab state. Bhagwan Valmiki alongwith Sita came to this place. There is a ancient river named ‘Sitasar’ at this place.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - SITA BADEE : Every year from Vaisakh Purnima to Amavasya of Jyesth Masa a huge fair was organized at ‘Valmiki Ashram’ at Kot Shivpuri in the center of Madhya Pradesh.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - SITA-VANI : Another famous Valmiki tirath named “Sita-Badi” is found in Sitavani near Kashipur in Uttar Pradesh.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - SITA RAPTAN : River “Surpan” is ten kilometers away from Madla railway station in Madhya Pradesh. On the coast side of this river at village Sita Raptan there is a Valmiki ashram. A very huge fair is organized every year on Kartika Purnima.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - SUNAR RIVER : This river is situated at a distance of seventeen kilometers from damoh railway station in Veena Katni branch in Madhya Pradesh. At its coast side a small village is situated called ‘Sita Nagar’ where Bhagwan Valmiki Ashram is present from ancient times.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - VILLAGE POLAD : This village is at a distance of sixteen kilometers from Kaithal in Haryana. The grandfather of Ravana, the king of Lanka lived at this placed. Bhagwan Valmiki alongwith Sita mata came to this place to meet him and stayed at this place for two months. Therefore this place is important by historical point of view.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - LOHURAABEER : Bhagwan Valmiki ashram is situated in Lohuraabeer chowk in Varanasi. A huge festival is organized every year on Ashwani Purnima.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - TURTURIYA : Valmiki Ashram is found in Turturiya, a mountain area at a distance of twenty nine kilometers from Bilaspur in Madhya Pradesh. A huge festival is organized every year on Maagh Purnima.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - TAMSA RIVER : Bhagwan Valmiki Ashram is situated on the coast side of Tamsa river in Madhya Pradesh. Today the name of Tamsa river is changed to river “Taunsa”.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - TRIVENI GHAAT : Another Bhagwan Valmiki Ashram is situated on the coast side of sonha river near Triveni Ghaat in Madhya Pradesh across Indo-Nepal border. A huge festival is organized every year on 14th January.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - HIND CHINA : In seventh century a very ancient Valmiki Ashram is found in Hind-China border.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - TIRUVANMIYAR (MADRAS) : This place is situated at a distance of fifty one kilometers away from Madras city. Bhagwan Valmiki cottage is found at this place.

BHAGWAN Valmiki ASHRAM - Koyambedu   Description : Rama Ashram at Koyambedu is an ancient Ashram situated near the famous Sarabeswarar Ashram. This place is believed to have been the ashram of sage Valmiki. A rare image of sage Valmiki holding Lav, Kush is seen inside the Ashram. The palm leaf inscriptions of Ramayana are also found in this Ashram. Rama is seen in a standing posture, as a respect to his Guru Valmiki who lived in this place during His Rama avatar is the speciality of the Ashram. Thayar is known as Kanakavali. The idols of Rama and Sita are very simple without much ornaments.

Legends & Myths : Legend has it that, Rama once performed the Ashvamaeda Yagna for which he sent a horse to go throughout his kingdom as a part of the ritual of Yagna. Lav,Kush Rama's two sons who were believed to have lived in the place of the present day Ashram, caught the horse. They fought with the guards and even Rama and won the battle. Lord Vishnu is said to have appeared When sage Valmiki prayed Him.

Location : Koyambedu,Chennai,TamilNadu

Valmiki Ashram, Baghpat – Meerut

		Valmiki Ashram is on the banks of river Hindan, situated on the main Baghpat – Meerut Highway around 25 KM from Baghpat and 29 KM from  Meerut. The place is famous for Panchmukhi Shivling (Shivling with five faces). People from far places visits the ashram and the Ashram within it to have a glimpse of shivling. According to legends this was the ashram of Rishi Valmiki and Sita had stayed here during Vanvaas. It was this place where she gave birth to Luv and Kush, the two sons of Lord Rama. Several bricks bearing religious imprints have been found around the ashram. According to local myth, this place was protected by five Devas (Gods), One of the deva is at the centre of the ashram while the remaining four protected the other four corner. Every year a festival is organised on the banks of the river, within the compound of the ashram. The fair marks the birth of Luv & Kush and is also a means of facilitating and honouring Rishi Valmiki. Another long week festival is organised during the month of falgun which starts on the Mahashivratri of the month.

Valmiki Ashram, Chitvan Valmiki ASHRAM, Chitwan - This UNESCO World Heritage property, situated in the south-western end of Royal Chitwan National Park, is famous for its Ramayana-time remains such as the Ashram of sage Valmiki where Rama’s wife Sita together with her sons, Lava and Kusha, spent her life in exile. A national park territory that too in the middle of dense jungle where Royal Bengal tigers, bears and boars roam freely, one does not expect to see human beings or a human settlement with children and adult alike moving hither and thither. But hold on, several million years after Hindu goddess Sita ended her life in exile and left for Pataal from the very place (as the legend has it) some 50 people belonging to Magar community are still spending their life here.
This Ashram was a retreat for the great Hindu sage, Valmiki. This is also the place where Sita came to live with her two sons, Luv and Kush after being separated from Ram. Highlights : Various statues were unearthed in an excavation in the late 60s. Location : Situated in a forest on the bank of the Triveni river at the southwest corner of the Royal Chitwan Park. Accessible by boat
Valmiki Ashram, Hoshiarpur   This Ashram is situated near Hoshiarpur with twenty feet long Bhagwan Valmiki Ji's Image. This Image has been created by a renowned potrait artist Raman Kalyan from Sehrian Mohalla, Kapurthala who has lot many collection of Bhagwaan Valmiki Ji's pictures and potraits.
BASAR The temple of Saraswati at Basar is one of the two famous Saraswati temples in India, the other being in Kashmir. Legend has it that Sage Vyasa during his stay here used to bring daily three handfuls of sand after a bath in Godavari and kept it at a place, which transformed as the images of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Kali. However, according to Brahmandapuranam, Adikavi Valmiki installed Saraswati and wrote Ramayana here. There is a marble image of Valmiki near the Ashram.

All the above-mentioned Valmiki Ashrams were the ‘educational institutes’ established by Bhagwan Valmiki Ji. Where preachings & teachings of Ramayana, Yogavasistha, Akshar Laksha and Shri Rama Samvaada was delivered to them.

THIRUVANMIYUR: A temple for Valmiki The Valmiki temple in Thiruvanmiyur, which is steeped in legend, is believed to be at least 1,300 years old. BE IT a huge edifice in the centre of the road or just a small elevation beneath a tree, temples have always had special significance in Chennai. And the Valmiki temple, sitting bang in the middle of East Coast Road in Valmiki Nagar is no exception. Legend has it that poet Valmiki, after writing the Ramayana, was heading south along the sea shore and rested here. Hence, the area is called Thiruvanmiyur. Although the temple looks like a mandapam, it is believed to be at least 1,300 years old. During the Chola reign, the Maruntheeshwarar temple was constructed. Now the Valmiki temple is officially under the supervision of Maruntheeshwarar temple. But the Valmiki temple has been under threat from the development of ECR. The government planned to demolish the temple as it is in the centre of the road. "The temple authorities have managed to get a stay order on the demolition. Now attempts are being made to widen the road around the temple, so that it will serve as a median and not be an inconvenience," says Kuppuswamy, an officer at the Maruntheeshwarar temple. Every year the Brahmatosav festival takes place in March and special puja is done every month on the full moon day.

OTHER PLACES

	Dhariyavad, Sita Mata Sanctuary The jungle of Sita Mata is spread over the Aravali range and the Vindhychali ranges. Three rivers flow through the forest. According to a popular belief, it was in this jungle that Lord Rama had exiled his wife, Devi Sita. She had taken refuge in Rishi Valmiki's Ashram, which was situated here. Leopards, hyena, jackal, fox, porcupine, sambhar, wild boar, four-horned antelope, nilgai and flying squirrel are among the animals seen here.
Valmiki Tiger Reserve Valmiki Tiger Reserve is located in the northernmost part of the West Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar. The tract is broken and undulating, often showing highly fragile geological formations. As a result, there are steep ravines, knife-edge ridges and precipitous walls formed by landslips and soil erosion. The great Gandak and the Masan rivers collect all the water from the numerous, tortuous tributaries. These rivers and streams keep changing course from side to side, facilitated by the erosion-prone sandy and immature soil of the banks. Seasonal rivers like Panchanad, Manor, Bhapsa and Kapan display the peculiar behaviour of erosion at one place and deposition of transported soil at another place. The hill system is a continuation of the Shiwalik Range, largely made of imperfectly compacted and ill-formed sandstone dotted with pebbles and boulders. Owing to the fragile nature of the parent rock material, the soil produced at the foothill is immature, loose sand and display sheet. The menace is further aggravated by maltreatment of the forests by people in general, frequent fires and heavy grazing.
MAHARSHI Valmiki NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Maharshi Valmiki National University was established in 1997, Corporated Under Government Gazette of Parliament and Article-30 of Constitution of India. Indian Management Training & Research Institute has been authorised by MVNU to conduct its External Programs in India and Abroad Vide Letter No. MVNU/A/IMTRI-495-99 Dated 28th April, 1999.

MAHARISHI Valmiki HOSPITAL

Maharishi Balmiki hospital has been established at Pooth Khurd, in the rural belt of Delhi, with a view to provide basic medical amenities to the people of Bawana Alipur block and other adjoining area. The hospital is still under construction stage, but to utilize it optimally, the OPD has been started in the partially completed OPD block in Sept.98. The hospital has been started by providing limited OPD services of general nature and efforts are being made to provide full-fledged OPD services at the earliest. The hospital aims to provide primary/secondary level of health care facilities free of cost.