Ramayan Circuit

The birthplace (janmabhoomi) of Lord Ram and the capital of the Kosala kingdom. The grand Ram Mandir on the banks of the Saryu was consecrated in January 2024.

The Nishadraj kingdom on the Ganga where the boatman Kevat (Guha) ferried Ram, Sita and Lakshman across the river at the start of their exile.

Ancient Prayag, the Triveni Sangam, where Ram met the sage Bharadwaj, who guided the exiled prince onward toward Chitrakoot.

Where Ram, Sita and Lakshman spent much of their early exile, and where Bharat came to plead for Ram’s return, carrying his sandals back to rule in his name.

The eternal city of Shiva on the Ganga, woven through the Ram tradition and home to Tulsidas, who composed the Ramcharitmanas here in the 16th century.

The capital of King Janak and the birthplace of Sita (Janaki). The Janaki Mandir marks where Ram and Sita are believed to have married — the start of the international Ramayan trail.

Ram’s birthplace and the kingdom to which the wedded couple returned, before the exile that would carry the story south across the subcontinent.

The forest retreat of the early exile, on the route south from Ayodhya toward the Dandaka forest of central India.

On the Godavari at Nashik, where Ram, Sita and Lakshman lived in the Dandaka forest and where Ravana abducted Sita — the turning point of the epic.

The vanara kingdom around Hampi on the Tungabhadra, where Ram met Hanuman and Sugriva and the search for Sita and the great army were organised.

The southern tip from which the vanara army built the Ram Setu bridge to Lanka. Ram worshipped Shiva here before the war, founding the Ramanathaswamy Jyotirlinga.

In the Sri Lankan hills, traditionally identified with the Sita Amman temple and Hakgala garden — the grove where Ravana held Sita captive until Ram’s victory.