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I started my cycling journey on the footsteps of Lord Rama on 20 Feb’24 from Ayodhya (UP) and reached Maihar (MP) on 4 march’24 before taking a break. The details of my this journey is elaborated in part-1 & 2 of my blogs on the same subject.  For restarting my journey, I boarded Ambikapur SF Express (22408) on 15 October’24 at 11 PM from Nizamuddin railway station (Delhi) and got down at Shahdol (MP) next day at 2 PM. This time, I had lots of difficulties with my cycle transportation. In spite of timely booking,  my cycle was not loaded in the train (which I realised after reaching the station). I had to run between the parcel office and parcel van and beg to the concern persons to help me. Somehow, they loaded it at the last moment with some extra money. Had I not physically verified, my cycle would not have loaded for sure.  Next problem was at Shahdol station, my cycle could not be unloaded as parcel van was fully loaded and there was no space to remove my cycle. ...

I started my cycling yatra on 20 th February’24 from Ayodhya Dham and reached Chitrakoot Dham on 26 feb’24. The detailed descriptions of journey of first seven days are covered in Part-1 of my blog, titled “ Cycling on the footsteps of Shri Rama: Part-1: Ayodhya to Chitrakoot. ” The second part starts from Chitrakoot on 27 feb’24 as under: Day-8: 27 Feb ’24: Chitrakoot stay: 50 km cycling I stayed at  Anand dham lodge at Kamadgiri road near Ramghat, chitrakoot.  In the morning, I went to visit Janki kund (where sita used to take bath) and Sphatik Shila (Sita used the smooth glass like rock as mirror). There are many stories about these two places  where Sita and Rama spent considerable time. One such story is that Indra’s 2 sons (Mayank & Jayant) kept evil eyes on Sita Mata here. After visiting these spots  (500 meter apart) , I started cycling towards Sati Anusuiya temple. Suddenly, it started raining and I was forced to stop at a bus stop. As rain didn’t s...

Lord Rama (the central figure of the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana ) is a major deity in Hinduism. Shri Rama has an incredible mark on Indian civilization and culture. According to religious literature, in order to honour his father’s (Dasarath) decision, Rama has spent 14 years in exile in the forest with his wife Sita Mata and brother Laxmana. They have traveled from Ayodhya (his kingdom in the northern part of India) to Rameshwaram (in the south) through forests, mountains, cities, villages and rivers. Many evidences are found at various places to confirm the path (route) they followed in their journey. We call the path as “ Shri Rama’s V an Gaman Path (forest travel route)” and the journey as “ Shri Ram Vanvas Yatra ”. Delhi based NGO “ Shri Ram Cultural Research Institute Trust ” (founded by Dr. Ram Avtar Sharma) has done considerable work to discover the sites where Shri Rama has kept his footsteps during his Vanvas Yatra. They have placed Shri Ram’s Charan Icons and printed ...