Place · Valmiki ashram tirtha · India
Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal, Amritsar
Also known as Ram Tirath, Valmiki Tirath
The Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal at Ram Tirath village, 11 kilometres west of Amritsar — the Ramayana-tradition site identified by Hindu belief as the ashram of the sage Valmiki where Sita took refuge during her 14-year exile and where her twin sons Luv and Kush were born and raised. The 2016 Punjab government renovation (under CM Parkash Singh Badal) rebuilt the site with a 7-acre lake and a 220-foot Valmiki statue (one of the tallest statues of a Hindu sage in India). The annual Ram Tirath Mela each November-December draws over 500,000 pilgrims from Punjab and northern India. The site is also central to the Mazhabi Sikh and Dalit Valmiki community pilgrimages.
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Patron dynasty
- Indian Union
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.606, 74.911
Connections (2)
- Site withinBaba Bakala
The Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal sits within Amritsar district at Ram Tirath village, 11 kilometres west of Amritsar city. The Ramayana-tradition site identified as the sage Valmiki's ashram where Sita took refuge and gave birth to Luv and Kush extends the Amritsar sacred-site network beyond the Sikh Harmandir Sahib into Hindu Ramayana pilgrimage.
- Site withinAmritsar
The Bhagwān Vālmīki Tīrath Sthal, 11 km west of Amritsar on the Amritsar-Lahore highway, is identified by tradition as the ashram of the sage Vālmīki where Sītā spent her exile and gave birth to Lava and Kuśa after her second banishment. The 400-metre lake and the restored temple complex (2016) are the central Vālmīki-Samaj pilgrimage site in Punjab.
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