Place · Ramayana footprint shrine · India
Lakshman Paen
A site in Pratappur block carrying marks read as Lakshmana's footprints and attached to the exile route.
RamaEpic
- Periods
- Classical and Puranic Age, Regional Flourishing
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.473, 83.185
Connections (2)
- Companion in the same setSitamarhi Harchauka
Harchauka remembers Rama's entry, Lakshman Paen his brother's footprints. The route is populated by both brothers, with Sita's name attached to the domestic details.
- AnalogueSitalekhani and Lakshmanpaon
Two sites in neighbouring blocks of Surajpur district carrying the same Lakshmana footprint tradition. Duplication of this kind is ordinary along an exile route: the memory attaches wherever the rock will take an impression.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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