Ram Lakhan Tungri

Getting there

• By air

  Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi (IXR) is the nearest airport.

• By train

  Bokaro railway station is about 42 km away.

• By road

  The site is about 48 km by road from Bokaro district headquarters. The nearest bus stand is Bokaro Bus Stand.

Why devotees come here

Ram Lakhan Tungri is a historic and religious site in Kumhari village, Chas block, Bokaro district, Jharkhand. Devotees believe Shri Ram's footprints are on the small hill, which the district page calls Ram Lakhan Dugri.

The Bokaro district government lists Ram Lakhan Tungri as a historic and religious place, and as a category D local tourist destination. The district page says Shri Ram and Mother Sita spent some time here during their 14 years of exile in Treta Yug.

One legend tells of Shri Ram going out in search of a golden deer at Sita's insistence. Another tells of a shepherd whose mischief turned a stream of milk into water, and a pond now sits where that happened. Devotees believe Shri Ram's footprints are on the small hill, which the page calls Ram Lakhan Dugri at Kasmar.

Ram Navami is celebrated here in a grand manner, because the place is linked with Shri Ram. The site sits in Kumhari village, Chas block, in Bokaro district. The Hindi version of the district page also says Shri Ram spent time in the forests of Jharkhand during his exile, and that many places there are linked with him.

Festivals

• Ram Navami dayRam Navami

  Celebrated here in a grand manner, the district page says.

Tips for your visit

• The district page names Ram Navami as the festival linked with this place.
• The district page links a water pond to the shepherd legend, so the pond is part of the story told here.

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