Punaura Dham
Punaura Dham is the birthplace of Maa Sita, as per the Hindu mythology, Sita came out of a vessel when Raja Janak was ploughing field. Mithila state was facing the situation of drought, to overcome the drought, Raja Janak started ploughing field, when the plouging reached Punaura, the plough struck a vessel, due to the strike of the lower portion of the plough, the vessel broke and Sita came out of it. The place was the karmabhoomi for maharishi pundarik. Raja Janak offered him the new baby but he denied the offer. As he was a saint he had no consistency in living. Raja Janak brought the baby child to his palace in Janakpur. The baby was named Sita, as the lower portion of the plough had struck the vessel and she was born.
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