Garden of Eden is supposed to have been located as Lake Victoria, Lake Van and Pamir Mountains
Similarly there is a debate regarding the place of Prophet Abraham. The Islamic tradition believes that he travelled from Babylon to Mecca; while the Biblical tradition believes that he travelled from Babylon to Canaan or the ancient Israel.
Place of Prophet Abraham believes near Mecca and Babylon
There is similar problem about the location of ancient places in the Hindu tradition. Lord Rama had excelled his wife Sita towards the end of his life. Thereafter Sita lived at a Valmiki Ashram according to the Valmiki Ramayans. Now the Question is where was that Valmiki Ramanyan located? There are at-least six places where Sita had spent her period of exile according to the living traditions.
The first such place is RamTeerath in Amritsar. There is a temple which we can see in the picture below.
RamTeerath in Amritsar
The second place is Mundri in District Kaithal in Haryana. There is a temple in which idols of Sita, Luv and Kush are placed but there is no idol of Lord Rama because Sita had given birth to Luv and Kush in exile and Rams had not been with them when they were born.
Mundri in District Kaithal in Haryana
The third place is the Sita Mata Sanctuary in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.There is the beautiful place here with the confluence of a warm water river and cold water river located nearby.
Sita Mata Sanctuary in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
The local forest officials believe that Lakshman has left Sita here during the exile.
Lakshmana left Sita in this place
The fourth place is Kelwara in District Baran, Rajasthan. This is a temple known as Sitabari where it is believed that Sita spent her period of exile.
A picture of the temple is given below.
Temple known as Sitabari
Next place is Sita Samahit Sthal near Prayagraj. It is believed that Sita had gone underground here and she lived in the Valmiki Ashram nearby after being exiled.
Temple known as Sita Samahit Sthal
The last such place is at Balani in Bagpat District of Uttar Pradesh. Here also it is believed that Sita had spent her period of exile.
Temple known as Valmiki Ashram in Balani Bagpath District of Uttar Pradesh
The point is that there is a tendency for the people to attribute to themselves a glorious past and out of this tendency we find that number of people claim that they are the inheritors of the place where these great people had lived. In order to decide the location of the true place where Sita had lived after her exile, we have to look the archeological, geological, etymological and other evidences in order to arrive a decision.
The same method applies to locating the place of a Prophet like Adam’s Garden of Eden or Abraham’s Ur. We cannot rely only on faith and living traditions. We have to look at various evidences and then only we can reach a decision.
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