Hanuman Dhara Temple

Location

One among the landmark sites in Chitrakoot, Hanuman Dhara provides the awe inspiring scenery of a cascade that falls from the nearby mountains. Though the uphill path is little bit tiresome, the pictorial beauty of the gleaming waterfall take away all your hardships and you will be enthralled by the lovely environ that surrounds you.

As any other place in Chitrakoot, Hanuman Dhara also covers a beautiful fable of Lord Ram. It is believed that this cascade was created to ease the hardship of Hanuman while he returned from Lanka after setting fire to Lanka.

A deep ascend of 360 steps would get you towards the spring. The temple dedicated to Hanuman holds a deity with five faces, which is regarded as one of a rare idol of the monkey god. The spring that falls on the deity gradually looses to the nearby kund is indeed a delightful site to be remembered for a long. Apart from this, Hanuman Dhara gives a implausible view of the legendary town of Chitrakoot and so do not forget to pay a visit to this lovely hillock.