March 2007
Sita Temple Photos

The temple is about 70 km, outside Varanasi and is made of beautiful white marble. The main focus is Sita, the wife of Rama.
 
A huge Hanuman watches over the temple.
 
Beautiful surroundings...
 

The interior is made from beautiful mosaics which illustrate different
scenes from the Ramayana. This is the Sita murti.

A closeup of the Sita murti.
Rama in the center with his brother Lakshaman on the right and Hanuman on the left.
Even the ceiling is a mosaic.
The Ramayana was composed by Rishi Valmiki seen above.
The feet of the Rishi are honored with offerings of flowers.
A beautiful bas relief of Durga riding on her Tiger.
A painting of Rama and Sita meeting.
Sita is abducted by Ravana.
A bas relief that depicts Hanuman when he is captured and lead into Lanka.