Karwi (Chitrakoot Dham)

India / Uttar Pradesh / Chitrakut Dham / National Highway No. 76 (Mirzapur - Harpalpur)
 town, pilgrimage, taluka headquarter, district headquarter
Tehsil Karwi, District Chitrakoot Dham, Uttar Pradesh, Bharat.
Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) is district headquarters and a municipal board in Chitrakoot district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
In past, Karwi city was a tehsil in Banda district. On 6 May 1997 Government of Uttar Pradesh carved out a new district Chitrakoot (Initially named as Chhatrapati Shahuji Mahraj- Nagar) from Banda district. Since then the city is serving as district headquarters.
Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) falls on National Highway 76 (NH 76) stretched from Pindwara to Allahabad via Udaipur, Chittaurgarh, Kota, Shivpuri, Jhansi and Banda. City is also linked with roadways to all adjoining districts of Banda, Allahabad, Satna, Rewa and Kaushambi. National highways are in good condition.
Chitakoot Dham (Karwi) is a railway station ( IRCTC code: CKTD) on Manikpur - Jhansi/Kanpur main line, served by the North-Central division of Indian Railways. Karwi is connected by trains to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bhopal, Raipur, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Khajuraho, Lucknow, Durg and Varanasi.
Allahabad is the nearest operational airport to the city which is 120 km away. Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) also have an airstrip at Dewangana.Airport under construction at dewangana
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitrakoot_Dham_(Karwi)
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Coordinates:   25°13'2"N   80°55'15"E

Comments

  • Chitrakoot is a beutiful place
  • chitrakoot dham is very holy place where shri rama lived for long time with sita and laxman .
  • fantastic holy place
  • The holiness and sanctity of the place is so strong that by hearing the name " Chitrakoot Dham " there comes bliss ! Jai Shree Ram
  • SO BEAUTIFUL PLACE. I LIKE SO MUCH