Satna district



Satna District is a district of  in central. The town of is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 7,502 km², and a population of 1,868,648 (2001 census), 20.63% of which was urban. The district has a population density of 249 persons per km².

Geography
The district is bounded on the north by state, on the east by, on the southwest by , on the south by  and  districts, and on the west by. The district is part of. The district is divided into the s of, , , and Satna.

Tourist attractions
has major sites of, religious and tourist interest.

is a town of religious, cultural, historical and archaeological importance, situated in the Satna district in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, bordering the Chitrakoot district in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is known for numerous temples and sites mentioned in Hindu mythology. Chitrakuta’s spiritual legacy stretches back to legendary ages. It was in these deep forests that, and his brother  spent eleven and half years of their fourteen years of exile. The great sage, , , Maharshi , , and various other sages, seers, devotees and thinkers meditated here. The principal trinity of the pantheon,,  and , took their incarnations here.

has a temple by the name of Sharda Devi situated on the top of a hill about 5 km from the center of the town. This temple is known for its stairway of more than 1,000 steps. Millions of devotees throng to the temple throughout the year.

(Hindi: गृद्घराज पर्वत, the hill of vultures), is a hill of religious, archeological and ecological importance situated in Devrajnagar village of tehsil Ramnagar in Satna district. It is located 8 km from the town of Ramnagar. Griddhraj Parvat is of great religious importance in. It was mentioned in as ‘Griddhanchal Parvat’. It is believed to be the birthplace of ‘’, the brother of Griddhraj ‘’ mentioned in. The poet mentions this place as the most sacred in his book ‘Griddharaj Mahatmya’ (Narad Uvach). He wrote that a dip in the Ganga River originating from Griddhraj Parvat, at an altitude of 2,354 feet, absolves all kinds of sins. Sons of and then  first saw this hill. It is also mentioned in. Chinese traveller visited this place and mentioned it.



Also in Satna district is the ancient city of, a center of , whose archeological treasures have been gifted to the major museums in the country and the world. The Bharhut stupa may have been established by the king  in the, but many works of art were apparently added during the  period, with many  from the.

Other places

 * The Tulsi museum at Ram Van has many unique artistic sculptures of ancient times found in this area.
 * Temple at is also a famous and old temple in the region.chhota sthan sohawal is beautiful temple of god ram and sita.which is situated at sohawal 7km far from satna in panna road'

Apart from tourism, Satna also hosts a number of industries, primarily concrete and steel. Satna is also viewed as one of the better commercial towns of eastern Madhya Pradesh.

External link

 * Satna District web site