Ramagiri

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Ramagiri (रामगिरि) refers to various places in history. 1. Ramtek (रामटेक) is town in Nagpur district in Maharashtra commonly called Ramagiri. 2. Another Ramagiri is name of a hill in Ramgarh Chhattisgarh. 3. Ramagiri is a villages in Pitchatur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh State in India.

Variants

• Ramagiri (रामगिरि) (1) = Ramtek रामटेक]] AS, (p.788)
• Ramagiri (रामगिरि) (2) = Ramgarh Chhattisgarh रामगढ़ छत्तीसगढ़ AS, (p.788)
• Râmagiri (रामगिरि) mentioned in Riddhapur plates of 19th year of Prabhavatigupta.

Riddhapur plates of 19th year of Prabhavatigupta

Riddhapur plates of 19th year of Prabhavatigupta were issued by Prabhāvatigupta, the chief queen of the Vakataka Maharaja Rudrasena II and the mother of the Vâkataka Maharaja Damodarasena-Pravarasêna in the 19th regnal year of the Vâkataka king Pravarasena II. The plates were issued from the foot-prints of the lord of Ramagiri. ....Ramagiri is undoubtedly modern Ramtek, about 28 miles north of Nagpur. It lies only about 3 miles from Nandivardhana, modern Nagardhan, the earlier capital of the Vâkàtakas. In Kâlidasa's Meghadûta, Râmagiri is mentioned as the place where the Yaksha, exiled from Alakā, lived for a year. From the description in Kālidāsa's poem we learn that the hill was marked by the vénérable foot-prints of Raghupati (Ramachandra), and it is noteworthy that the present grant was made by Prabhâvatîguptâ near the foot-prints of the Lord of Râmagiri. The geographical situation of Râmtek answers to the description of Râmagiri in the Meghadûta and it is known to have been regarded as a holy place for several centuries. There should therefore be no doubt about this identification. Several grants of Prabhâvatîguptâ and Pravarasena II were made after being offered to the Bhagavat who was plainly none but the god Râmachandra whose pàdukâs were installed at Râmagiri. (p.35)

Ramagiri, Chittoor district

Ramagiri is one of the villages in Pitchatur Mandal, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh State in India. Ramagiri is located 76.85 km distance from its District Main City Chittoor.

Ramagiri Fort

The Ramagiri Fort, also known as Ramagiri Khilla, located over a mountain top, is in the Peddapalli district of the Indian state of Telangana.

in ramagiri khilla the Hanuman statue was constructed by Gaddam Bapu from mancherial district. The family member will visit every year and make pray and worship for lord Hanuman. And recent year the family also established lord nagula statue near putta on top of mountain.

Location: The fort, located on the Ramagiri hills, is near the Begumpet village in Kamanpur mandal in Peddapalli district. The fort was built within a thickly forested area that has a wealth of plant species, including many medicinal herbs.

The fort is 22 kilometres away from Peddapalli, the district headquarters. The Peddapalli – Manthani highway passes close to the fort, which is 2 kilometres away from the Begumpet village.

History: The fort was built in the 12th century by the Kakatiyas of Warangal. Later, it was controlled by the Qutub Sahi Sultanate from 1518 to 1687. In 1656, the ruler of Golconda, Abdullah Qutb Shah, gave the fort to his son-in-law, one of Aurangzeb's sons. The fort came under the control of the British Raj in 1791. Tradition has it that Kalidasa, one of the greatest Sanskrit poets, was motivated to compose his Meghaduta, a lyrical poem, by the Ramagiri Fort; however, Kalidasa is thought to have lived in the fifth century CE, well before the fort's construction.

Ramgarh, Chhattisgarh

There is a hill on the border of Madhya Pradesh (now Chhattisgarh) and Bihar (now Jharkhand) known as Ramgarh. Describing its location T. Bloch writes, "It is situated in the Lakhapur Jamindari of the Surguja state , 100 miles distant from nearest railway station Kharsia, on the Bengal Nagaur line'. There are few caves on the hill, one of them called Sita Bengra Caves. In it an inscription of 3rd century BC was found. According to a local legend the name of the hill Ramgarh is associated with Rama, who is saidto have lived here for some time during his exile. The Sita Bengra Caves underline its association with Sita. Some scholars believe this is the same hill described by Kalidasa in Meghaduta.

Sita Bengra Caves are situated 50 kms away from Ambikanagar in Surguja district in Ramagiri-Ramgarh hills.

Ramagiri, Anantapur district

Ramagiri is a village in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Ramagiri mandal in Dharmavaram revenue division.

रामगिरि

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर ने लेख किया है .....1. रामगिरि AS, (p.788) = रामटेक. रामगिरि को महाकवि कालिदास के 'मेघदूत' में वर्णित यक्ष के निर्वासन काल का स्थान बताया गया है- 'काश्चित्कांताविरहगुरुणा स्वाधिकारप्रमत्तः, शापेनास्तं गमितमहिमा वर्षभोग्येन भर्तु:, यक्षश्चक्रे जनकतनयास्नानपुण्योदकेषु, स्निग्धच्छायातरुषु वसतिं रामगिर्याश्रमेषु।' (पूर्वमेघ 1.)

'रामगिरि' का अभिज्ञान अनेक विद्वानों ने ज़िला नागपुर, महाराष्ट्र में स्थित 'रामटेक' से किया है। कालिदास के अनुसार इस स्थान के जल (सरोवर इत्यादि) सीता के स्नान से पवित्र हुए थे तथा यहां की भूमि राम के पदचिन्हों से अंकित थी- 'वद्यैः पुंसां रघुपतिपदैरंकितं मेखलासु।'

रामटेक में प्राचीन परंपरागत किंवदंती है कि श्रीराम ने वनवास काल का कुछ समय इस स्थान पर सीता और लक्ष्मण के साथ व्यतीत किया था। रामगिरि के आगे 'मेघ' की अलका यात्रा के प्रसंग में पहाड़ और नदियों का जो वर्णन कालिदास ने किया है, वह भी भौगोलिक दृष्टि से रामटेक को मेघ का प्रस्थान बिंदु मानकर ठीक बैठता है।

कुछ विद्वानों के मत में उत्तर प्रदेश के अन्तर्गत चित्रकूट ही को कालिदास ने रामगिरि कहा है, किंतु यह अभिज्ञान नितांत संदिग्ध है; क्योंकि चित्रकूट से यदि मेघ अलका के लिए जाता तो उसे ठीक उत्तर-पश्चिम की ओर सरल रेखा में यात्रा करनी थी और इस दशा में उसके मार्ग में मालदेश, आम्रकूट, नर्मदा, विदिशा आदि स्थान पड़ते, क्योंकि ये स्थान चित्रकूट के दक्षिण-पश्चिम में है।

कुछ विद्वानों ने भूतपूर्व सरगुजा रियासत (पहले मध्य प्रदेश के अंतर्गत) के 'रामगढ़' से ही रामगिरि का अभिज्ञान किया है।

2. रामगिरि AS, (p.788) = रामगढ़: रामगिरि छत्तीसगढ़ के सरगुजा ज़िले (भूतपूर्व सरगुजा रियासत, मध्य प्रदेश) में लक्ष्मणपुर से 12 मील पर [p.789]: स्थित एक पहाड़ी है, जिसे 'रामगढ़' कहा जाता है। इस पहाड़ी की गुफ़ाओं में अनेक भित्तिचित्र प्राप्त हुए हैं। एक गुफ़ा में ब्राह्मी अभिलेख भी मिला है, जिससे इसका निर्माण काल डॉ. ब्लाख के मत से तीसरी शती ई. पू. जान पड़ता है। कहा जाता है कि इसी स्थान पर 'उग्रादित्याचार्य' ने अपने वैद्यक ग्रंथ 'कल्याणकारक' की रचना की थी। इसमें शायद इन्हीं अलंकृत चैत्य गुहाओं का उल्लेख है। कुछ लोगों के मत में कालीदास के 'मेघदूत' की रामगिरि यही है।

3. रामगिरि AS, (p.789) = रामगिरि महाराष्ट्: शिवाजी के राजकवि भूषण ने 'शिवराजभूषण' (छंद 214) में जयसिंह के साथ संधि होने पर रामगिरि नामक दुर्ग का शिवाजी द्वारा मुग़लों को दिए जाने का उल्लेख किया है। उन्हें यह स्थान कुतुबशाह (गोलकुंडा के सुल्तान) से मिला था। यह उल्लेख भी इसी छंद में है- 'भूषन भनत भागनगरी कुतुब साइ दै करि गंवायो रामगिरि से गिरीस को, सरजा सिवाजी जयसिंह मिरजा को लीबे सौगुनी बड़ाई गढ़ दीन्हें दिलीस को।'

4. रामगिरि AS, (p.789) = रामगिरि मैसूर में बंगलौर-मैसूर रेलमार्ग पर मद्दूर स्टेशन से 12 मील की दूरी पर स्थित एक पहाड़ी है। स्थानीय जनश्रुति के अनुसार वानरराज सुग्रीव का मधुवन इसी स्थान पर था। पर्वत शिखर पर 'कोदंड रामस्वामी का मंदिर' है, जहाँ भगवान श्रीराम, लक्ष्मण व माता सीता की मूर्तियाँ स्थापित हैं।