Visiting Places in Sitapur
Namisharanya
A small town in Sitapur district, around 90 km from Lucknow, is one of the most sacred place of pilgrimage in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is only 36 km from Sitapur district. It is near the Lucknow-Delhi National High way No. 24 (as seen in Map below).The "Satyanarayan Vrat Katha"as given in Skand Puran, (a routine religious Hindu tradition) was first recited at Neemsaar Tirth. It is said that the most sacred books of Hindus “ Mahabharat” and "Purans" were written by Mahirshi Vyas at this holy place. There is a mention of this place in the beginning of Holy Satyanarayan Katha : "एकदा नैमिशारंये ऋषयः शौनकादयः "