Janki Kund

Janki Kund is a sacred water tank located in Pariyar village, Safipur Tehsil, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the Ganga River. Revered as the bathing place of Goddess Sita (Janki) during her stay at Maharishi Valmiki's ashram, it is a significant pilgrimage site associated with the Ramayana. The kund is surrounded by temples and ghats and attracts devotees and visitors interested in religious heritage and riverside landscapes.

Visitors can expect a small sacred pond (kund) with stone steps and ghats, situated near the Ganga River in the temple town of Pariyar. The site includes surrounding shrines and open bathing areas used for ritual purposes. The setting is quiet and rural, with temple architecture, river views, and pilgrim activity. Visitors can walk around the kund, observe religious rituals, and explore nearby temples and ashram complexes within the same locality.

Janki Kund is traditionally linked to the Ramayana period and the stay of Goddess Sita at Maharishi Valmiki's ashram at Pariyar after her exile from Ayodhya. Local tradition holds that Sita bathed in this kund during her residence at the ashram where Luv and Kush were born and raised. Pariyar is identified in local belief as the site of Valmiki Ashram on the Ganga.

The kund is revered by Hindus as a sacred bathing tank of Goddess Janki (Sita) and forms an important part of Pariyar Dham pilgrimage. Devotees consider a bath and prayers here auspicious, especially during religious festivals and Kartik month. The site is visited together with nearby Valmiki Ashram and Shiva temples as part of religious observance.