Journey to the land of Corbet
In the month of February to take respite from the hectic life training in academy I took four days leave and left to see the land of corbet. From my graduation days I had several imaginations of the Corbet forests from Jim Corbet's books. First day, I went to Sitabani, which is around 30 km away from Ramnagar. This is a very remote religious place. No village is found in the 5 km radius of this place. People believe that sage Valmiki's ashram had existed in place where the forest guest house is existing today. When Britishers constructed the guest house the Valmiki's temple was shifted to the adjoining hill peak. Down the guest house there exists a Sita temple where devotees come to worship everyday. In this place it is said that Sita raised her both son Lav and Kush. From the guest house the view of the Sal jungle, Chahad sooth river and the Himalayas in the backdrop is mesmerizing. The jungle is teeming with the great variety of birds and wildlife. In this part of the cou...