 Lord Rama along with his wife Sita and his younger brother Lakshaman had started his Vanvas (exile) in the Bastar district (more precisely Dandakaranya region) of Chhattisgarh.They lived more than 10 years of their 14 years of Vanvas in different places of Chhattisgarh.One of the remarkable place is Shivrinarayan which is nearby Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh.