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Temples & Tourist Destinations  Sitabari is an ideal picnic spot, situated about 45Km from Baran in
Kelwara kasba on National Highway road connecting Shivpuri-Gwalior. This is a
holy worship
place. It is well known in the area that 'Sita mata' has lived in this place
after being left-out by Bhagwan Ram. This place is also known as the birth-place
of Lav & Kush. There are several Kunds in Sitabari namely Balmiki Kund, Sita
Kund, Laxman Kund, Surya Kund, Lav-Kush Kund. Sita-Kuti is also situated in the
forest area near the temple. The tribal Sahariya fair is held at this place in
the May/June every year. Kakoni  Kakoni is situated about 85 Km. from Baran district
Headquarters in the Chhipabarod Tehsil. It is surrounded by the Mukundra
mountain ranges and on the
 bank of
Parwan river. It is said that the temples at Kakoni are built in 8th century.
These are the remains of the 'Vaishnav', 'Shiv' and 'Jain' temples. About 60%
statues of the Kakoni temples are kept in the Museums at Kota and Jhalawar
districts. Archaeological department has announced the place as secure since
1970.
Ramgarh - Bhand Devra Temple Ramgarh-Bhand Devra temples are situated about 
 40 Km. from
Baran. The Shiv Mandir of Ramgarh was built in 10th century and are based on the
Khujraho style. Due to the Maithun Statues, the place is named as Bhand Devra.
This temple is situated on the bank of pond and is now under the Archaeological
department. This temple is known as Rajasthan's mini Khujraho. On the top of the Ramgarh hill, Kisnai and Annapurna Devi
temples are situated in the natural cave. About 750 stairs were constructed by
Jhala Jalim Singh for reaching the temple on the hill top. The main speciality
of this temple is that one Devi is worshiped with Meva and another is with
Mas-Madira. At the time of Parshad, curtain is raised between the two Devis.
Fair is also organised during Kartik Purnima.Kanyadeah-BilasGarh |