Sita Kalyanam is an annual event being celeberated at Rikhiadham, Deoghar, Jharkhand the tapobhumi of Parmahamsa Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Usually it is in the months od November and December the dates for the event is announced by Paramhas ji according to the calculation of the Hindu calendar.

Sita Kalyanam is the reminiscence of a sacred event of the distant past, it celebrates the day Sri Ram and Sita entered into matrimony. The original event took place many aeons ago, but is still remembered on the 5th day of the sacred month of Margashirsha as per the Indian lunar calendar.

This even is presided over by Swami Satyananda. In the five days celebrations chanting, satsang, kirtan and yajna (traditional fire ceremony) is done. It is a time of great celebration but also a very sacred and auspicious ceremony which creates and incredible atmosphere for spiritual growth.

The spirit at Sita Kalyanam is to give and share joy, happiness and wealth with our needy and deserving relatives in human society.

Travel to Rikhia

Rikhia is a small little village in Deoghar district of Jharkhand State in India. We recommend that the participants should directly contact the Ashram for accommodation requests. It is best if they can accommodation at the Ashram as the purpose is to get the maximum out of the Yajna Celebrations.

Sivananda Ashram
PO Rikhia, Dist. Deoghar,
Jharkhand 814 112,
India
Ph: 91 6432 232870 or 91 6432 231343

However if one is not able to get accommodation at the Ashram or choose to stay outside for personal reasons. Please use the information below.

Mostly the participants stay in the nearby town of Deoghar (6 kms from Rikhia) and commute to the Alakh Bara by motor rickshaw, taxi or trekker.

There are several hotels at Deoghar, we recommend the following:

• Hotel Mahadev Palace Bihari Lal Chakkaborty Rd Castairs Town Deoghar
• Yashoda International Station Road
• Hotel Relax Bihari Lal Chakravorty Rd

These are among the best hotels at Deoghar and they are clean and quite and also centrally located, it is best to have prior booking made as during the Sita Kalyanam celebrations they are much in demand and are mostly full.

Kindly contact us for making the reservations/ travel arrangements for attending the festival.

The nearest railway station is Jasidih (10 kms from Deoghar) which is on the Howrah (Kolkata) - Patna - Delhi line.

The following trains are available to reach Jasidih which is the railhead to reach Deoghar and subsequently to Rikhiadham Ashram.

The following trains stop at Jasidih Junction.