page_title: Anasuya
section_title: Sati Anusuya Ashrama
hierarchical_section_title: Anasuya / Sati Anusuya Ashrama
caption_attribution_description: English: Self created image of Anusuya ashrama
context_page_description: Anasuya, also known as Anusuya, was the wife of an ancient rishi named Atri and daughter of Prasuti and Daksha in the Hindu epics. In the Ramayana, she lived with her husband in a small hermitage on the southern border of the Chitrakuta forest. A pious woman who always practiced austerity and devotion, she is described as having miraculous powers.
  Her mother was Devahuti and her father was sage Kardama, Sage Kapila was her brother and teacher. She is extolled as Sati Anusuya – Anusuya, the chaste wife of sage Atri. She later became the mother of Dattatreya, the sage-avatar of Vishnu and Durvasa, the irascible sage. When Sita and Rama visited her during their exile, Anusuya was very attentive to them, giving Sita an ointment which could maintain her beauty forever.
context_section_description: Sati Anusuya Ashram is in Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, located further upstream on the Mandakini River. It is 16  km away from the town, and set amidst thick forests where the melody of birdsong plays all day. It was where sage Atri, his wife Anusuya, and their three sons (who were three incarnations of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva), lived and are said to have meditated.
  Valmiki describes in the Ramayana that there once was no rain in Chitrakuta for ten years. There was a severe famine and nothing was left for animals and birds to eat or drink. Sati Anusuya performed intensive austerities and got the river Mandakini down on earth. This led to the growth of greenery and forests, and eliminated the suffering of all sages and animals.
  Sati Anasuya Ashrama, at present, is a very peaceful place where several streams from the hills converge and form the Mandakini River. It is said that Rama along with Sita had visited this place to meet Maharishi Atri and Sati Anasuya. It was here that Sati Anasuya explained to Sita the grandeur and importance of satitva. The dense forests of Dandaka start from this place. It was ruled by Ravana, who had appointed strong rakshasas such as Khara and Viradha as its rulers. The place was infected by the terror of rakshasas.
caption: View of Mandakini River at Anusuya Ashrama
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