Bittur is on the Ganga river bank where the river takes a turn towards Kanpur so, the river here is curved. This about 30 kms from Kanpur beyond IIT Kalyanapur and I took my brother to this place by scooter in one of his visits. Later I went on my own to explore the area further.
The Valmiki asram is on a hillok, cemented stair case is built and there is a Deepastambham where we can climb inside the deepastambam stair case. when we reach the top we can see the whole place nicely. The ganga river is half km away.
Sitha kund, a 10 feet deep cenmented well where Sitha left to join her mother Bhudevi, the place where Sitha as Vanamali used to cook (Kitchen of Sita) a small room on the right side of the main Valmiki temple and the place where Lava & Kusha were taught by Valmiki the main Valmiki Mandir a medium size temple with Valmiki in sitting posture at the centre.
Numerous temples with old people staying over the ashram type environment are found around the area. All this is at the very beginning of the Bittur village.
After the Valmiki temple pass through the village 2 kms and we reach the dead end where the ruins of the Nanarao palace and a memorial adjacent to the area known as Nana rao park inagurated by Mulayam singh yadav are seen. there is a secret passage through which they
used to reach ganges ruver in case of secret missions, as the british were watching their moments over the land.
Other things we can see in BITTUR are the Nanarao Pishwa the place where Jhansi Laxmi Bai spent her childhood (7 years old). The Biritish have runied the entire palace as it is in this palace the first sipayi tirugubatu has been planned. Jhansi Rani was supported by Nanarao Pishwa till he himself escaped or died after Britsh has demolished the palace.
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