Which other name was the religious place Chitrakoot also recognized by?

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Correct — C, Brahmpuri. Chitrakoot, on the banks of the Mandakini river straddling the Madhya Pradesh–Uttar Pradesh border, is among India's most revered pilgrimage sites — traditionally held to be where Lord Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana spent a substantial part of their exile — and is also known by the alternate name Brahmpuri in Hindu tradition.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Jagatpuri is not an attested historical or traditional alternate name for Chitrakoot.  (b) Though evocative of Rama and Sita, 'Ramsiya' is not the recognised alternate name used for Chitrakoot in tradition or in the official key.  (d) Kakanaya is not an attested alternate name for Chitrakoot; it should not be confused with other, unrelated MP place-names of similar sound.

Concept: Chitrakoot's sanctity in Hindu tradition rests on its association with the Ramayana — the site, on the Mandakini river, is venerated as a stopover of Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana during their forest exile, and the Kamadgiri hill there is circumambulated by pilgrims as a living form of the Chitrakoot region itself. Several major MP pilgrimage sites carry historic alternate names, and MPPSC likes testing them directly.

State PCS 2023 Q94 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

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