Janaki Janmasthali Mandir

Maa Janaki Janmbhoomi Mandir or Punaura Dham is a proposed temple of the Hindu goddess Sita in Mithila at a site at the Punaura Dham in Sitamarhi district, Bihar, India. In Hinduism the site is considered the place where Sita was found closed in a box from a farm field while the King Janaka was ploughing the farm field. Ramayana Research Council has also proposed the construction of the Tallest Statue of Mata Sita at Raghopur Bakhri village in the Sitamarhi district, which is near the proposed site at Punauradham. There is a plan to build Janaki Dham in Sitamarhi on the lines of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. A campus known as Janaki Dham would be built on 57 acres of land near Punauradham. The foundation stone of the Janaki Janmasthali Mandir was laid by Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar on 13 December 2023 at Punauradham. In 2025 the union home minister Amit Shah said that after the construction of Ram Mandir he is focusing on the construction of the proposed Mata Sita Mandir.