Basna

Basna lies on the inland plains near the Odisha border, where the Chhattisgarh plain meets the hills of western Odisha. Villages and rice fields surround the town, and the roads crossing the border carry traffic between the plains and the hill country. About forty-seven kilometres away stands the Narsinghnath shrine, whose sacred story gives the wider locality its religious character. Tradition says Rama and Sita spent part of their fourteen-year forest exile there, and local people also link the site with the Pandavas.