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Banda

Banda is a city and Nagar Palika in Badokhar Block Banda Tehsil in Banda District of Uttar Pradesh. The city is said to have derived its name from Bamdeo, a sage mentioned in Hindu mythology as a contemporary of Lord Rama. Bamdeo is said to have had his hermitage at the foot of a hill Bambeshwar near Khutla in Banda.
Banda lies south of the Yamuna river in the Bundelkhand region. It is the administrative headquarters of Banda District. The town is well connected to major cities with railways and state highways. The town is near the right bank of the river Ken, 95 m. S. W. of Allahabad.
This place in Bundelkhand region boasts of Kalinjar Fort, Chitrakoot, the holy land of Lord Ram. Khajuraho is quite near. Land is full with valor and violence due to scarcity of water and employment.

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