Sati Anusuya Temple is dedicated to the sage Anusuya, wife of sage Atri, and is set amid dense forest by a stream near Chitrakoot. According to legend, Anusuya sprinkled sacred water over the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshwar, leading to their incarnations as her sons.
Also it is said that Anusuya offered sincere dedication to praise the god to end famine and thus the town was blessed with the river Mandakini.