Nāsik–Tryambakeśvar Kumbh

Godāvarī river · Nashik district, Maharashtra

The Nāsik Kumbh, also called Siṃhastha, falls when Jupiter is in Leo (Siṃha). It is held at two places: in Nāsik city at Rāmkuṇḍa on the Godāvarī, and at Tryambakeśvar near the river’s source, where the Śaiva akhāṛās traditionally take their bath.

Nāsik is also Pañcavaṭī of the Rāmāyaṇa, where Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa lived during their exile, and pilgrims visit Kālārāma temple and Sītā Guphā. Tryambakeśvar is a Jyotirliṅga (see that section).

The Rāmāyaṇa places Rāma’s forest home at Pañcavaṭī, and tradition says it was here that Lakṣmaṇa cut off the nose (nāsikā) of Śūrpaṇakhā — a story often given as the origin of the name Nāsik. It was also from here that Rāvaṇa carried Sītā away.

Maharashtra · Jupiter in Leo · Rāmkuṇḍa · Pañcavaṭī

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