PANCHAVATI- LORD RAM VANVAS
Panchavati, the land where Lord Ram spent of his 14-years vanvas(exile). This place is known in Ramayana for Sita Haran and many events that happened here. Panchavati is situated on the banks of river Godavari, the second largest river in India. It got its name from 5 Banyan Trees which is situated there. Panchavati is not very far from Nasik which is a major city of Maharashtra. When you will enter Panchavati you will find that it is a place of lots of mandirs (temples). You can cover Panchavati all by walking only. First there is Kalpeshwar Mandir, it is situated on the way to Ramkund. This is one of the few mandirs of shiva where Shivalinga is available but not Nandi. The story behind this is that, Shiva and Bhrama got in a huge fight in the result Shiva cuts one of the Brahma’s faces thereby sinning, this is known as Bhrama Hatya. Shiva realized his sin and he tried to do all that he could to rid himself from that sin. Nandi suggested shiva to take a dip in Godavari River. Afte...