Pancha Sarovars

◍ Manasarovar - Manasa Shakti Peetha:

- Lake Manasarovar (Shakti Peetha) (Pancha Sarovar)
(Tibet)
Devi: Dakshayani (Lake Manasarovar)
◼ Lake Manasarovar
• Manasa Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Manasa Shakti Peetha where the Daksha Hasta (Right Hand) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Dakshayani and the Bhairava is called Amara.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 12)

◍ Pushkara Kshetra - Abode of Lord Brahma, Swayam Vyakta Kshetra and Manivedaka Shakti Peeta:

- Pushkar (Swayam Vyakta Kshetra) (Shakti Peetha) (Pancha Sarovar)
(Ajmer district, Rajasthan)

Brahma: Lord Brahma
Varaha: Varaha
Gayatri: Devi Gayatri
Saraswati: Devi Savitri

- Pushkara is the place where Lord Brahma threw a Lotus from his Hand (Pushkara) and performed a Yagna.
- Pushkara is a Swayam Vyakta Kshetra where Lord Vishnu abides as Lord Varaha.
- Pushkara is the place where Devi abides as Manivedaka Shakti Peetha.
- Pushkara Sarovar is one of the Pancha Sarovars of Bharata.

☗ Gayatri Temple Hill
☗ Savitri Temple Hill
◼ Pushkar Lake
(Padma Purana)
• Swayam Vyakta Sthalam Sloka
• Manivedaka Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Manivedaka Shakti Peetha where the Manibandha (Bracelet) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Gayatri and the Bhairava is called Sarvananda.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 32)

◍ Narayana Sarovar (Pancha Sarovar)
(Kutch district, Gujarat)

◍ Siddhpur (Bindu Sarovar) (Matru Gaya) - A Pancha Sarovar, where sage Kapila incarnated, Matru Gaya and course of river Saraswati:

- Siddhpur (Pancha Sarovar)
(Patan district, Gujarat)

Kapila: Kapila shrine
Parashurama: Parashurama shrine
Shiva: Several Shiva Lingas
Saraswati: Saraswati Temple

- Siddhpur is the place identified with the Puranic Bindu Sarovara mentioned in the Puranas.
- Puranic Bindu Sarovar is the place where Lord Vishnu incarnated as sage Kapila (as son of sage Kardama and Devahuti).
- Siddhpur is the place where Sri Parashurama is said to have performed Matru Shraddha; so it is also known as Matru Gaya.
- Siddhpur is the place where where river Saraswati is said to be flowing in hidden form.

Sages: Kardama

- Puranic Bindu Sarovar is the place where sage Kardama meditated and got sage Kapila as son.

◼ Bindu Sarovar
▬ River Saraswati flows (hidden form)
(Srimad Bhagavatam)
• Sage Kapila incarnated in Bindu Sarovara.
(Srimad Bhagavatam - Skanda 03 - 21 to 26)

◍ Kishkindha Kshetra - Where Sri Rama visited during the forest exile:

- Kishkindha (Anegundi) (Hampi) (Pancha Sarovar)
(Koppal district, Karnataka) (Vijayanagara district, Karnataka) (Ballari district, Karnataka)
Rama: Pampa Sarovara, Rishyamuka Parvata, Mount Prasravana (Malyavanta Parvata) (Hrm)
Devi: Pampa Devi
Hanuman: Anjanadri
Sages: Matanga (Hrm), Shabari (Hrm), Saptajana (Hrm)
▬ River Tungabhadra flows
◼ Pampa Sarovara
◼ Sita Jhil (Rishyamuka Parvata region)
☗ Rishyamuka Parvata
☗ Matanga Parvata
☗ Malyavanta Parvata (Mount Prasravana)
☗ Anjaneya Parvata or Anjanadri
(Valmiki Ramayana)
• Sri Rama visiting Matanga Ashrama near Pampa Sarovar and meeting Shabari (Kishkindha outskirts)
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 74)
• Sri Rama meeting Hanuman at Pampa Sarovar
(Valmiki Ramayana - Kishkindha Kanda - 2 to 4)
• Sri Rama making friendship with Sugreeva in the Rishyamuka Parvata
(Valmiki Ramayana - Kishkindha Kanda - 5 to 12)
• Sri Rama slaying Vali during the second duel with Sugreeva
(Valmiki Ramayana - Kishkindha Kanda - 14 to 25)