Maharashtra Plateau

☗ Mahurgadh Hills (माहूरगढ़) --> Mahurgadh (Devi) (Dattatreya)
☗ Saptashrungi Hills (सप्तशृङ्गी) --> Nashik (Devi - Saptashrungi) (Shakti Peetha)

▬ River Godavari (गोदावरी) flows through Nashik (Tryambakeshwar and Panchavati)
▬ River Panchaganga (पंचगंगा) flows through Kolhapur Mahalakshmi
▬ River Bhima (भीमा) (चन्द्रभागा - Chandrabhaga) flows through Pandharpur

◍ Nashik - Tryambakeshwara Jyotirlinga, Janasthana Shakti Peetha, Panchavati and birthplace of Hanuman:

- Nashik (Jyotirlinga) (Shakti Peetha) (Kumbha Mela)
(Nashik district, Maharashtra)

Shiva: Tryambakeshwar Jyotirlinga
Devi: Devi Saptashrungi
Rama: Nashik → Ram Kund, Panchavati, Sita Gupha, Juni Parnakuti, Kalaram Mandir, Tapovan
Hanuman: Dutondya Maruti, Katya Maruti, Anjaneri (Identified as birth place of Hanuman)
Godavari: Godavari Temple (Nashik)

- Nashik Brahmagiri is the place where Lord Shiva abides as Tryambakeshwara Jyotirlinga.
- Nashik Janasthana is the place where Devi abides as Janasthana Shakti Peetha.
- Nashik Panchavati is the place where Sri Rama stayed in the Panchavati forest during his forest exile.
- Nashik Anjana Hills is the place where Bhakta Hanuman is said to have taken birth.

Sages: Gautama, Agastya (Ankai Agastya Ashram)

- Nashik Brahmagiri is the place where sage Gautama performed penance worshipping Lord Shiva and brought river Godavari (Gautami Ganga) to Earth.
- Nashik Ankai is identified with the place where Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Agastya during his forest exile.

☗ Brahmagiri Hills (Tryambakeshwar)
☗ Saptashrungi Hills (Saptashrungi Gadh)
☗ Anjana Hills (Anjaneri)
► River Godavari Udgam (Source) (Tryambakeshwar)
▬ River Godavari flows → Ram Kund (Aarti)
◉ Aruna - Varuna - Godavari Triveni Sangam (near Panchavati)
◉ Godavari - Kapila Sangam (near Panchavati)
☸ Panchavati Forest (Puranic)
☘ Five Banyan Trees (Panchavati)
(Shiva Purana) (Valmiki Ramayana) (Brahma Purana)
• Tryambakeshwara Jyotirlinga - Lord Shiva relieving sage Gautama from the false accusation of brahmanas and releasing river Gautami Ganga (Godavari) (Tryambakeshwar Jyotirlinga)
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 24 to 27)
• Janasthana Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Janasthana Shakti Peetha where the Civuka (Chin) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Bhramari and the Bhairava is called Vikritaksha. (Devi Saptashrungi)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 45)
• Sri Rama staying in the Panchavati forest (Ram Kund, Panchavati, Sita Gupha, Juni Parnakuti, Tapovan)
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 15 to 16)
• Paishaca Teertha - Story of Anajana and Adrika (Anjaneri)
(Brahma Purana - Gautami Mahatmya - 14)

◍ Parli Vaijnath - Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga:

- Parli Vaijnath (Jyotirlinga)
(Beed district, Maharashtra)

Shiva: Parli Vaijnath Jyotirlinga

- Parli Vaijnath is the place where Lord Shiva abides as Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga.

▬ River Brahma flows
▬ River Venu flows
▬ River Saraswati flows

(Shiva Purana)
• Vaidyanatha Jyotirlinga - Where the Shiva Linga given by Lord Shiva to Ravana got fixed while Ravana was carrying it to Lanka (Parli Vaijnath Jyotirlinga)
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 28)

◍ Aundha Nagnath - Nageshwara Jyotirlinga:

- Aundha Nagnath (Jyotirlinga)
(Hingoli district, Maharashtra)

Shiva: Aundha Nagnath Jyotirlinga

- Aundha Nagnath is the place where Lord Shiva abides as Nageshwara Jyotirlinga.

Devotees: Supriya

- Bhimashankara is the place where Lord Shiva protected merchant devotee Supriya from the atrocities of demon Daruka (Nageshwara Jyotirlinga).

☸ Daruka Vana (Puranic)
◼ Aundha Lake

(Shiva Purana)
• Nageshwara Jyotirlinga - Lord Shiva protecting devotee Supriya from the atrocities of demon Daruka (Aundha Nagnath Jyotirlinga)
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 29 to 30)

◍ Aurangabad Grishneshwara - Grishneshwara or Ghushmeshwara Jyotirlinga:

- Aurangabad Grishneshwar (Jyotirlinga)
(Aurangabad district, Maharashtra)

Shiva: Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga

- Grishneshwara is the place where Lord Shiva abides as Grishneshwara Jyotirlinga.

Devotees: Ghushma

- Grishneshwara is the place where Lord Shiva revived the son of devotee Ghushma who was killed by his step-mother (Grishneshwara Jyotirlinga).

◼ Lake Shivalaya (Puranic)

(Shiva Purana)
• Grishneshwara Jyotirlinga - Lord Shiva reviving the son of devotee Ghushma who was killed by his step-mother (Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga)
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 32 to 33)

◍ Matripura Kshetra (Mahurgadh) - Abode of Renuka Devi and where Sri Dattatreya incarnated:

- Mahurgadh
(Nanded district, Maharashtra)

Devi: Devi Renuka Temple
Dattatreya: Datta Temple

- Mahurgadh is the place identified with Matripura Kshetra which is the abode of Renuka Devi. Matripura Kshetra is mentioned in Devi Bhagavatam.
- Mahurgadh is the place identified as the place of incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. Dattatreya Avatara is mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam and Markandeya Purana.

☗ Devi Renuka Temple Hill
☗ Datta Shikhar
☗ Atri Anasuya Shikhar

(Devi Bhagavatam) (Srimad Bhagavatam) (Markandeya Purana)

◍ Pandharpur - Where Sri Krishna appeared as Panduranga or Vitthal:

- Pandharpur
(Solapur district, Maharashtra)

Krishna: Panduranga or Vitthal
Lakshmi: Devi Rukmini

- Pandharpur is the place where Sri Krishna abides as Sri Panduranga or Vitthal (one standing on a brick). The sacred footprints of Sri Panduranga is present in the Vishnupad temple.
- Pandharpur is the place where Devi Lakshmi abides as Devi Rukmini beside Sri Panduranga.

Sages: Narada (Narada Temple)

- Pandharpur is the place where sage Narada abides in a temple near the Vishnupad temple on the bank of river Chandrabhaga.

Saints: Pundalik (Pundalik Temple), Janabai (Janabai Temple), Namdev, Dyaneshwar, Purandara Dasa, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Eknath, Tukaram (Tukaram Temple)

- Pandharpur is the place whose founding saint is Sri Pundalik before him Sri Krishna appeared when he was serving his parents (and later stood on a brick and became known as Sri Vitthal).
- Pandharpur is asssociated with Sri Janabai (1258-1350), a Marathi saint, who lived in Pandharpur living a life of devotion towards Sri Panduranga.
- Pandharpur is the place where Sri Namdev (1270 - 1350 CE), a Varkari saint, spent much time of his life in ardent devotion of Sri Panduranga.
- Pandharpur is the place intimately associated with Sri Dyaneshwar (1275 - 1296 CE), a Yogi and a Varkari saint, whose palanquin is carried from Alandi to Pandharpur during the Wari pilgrimage.
- Pandharpur is the place associated with Sri Purandara Dasa (1484 - 1564 CE), a Haridasa saint, who was a devotee of Sri Panduranga and said to have visited this place.
- Pandharpur is the place associated with Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486 - 1534 CE), founder of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, who visited this place during his pilgrimage.
- Pandharpur is the place associated with Sri Eknath (1533 - 1599 CE), a Varkari saint, who was a devotee of Sri Panduranga.
- Pandharpur is the place intimately associated with Sri Tukaram (1598 - 1650 CE), a Varkari saint, whose palanquin is carried from Dehu to Pandharpur during the Wari pilgrimage.

▬ River Bhima (Chandrabhaga) flows

(Panduranga Mahatmya)