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(A) Sages by Deities:

Sages associated with Sri Rama
Sage Vasishtha: (Vasishtha)

Sage VasishthaAssociation with Sri Rama:
• Sage Vasishtha was the kulaguru of the kings of the Ikshvaku dynasty. Sage Vasishtha guided the Yagnas of King Dasharatha which resulted in the incarnation of Sri Rama.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 8 to 15)

Pilgrimages:
Ayodhya - Vasishtha Kund (Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh): Identified with the place of hermitage of sage Vasishtha in Ayodhya
Sage Rishyashringa : (Rishyashringa)

Sage RishyashringaAssociation with Sri Rama:
• Sage Rishyashringa presided over the Putrakameshti Yagna of King Dasharatha (performed near Ayodhya) which resulted in the incarnation of Sri Rama.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 8 to 15)

Pilgrimages:
Ayodhya - Makhauda Dham (Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh): Identified with the place of Putrakameshti Yagna
Shringverpur (Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh): Identified with the place of hermitage of sage Rishyashringa. There is a temple of Shringi Rishi.
Sage Vishwamitra:

Sage Vishwamitra Sage VishwamitraAssociation with Sri Rama:
• Sage Vishwamitra bestowed the Bala and Atibala mantras to Sri Rama.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 22)
• Sage Vishwamitra took Sri Rama to Tataka Vanam to slay demoness Tataka.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 24 to 26)
• Sage Vishwamitra bestowed divine weapons to Sri Rama after demoness Tataka was slayed.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 26 to 28)
• Sage Vishwamitra took Sri Rama to Siddhashrama to protect his Yagna.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 30 to 31)
• Sage Vishwamitra took Sri Rama to Gautama Ashrama to deliver Devi Ahalya.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 48 to 49)
• Sage Vishwamitra took Sri Rama to Mithila where Sri Rama heard the story of the appearance of Devi Sita.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 66)
• Sage Vishwamitra took Sri Rama to Mithila where Sri Rama broke the bow of Lord Shiva and married Devi Sita.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 67)

Pilgrimages:
Tataka Vanam (Buxar district, Bihar): Identified with the Tataka Forest
Vamaneshwar Dham (Buxar district, Bihar): Identified with Siddhashrama
Mithila - Ahilya Asthan (Darbhanga district, Bihar): Identified with the place where Sri Rama delivered Devi Ahalya
Mithila - Sitamarhi (Sitamarhi district, Bihar): Identified with the place where Devi Sita appeared from Earth
Mithila - Janakpur (Dhanusha district, Nepal): Identified with the place of the palace of king Janaka where Sri Rama broke the bow of Lord Shiva
Sage Bharadwaja: (Bharadwaja)

Sage BharadwajaAssociation with Sri Rama:
Sri Rama visited the Bharadwaja Ashrama at Prayaga during his forest exile and enquired about a place to stay. Sage Bharadwaja told about Chitrakoota.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 54 to 55)

Pilgrimages:
Prayag - Bharadwaja Ashrama (Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh): Identified with the hermitage of sage Bharadwaja at Prayaga
Sage Valmiki: (Valmiki)

Sage ValmikiAssociation with Sri Rama:
Sri Rama visited the Valmiki Ashrama while entering Chitrakoota during his forest exile.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 56)

Pilgrimages:
Chitrakoota - Valmiki Ashrama (Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh) (Satna district, Madhya Pradesh): Identified with the hermitage of sage Valmiki at Chitrakoota.
Sage Atri: (Atri)

Sage AtriAssociation with Sri Rama:
Sri Rama visited the Atri-Anusuya Ashrama while leaving Chitrakoota during his forest exile.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 117 to 119)

Pilgrimages:
Chitrakoota - Atri-Anusuya Ashrama (Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh) (Satna district, Madhya Pradesh): Identified with the hermitage of sage Atri at Chitrakoota.
Sage Sharabhanga:

Sage SharabhangaAssociation with Sri Rama:
Sri Rama visited the Sharabhanga Ashrama in the Dandakaranya forest during his forest exile.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 5)

Pilgrimages:
Dandakaranya - Sharabhanga Ashrama (Satna district, Madhya Pradesh) (Panna district, Madhya Pradesh) (Bastar division, Chhattisgarh): Identified with the hermitage of sage Sharabhanga in Dandakaranya
Sage Suteekshna:

Sri Rama visiting hermitages of sagesAssociation with Sri Rama:
Sri Rama visited the Suteekshna Ashrama in the Dandakaranya forest during his forest exile.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 7 to 8)
Sri Rama revisited the Suteekshna Ashrama in the Dandakaranya forest during his forest exile after 10 years.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 11)

Pilgrimages:
Dandakaranya - Suteekshna Ashrama (Satna district, Madhya Pradesh) (Panna district, Madhya Pradesh) (Bastar division, Chhattisgarh): Identified with the hermitage of sage Suteekshna in Dandakaranya


(B) Vedic Sages:


1. Vedic Sages:

-- मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्र (Madhuchanda Vaishvamitra): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- मेधातिथि काण्व (Medhatithi Kanva): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- शुनःशेप आजीगर्ति (Shunahshepa Aajigarti): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- हिरण्यस्तूप आङ्गिरस (Hiranyastupa Aangirasa): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- कण्व घौर (Kanva Ghaura): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- प्रस्कण्व काण्व (Praskanva Kaanva): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- सव्य आङ्गिरस (Savya Aangirasa): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- नोधा गौतम (Nodhaa Gautama): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- पराशर शाक्त्य (Parashara Shaaktya): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- गोतम राहूगण (Gotama Rahugana): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- कुत्स आङ्गिरस (Kutsa Aangirasa): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- काश्यप मारीच (Kutsa Aangirasa): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- वार्षागिर (Vaarshaagira): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- कक्षीवान् दैर्घतमस (Kakshivan Dairghatamasa): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- परुच्छेप दैवोदासि (Parucchepa Daivodaasi): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- दीर्घतमा औचथ्य (Dirghatamaa Aucathya): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- अगस्त्य मैत्रावरुणि (Agastya Maitraavaruni): Rig Veda - Mandala 1

-- गृत्समद (Grtsamada): Rig Veda - Mandala 2

-- विश्वामित्र गाथिन (Vishwamitra Gaathina): Rig Veda - Mandala 3

-- वामदेव गौतम (Vamadeva Gautama): Rig Veda - Mandala 4

-- अत्रि भौम (Atri Bhauma): Rig Veda - Mandala 5

-- भरद्वाज बार्हस्पत्य (Bharadwaja Baarhaspatya): Rig Veda - Mandala 6

-- वसिष्ठ मैत्रावरुणि (Vasishtha Maitraavaruni): Rig Veda - Mandala 7

-- मेधातिथि काण्व (Medhatithi Kaanva): Rig Veda - Mandala 8




(C) Upanishadic Sages:


1. Upanishadic Sages:

-- याज्ञवल्कय (Yajnavalkya): Brihadaranyaka Upanishad




(D) Sages by Deities Summary:


1. Sages associated with Sri Rama:

-- Sage Vasishtha (Ayodhya) -- Kula-guru of Sri Rama. Guided the Ashwamedha Yagna and Putrakameshti Yagnas of king Dasharatha. (Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 13)

-- Sage Rishyashringa (Ayodhya, Shringaverapura) -- Performed the Putrakameshti Yagna of king Dasharatha. (Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 15)

-- Sage Vibhandaka -- Father of sage Rishyashringa. (Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 9)

-- Sage Vishwamitra (Siddhashrama) -- Took Sri Rama and Lakshmana during their boyhood to protect his yagna at Siddhashrama. (Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 22 to 50)

-- Sage Gautama (Mithila Upavana) -- Sri Rama visited the erstwhile hermitage of sage Gautama and Devi Ahalya at the outskirts of Mithila. (Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda - 49)

-- Sage Bharadwaja (Prayaga) -- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Bharadwaja at Prayaga at the confluence of rivers Ganga and Yamuna. (Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 54 to 55)

-- Sage Valmiki (Chitrakoota) -- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Valmiki while entering Chitrakoota. (Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 56)

-- Sage Atri (Chitrakoota) -- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Atri and Devi Anusuya while leaving Chitrakoota. (Valmiki Ramayana - Ayodhya Kanda - 116)

-- Sage Sharabhanga (Dandakaranya) -- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Sharabhanga inside the Dandakaranya forest. (Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 5)

-- Sage Suteekshna (Dandakaranya) -- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Suteekshna inside the Dandakaranya forest. Sri Rama revisited the hermitage after 10 years. (Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 7 to 8, 11)

-- Sage Agastya's brother (Dandakaranya) -- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of the brother of sage Agastya near the Panchavati forest. (Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 11)

-- Sage Agastya (Dandakaranya) -- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Agastya near the Panchavati forest. Sage Agastya gave divine weapons to Sri Rama. (Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 12 to 13)

-- Sage Matanga (Pampa Sarovara) -- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Matanga and Shabari near the Pampa Sarovar. (Valmiki Ramayana - Aranya Kanda - 74)

-- Swayamprabha -- A lady ascetic whom the vanaras (led by Angada) met in the Riksha cavity while searching for Devi Sita. (Valmiki Ramayana - Kishkindha Kanda - 50 to 52)


2. Sages associated with Lord Shiva:

-- Sage Dadhichi (Kankhal) (Daksha Yagna)

-- Sage Gautama (Tryambakeshwara Jyotirlinga)




(E) Sages by States:


1. Uttarakhand:

-- Sage Kanva (Kotdwar)


2. Haryana:

-- Sage Chyavana (Dhosi Hill)


3. Uttar Pradesh:

-- Sage Vasishtha (Ayodhya)

-- Sage Rishyashringa (Ayodhya, Shringaverapura)

-- Sage Bharadwaja (Prayaga)

-- Sage Valmiki (Chitrakoota)

-- Sage Dadhichi (Mishrik)

-- Sage Chyavana (Mainpuri)


4. Bihar:

-- Sage Gautama (Ahilya Asthan)

-- Sage Vishwamitra (Siddhashrama)


5. Madhya Pradesh:

-- Sage Atri (Chitrakoota)

-- Sage Sharabhanga (Dandakaranya)

-- Sage Suteekshna (Dandakaranya)


6. Maharashtra:

-- Sage Agastya (Bhandardara)


7. Karnataka:

-- Sage Matanga (Pampa Sarovara)




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