Ekachakra

Location

Disputed Chakarnagar (Etawah, Uttar Pradesh) is one claimant; Ekchakra in Birbhum (West Bengal) and Arrah (Bihar) are others

Note

The town where the Pandavas lived as brahmanas and Bhima killed Baka. Scholars disagree; the marker follows the claimant closest to the route the text describes.

In the story

1. 8The house of lacA palace built to burn; the Pandavas escape by tunnel into the forest and live in hiding
2. 9Draupadi's svayamvaraA bow no king can string, a target hit by a brahmana, and one bride for five brothers

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