Naimisha

Location

Traditional site Nimsar, Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh

Note

Forest hermitage on the Gomati; first stop on the pilgrimage.

In the story

1. 14The forest yearsArjuna wins celestial weapons; the brothers go on pilgrimage and reunite in the Himalaya
2. 50Heaven, and the sight of hellYudhishthira finds Duryodhana in heaven and his brothers in hell, chooses hell, and the illusion breaks
3. 51How the story was toldVyasa composes it, Vaishampayana recites it at the snake sacrifice, and a bard carries it to Naimisha

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