"अगस्त्य ऋषी - भाग ५"

"अगस्त्य ऋषी - भाग ५"

1.Agastya had a hermitage(आश्रम), but the ancient and medieval era Indian texts provide inconsistent stories and location for this ashram.

2.Two legends place it in Northwest Maharashtra,on the banks of the river Godavari, near Nashik in small towns named Agastyapuri and Akole. 3.Other putative sites mentioned in Northern and Eastern Indian sources is near Sangli in Ainwadi Agastinagar,Tal-khanapur village, Western ghats at Maharashtra or near Kannauj(Uttar Pradesh),or in Agastyamuni village near  Rudraprayag(Uttarakhand),or Satpura Range(Madhya Pradesh).

4.In Southern sources and the North Indian Devi-Bhagavata Purana, his ashram is based in Tamil Nadu, variously placed in Tirunelveli,Pothiyal hills,or Thanjavur.

5.Facing east, he penanced upon a rock at Kanyakumari immediately after the beginning of Kali Yuga.It is also considered that his final resting place is in Agastyarkoodam  in  Thiruvananthapuram.