illa

during the forest exile ram sitaji and lakshmanji decided to halt at ramchandrapuram a place near pondicherry...rama aksed lakshmana to build the cottage...accordingly lakshmana went in the forest...in the forest lakshmana was collecting dry woods uanware about a girl who was looking at him..from a distance the girl was illa (illa means extremely beautiful) a daughter in law of sage kavyadarsha she was virgin widow of prabanda the son of sage kavyadarsha also known as bhavita she spotted lakshmana and immediately fell for him slowly she came and embraced lakshmana from behind and asked him to make her his wife...lakshmana was preplexed and suprised he asked her to stay away but girl didnt budge...lakshmana struggled hard to free himself... in the struggle the girl fell on the river godavari  and the crocodile who was waiting there caught her legs in its jaws
at first lakshmana thought to let go but his kind and merciful heart did not allow him to do so  he killed the crocodile and saved the girl immediately illa fell on the feet of lakshmana the girl apologized and weeped here lakshmana thought to immolate himself as he thought his body was contaminated by the evil touch of lustful woman there came sage kavyadarsha father in law in search for her and said to "lakshmana dont take such drastic actionsthe fault lies in the girl i will burnt her alive" lakshmana was kind hearted he pleaded mercy for the girl then sage kavyadarsha made him sit on the ground the with his occult power poured divine water on lakshmana to remove the dust of the girl's dusty desires and the river formed there known as laskhmana ganga this is independant stream tht flows into godavari before merging in the sea and whoever drinks the water from this stream is purified in mind and thought