Friday 5 January 2018

Ushnagundam

Ushnagundam: To the southwest of Badrachalam Andhra pradesh, there is a spot known as Ushnagundam (the hot pool) right in the bed of the Godavari. The spot is surrounded on all sides by the cool flowing current of the river when the sand is removed, hot water springs out These hot springs in the bed of the river expands about 100 square yards and if a pit is dug at any spot in that area produces hot water.
The Ramayana records this to be a site visited by Sita, Rama and Lakshman'..lakshman fetched the water for seethe devi to bathe in.

 one tales suggests Lakshman here shot an arrow and the  hot water fsprouted for Sita to bathe in.
The Brahmanda Puranam says these hot springs formed as a result of the celestial fire offered by the divine serpent "Adi Sesha"''''

as per the other legend  lakshmana assumed the form of adi shesha and the fire offered by him made the water hot ''''

balchandran is the place where lord rama spent 11 years of the exile as per the popular belief...it is the place where sitamaa was abducted by ravana (local legend) there is a temple dedicated to lord rama sitaji and lord lakshman

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