[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899) › c5.s2.176 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.176 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.176 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.176) Bindhyâchala.—1. The Vindhya range. The celebrated temple of Vindubâsinî (\*Devî-Bhâgavata\*, VII, 30) is situated on a part of the hills near Mirzapur. It is one of the stations of the E. I. Railway. The temple of the eight-armed Yogamâyâ, which is one of the 52 Pîṭhas, where the toe of Satî’s left foot is said to have fallen, is at a short distance from the temple of Vindubâsinî (\*see Sîta P.\*, IV, Pt. I, ch. 21). Yogamâyâ, after warning Kaṃsa, king of Mathurâ, of the birth of his destroyer, came back to the hills, and took her abode at the site of the temple of Vindubâsinî (\*Skanda P.\*, Rovâ Kh, ch. 55). It was, and is still a celebrated place of pilgrimage mentioned in the \*Kathâ-sarit-sâgara\* (I, ch. 2). The town of Bindhyâchala was included within the circuit of the ancient city of Pampâpura (\*Fuhrer’s M. A. I\*). The fight between Durgâ and the two brothers Sumbha and Niśumbha took place at Bindhyâchala (\*Vâmana P.\*, ch. 55). \*See Chaṇḍapura\*. The goddess Vindubâsinî was widely worshipped in the seventh century, and her shrine was considered as one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage (\*Kathâ-sarit-sâgara\*, chs. 52, 54). 2. Another Bindhyâchala has been identified by Mr. Pargiter with the hills and plateau of South Mysore (\*Râmâyaṇa\*, Kishk, ch. 48; \*JRAS.\*, 1894, p. 261). - [Previous: c5.s2.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.175) - [Next: c5.s2.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.177) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2) ## Cites (5) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.1.2) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.7.30) — Sanskrit - [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana.55) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.1.21) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.176) · Pramāṇa