The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.195

c5.s2.195

Bisvamitra-asrama—Buxar, in the district of Shahabad in Bihar. It was the hermitage of Rishi Visvamitra, where Ramachandra is said to have killed the Rakshasi Tadaka. The Charitra-vana at Buxar is said to have the hermitage of the Rishi (Ramayana, Balakanda, ch. 26), and the western side of Buxar near the river Thora was the ancient Siddhasrama, the reputed birth-place of Vamana Deva (see Siddhasrama); The hermitage of Rishi Visvamitra is also pointed out as Devakunda, 25 miles north-west of Gaya. Same as Bedagarbhapuri. The hermitage of the Rishi was also situated on the western bank of the Sarasvati opposite to Sthanu-tirtha in Kurukshetra (Mbh., Salya, ch. 43). It was also situated on the river Kausiki, modern Kusi.