The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.45

c5.s3.45

Devapura—Rajim on the confluence of the Mahānadī and the Pairi in the Raipur District, Central India : 24 miles south-east of the town of Raipur. It was visited by Rāmachandra (called also Rājīvalochanā, whence the name Rajim) to save his brother Śatrughna from death (*Padma P.*, Pātāla, ch. 27, vs. 58, 59). The temple of Rāmachandra contains an inscription of the eighth century A.D.