Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.141

c6.141

Bharadvāja-āśrama.—The sage Bharadvāja had his hermitage which was situated at the confluence of the rivers Gaṅgā and Yamunā at Prayāga or Allahabad.⁵ Rāma himself admitted that this hermitage was not far from Ayodhyā.⁶ It was visited by Rāmacandra on his way to Daṇḍakāraṇya and he sent Hanumān to Bharata.⁷ Rāma together with Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā came here. They then duly greeted the sage and informed him that they were going in exile for fourteen years to fulfil the pledge of their father. Bharata in course of his wanderings in quest of Rāma came here with his family-priest Vasiṣṭha. King Divodāsa being defeated in the fight with the Vitahavyas sought refuge in this hermitage.