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Situated
on the banks of Sipra, it is a thirtha kshetra, advocated for
thirtha yatra. Of the many plus points, historically and
mythologically, its importance as the seat of Lord Mahakala tops the
list and won crowing glory to the place, followed by many others,
such as, it is the sixth
of the twelve Jyotirlingas; and also the sixth of the eighteen
Sakthipithas; the dominating capital of valorous monarchs, like
Vikramadithya, the founder of Vikramarka Saka, King Pradyota of
Swapnavasavadatta fame, Jayasimha, the builder of observatory, Munja
and Bhoja of great renown; and the birth place of historical
personages, such as Devi, the wife of Asoka samrat and the mother of
Mahendra and Sanghamitra, Vasavadattha, the beauty queen of those
days; the sacred place where the Kumbha Mela has been taking place
once in every 12 years; the seat of famous Gurukula, where Krishna,
Balarama and Sudhama had their education under Sandipini; it was the
place where the great nine gems of Vikramaditya flourished, who
immortalized its fame through several media, and finally it is the
Greenwich of the first meridian of zero degree.
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