SOURCES
As it is one
of the twelve seats of Lord Siva, and being held very sacred due to dwelling of
Sri Rama and sages, it is eulogised in the scriptures and literary works in all
genres. Besides, archives are preserving certain sanads that shed light on the
historicity of its place. The epics like the Ramayana, Mahabharata, Puranas like
Padma, and Brahma Purana, Mahatmyas like Tryambaka Mahatmya, devotional books,
Buddhist Chronicles and inscriptions embody several episodes running to
thousands of pages narrating the glory of this thirtha kshetra. The corpus of
information is quite copious and lends itself to hundreds of pages, if attempts
are made.
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