ASHOK VATIKA

THEN - Ashok Vatika was a garden in Lanka, the Kingdom of demon king, Ravana. It was the location, where Sita was held captive after her abduction. It is speculated that she refused to stay in Ravana's palace, and preferred to stay under the Ashoka tree, hence the name Ashok Vatika.

NOW - Its present location is believed to be the Hakgala Botanical Garden, close to the resort city of Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka.

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SITA MARHI

THEN - Sita went into the earth, while she was living in Valmiki ashram in the forest of Sitamarhi. When Rama's Ashwamedha Yaga Horse we...