THEN – After Rama's
exile, he entered Prayagraj and had to cross the Ganga river. The king of
Nishadraj, Guha, took Rama across the river in his boat, and then Rama entered
Rishi Bharadwaj's ashram to spend his first night of exile.
NOW – Shringwarepur,
the capital of Nishadraj, is a place 45 km from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The
place where Nishadhraj Guha washed Rama's feet has been
named 'Ramchura', and
has been marked by a platform.
The Bharadwaj ashram is
in the present city of Allahabad (now, called Prayagraj, after 2018). The
Ashram spot is converted into a temple for the saints of the ashram. Inside,
there are idols of principal Deities like Shiva, Durga, Hanuman and alongside
these are idols and individual temples devoted to the saints too.
