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Naimisharanya, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh · 27.3425°, 80.4913°
A sacred forest tract at Nimsar in Sitapur district, named repeatedly in the Puranas and in both epics. Tradition holds that the Puranas were first recited here to an assembly of sages, and the site remains an active pilgrimage centre.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The Varaha Purana explains the name by saying that a host of daityas was destroyed here within a single nimisha, an instant.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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