Forest

Naimisharanya

Sacred forest where sages hear the telling of the Mahabharata.

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Atlas visualizes this place on the Mahābhārata map. Encyclopedia explains.

Naimisharanya is the hermitage forest where the Suta recounts the Mahabharata to assembled rishis, the frame setting of the epic's narration.

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