How the city got its name Nashik | Epic Ramayan

Tapovan is popular for its prominence in the epic Ramayan.

It is believed that Laxman had cut Surpanakha's nose at this place which is how the city got its name Nashik.

It is also believed that Tapovan was the place from where Sita was abducted by Ravan.

Tapovan literally means precincts reserved for meditation and penance. There is such a precinct for penance ahead of Panchavati and hence was named Tapovan. The sages used to meditate in close proximity with the lush green nature.

A cavernous fissure on boulders along the riverbed is called Brahma Yoni. Very close by, is the Kapil Tirth. On the right bank of Godavari, there are eleven rocky cavernous spaces where rishi-munis must have been retreating for sacraments.