Naimisharanya : The First Pilgrimage Site
What better way to start your travel itinerary than with the most holiest place in India. Hence the first ever road trip we took with our daughter was to the holiest place Nemisaar. Naimisharanya or Nemisaar or Naimisha is THE MOST holiest places according to Hindu mythology. In many of the hindu mythological texts, this place finds reference as a dense forest where 33 crore Devtas and rishi munis resided and performed various rituals. This is the place where Maharishi Ved Vyas composed 6 shastras, 18 Puranas and 4 ved. Srimad Bhagvat Gita was spoken out at one stretch here for the 1st time. Tulsi das wrote Ram Charit Manas here. The footprints of Manu and Shatrupa (the first man and women on earth, whose descendants are known as Manushya - human kind) are present here. Manu and Shatrupa performed pennace here for 23000 years so that Lord Narayan be born as their son. It is believed that if one performs pennace here for 12 years they reach directly to Brahmlok. Situated at the bank of