• Ujjain → Lord Shiva protected devotee brahmin Veda Priya and brahmanas from the atrocities of demon Dushana at Avanti and abides as Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga.
• Omkareshwar → Lord Shiva granted boon to Vindhya mountain and abides as Omkareshwara Jyotirlinga.
• Maheshwar → Maheshwar was the capital of Ahilyabai Holkar. She built the Ahilyeshwar Shiva Temple on the bank of river Narmada. Maheshwar has several other Shiva temples and is a land of Shiva temples.
• Ujjain → Sri Krishna and Sri Balarama studied in the gurukula of sage Sandipani in Avanti and mastered 64 arts in 64 days.
- Sri Krishna returned the dead son of sage Sandipani in Avanti.
• Chitrakoot → Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Valmiki while entering Chitrakoota.
- Sri Rama stayed in Chitrakoota during forest exile in a Parna Shala (Leaf Hut). During his stay in Chitrakoota, Sri Rama described the beauty of Chitrakoota Mountain and river Mandakini to Devi Sita.
- Sri Rama gave his Padukas to Bharata in Chitrakoota.
- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Atri and Devi Anusuiya while leaving Chitrakoota.
• Dandakaranya → Sri Rama encountered demon Viradha in the Dandakaranya forest.
- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Sharabhanga in the Dandakaranya forest.
- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Suteekshna in the Dandakaranya forest.
- Sri Rama stayed in the Dandakaranya forest for ten years in various hermitages.
- Sri Rama revisited the hermitage of sage Suteekshna in the Dandakaranya forest after ten years.
- Sri Rama visited the hermitage of sage Agastya in the outer fringe of Dandakaranya forest near Panchavati.
• Orchha → Sri Rama is regarded as the King of Orchha. Queen Kunwar Ganesh (of Orchha king Madhukar Shah) brought the Image of Sri Rama from Ayodhya and established here.
• Amarkantak → River Narmada originates from Amarkantak from the Maikal Mountains. There is a temple of Devi Narmada in Narmada Udgam Sthal and Narmada Aarti is performed near the temple. There is also a temple of Devi Sonakshi near the origin of river Son-Bhadra. Narmada Parikrama is performed in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat which often starts from either Amarkantak or Omkareshwar.
• Valmiki (Chitrakoot) → Sage Valmiki had his hermitage in Chitrakoota where Sri Rama visited during forest exile (while entering Chitrakoota).
• Atri (Chitrakoot) → Sage Atri and Devi Anusuiya had their hermitage in Chitrakoota where Sri Rama visited during forest exile (while leaving Chitrakoota).
• Sharabhanga (Dandakaranya) → Sage Sharabhanga had his hermitage in Dandakaranya where Sri Rama visited during his forest exile.
• Suteekshna (Dandakaranya) → Sage Suteekshna had his hermitage in Dandakaranya where Sri Rama visited during his forest exile (and revisited later after ten years).
• Sandipani (Ujjain) → Sage Sandipani had his hermitage and gurukula in Avanti where Sri Krishna studied with brother Balarama.
• Markandeya (Amarkantak) → Sage Markandeya is said to have performed penance worshipping Lord Shiva in Amarkantak. Amarkantak has a Markandeya Ashrama.
• Bhrigu (Amarkantak) → Sage Bhrigu is said to have meditated in Amarkantak. Bhrigukamandal of Amarkantak is identified with the place of meditation.
• Kapila (Amarkantak) → Sage Kapila is said to have meditated in Amarkantak. Kapildhara of Amarkantak is identified with the place of meditation.
• Jamadagni (Janapav) → Sage Jamadagni had his hermitage near the bank of river Narmada which is identified with the place Janapav.
• Govindapada (-) (Omkareshwar) → Sri Govindapada lived inside a cave on the bank of river Narmada in Omkareshwara. Sri Adi Shankaracharya met him there and took him as his guru.
• Adi Shankaracharya (788 - 820 CE?) (Omkareshwar) → Sri Adi Shankaracharya met his guru Sri Govindapada at Omkareshwara on the bank of river Narmada. There is a Shankaracharya Gufa near the Omkareshwar Temple which is identified with the place where Sri Govindapada lived.
- (Maheshwar) → Sri Adi Shankaracharya had the famous philosophical debate with Mandana Mishra at Mahishmati. The place is identified with the Gupteshwar Mahadev Temple of Mandleshwar (8 km from Maheshwar).
• Kabirdas (1398 - 1518 CE?) (Amarkantak) → Sri Kabirdas is said to have meditated in Amarkantak. There is a Kabir Chabutra in Amarkantak which is identified with this place.
• Ahilyabai Holkar (1725 - 1795 CE) (Maheshwar) → Sri Ahilyabai Holkar was the queen of Indore who renovated many temples of Bharatavarsha. She establised Maheshwar as the seat of Holkar dynasty.
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