Middle Ganga Plain

☗ Vindhya Range
↪ Vindhyachal

☘ Akshay Vat
↪ Prayagraj (Place of Kumbha Mela) (Shakti Peetha)

► Ayodhya (Moksha Puri) (Divya Desam)
(Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh)

▬ River Ghaghara (Sarayu) flows → Saryu Ghat (Aarti)
- Lakshman Ghat - Vaidehi Ghat - Ram Ghat - Bharat Ghat - Shatrughna Ghat - Swargadwar Ghat - Guptar Ghat
▬ River Tamasa flows
(Middle Ganga Plain)

(Valmiki Ramayana)
(Skanda Purana - Ayodhya Mahatmya)

- Sri Rama incarnated in Ayodhya, grew up in Ayodhya, ruled his kingdom from Ayodhya and finally returned to his divine abode from Ayodhya.

► Ballia (Anga)
(Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh)

◉ Ganga - Ghaghara (Sarayu) Sangam
(Middle Ganga Plain)
(Valmiki Ramayana)

- Sri Rama visited Anga (identified with Ballia Kameshwar Dham) with sage Vishwamitra and heard about Lord Shiva burning Kama deva in that place.

► Shringverpur
(Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh)

▬ River Ganga flows
(Middle Ganga Plain)
(Valmiki Ramayana)

- Sri Rama visited Shringaverapura during forest exile and met Guha, the king of the Nishadas.

► Prayagraj (Place of Kumbha Mela) (Shakti Peetha)
(Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh)

◉ Ganga - Yamuna - hidden Saraswati Triveni Sangam (Confluence) → Ram Ghat (Ganga Aarti) -- Balua Ghat (Yamuna Aarti)
☘ Akshay Vat
(Middle Ganga Plain)
(Matsya Purana)
(Valmiki Ramayana)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

- Devi abides in Prayaga as Prayaga Shakti Peetha.
- Sri Rama visited Prayaga during forest exile and met sage Bharadwaja in his hermitage.

► Vindhyachal
(Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh)
(Vindhya Region, Madhya Pradesh)

▬ River Ganga flows → Pakka Ghat (Aarti) (UP side)
▬ River Ojhala flows (UP side)
▬ River Karnavati flows (UP side)
▬ River Narmada flows (MP side)
(Middle Ganga Plain)
(Vindhya - Satpura Range)

(Vindhyachala Mahatmya)

- Devi abides in Vindhyachala as Trikona Yantra - Devi Vindhyavasini (Mahalakshmi), Devi Ashtabhuja (Mahasaraswati), Devi Kali Khoh (Mahakali).

► Kashi (Varanasi) (Moksha Puri) (Jyotirlinga) (Shakti Peetha)
(Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh)

▬ River Ganga flows → Assi Ghat, Dashashwamedh Ghat (Aarti)
- Assi Ghat (Aarti) - Harishchandra Ghat - Kedar Ghat - Dashashwamedh Ghat (Aarti) - Meer Ghat - Lalita Ghat (Vishwanath Temple) - Manikarnika Ghat - Scindia Ghat - Panchganga Ghat - Trilochan Ghat - Prahlad Ghat
▬ River Varana flows
▬ River Asi flows
(Middle Ganga Plain)

(Shiva Purana)
(Skanda Purana - Kashi Khanda)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

- Lord Shiva created Kashi and abides there as Vishwanatha Jyotirlinga. Lord Shiva also established Kalabhairava, Dandapani and Ashta Bhairavas in Kashi. Lord Shiva was worshipped in Kashi by devas and sages due to which various Lingas exist in Kashi.

► Naimisharanya (Swayam Vyakta Kshetra) (Divya Desam)
(Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh)

▬ River Gomati flows → Raj Ghat (Aarti)
(Middle Ganga Plain)

(Mahabharata)
(Padma Purana)

- Sri Suta gave discourse on various Puranas to the sages in Naimisharanya during the interval of the long-running Yagna.

► Bithoor
(Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh)

▬ River Ganga flows → Brahmavart Ghat
(Middle Ganga Plain)

- Devi Sita gave birth to Lava and Kusha while staying in Valmiki Ashrama (whose location is identified with Bithoor).

► Buxar - Tataka Vanam
(Buxar district, Bihar)

☸ Tataka Forest (Puranic)
(Middle Ganga Plain)

(Valmiki Ramayana)

- Sri Rama visited Tataka Vanam with sage Vishwamitra and slayed demoness Tataka.
- Sri Rama received divine weapons from sage Vishwamitra in Tataka Vanam.

► Buxar - Siddhashrama (Vamaneshwar Dham)
(Buxar district, Bihar)

☸ Siddhashrama forested region (Puranic)
(Middle Ganga Plain)

(Valmiki Ramayana)

- Sri Rama visited Siddhashrama with sage Vishwamitra and heard about the Vamana Avatara of Lord Vishnu in that place.
- Sri Rama protected the yagna of sage Vishwamitra in Siddhashrama.

► Rajgir
(Nalanda district, Bihar)

☗ Rajgir Hills
▬ River Shona (Puranic) flows
(Middle Ganga Plain)

- Sri Rama camped on the bank of river Shona with sage Vishwamitra at Girivraja (modern Rajgir) and heard the story of the lineage of sage Vishwamitra.