Guest guest Posted November 13, 2002 Report Share Posted November 13, 2002 >Avantika is one of the 7or 9 greatest city >along with Kaanchi (nagareshu Kaanchi). It is not >a VaishNavite dhivya dEsam or abhimAna sthalam. >If I am correct , Poet KaaLisdAsan lived in >this city and adorned the court of the King there. >It might have temple for AmbhAL or Saraswathi there. >I think it is in Madhya pradEsh(?). Avanti is certainly in Madhya pradesh. Today, Avanti is known as Ujjain. Avanti is famous for many thing. It is not a Sri Vaishnava Divya Desam but one of the 12 Jyotirlinga Kshetrams which is also one of the Shiva Sthalams glorified by the NayanmArs. Avanti was the capital of King VikramAditya Chandragupta of the Maurya period. Avanti has a vast legacy of Sanskrit behind it. Poets like KalidAsa adorned it. More information can be found here: http://www.templenet.com/Madhya/ujjain.html That website also lists all Sri Vaishnava Divya Desams. It is quite good. Interestingly, Avanti Sundari Katha which is one of the earliest novels in the world was written by Dandi's son in the pallava court in 7th Century Tamil Nadu! -Regards, Malolan Cadambi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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