Sacred Site of the Mahabharata
Pushkara
पुष्कर
Drona's penance site
Pushkara (Rajasthan, sacred tirtha): Drona's penance site, located at coordinates 26.49°N, 74.56°E.
Key Facts
| Type | Sacred Site |
|---|---|
| Sanskrit name | पुष्कर |
| Coordinates | 26.49°N, 74.56°E |
| Modern location | Rajasthan, sacred tirtha |
| Significance | Drona's penance site |
About Pushkara
The sacred lake and pilgrimage site where Drona performed penance to obtain the divine weapons from Lord Shiva.
Why it matters: Drona's penance site
Details
- Lake
- Only lake in India dedicated to Lord Brahma
- Weapons
- Drona obtained Brahmastra and other weapons here
On the Map
Pushkara sits at 26.49°N, 74.56°E, in Rajasthan, sacred tirtha.
View on the full mapEvents at Pushkara
- Drona's PenanceYear -70Drona performs severe penance at Pushkara to obtain divine weapons from Lord Shiva.
- The Sage Who Drank the OceanYear -5The small but mighty sage Agastya marries the perfect princess Lopamudra to save his ancestors, digests the brahmin-killing demon Vatapi before he can be summoned back to life, humbles the proud Vindhya mountain into a permanent bow, and drinks the entire ocean dry to expose the asuras hiding in its depths. A portrait of the sage whose deeds shaped mountains and seas.
Stories Set at Pushkara
The Fire-Born and the Woman Who Became a Man
Drupada's Children, Drona's Old Feud, and Amba's Vow Across Lives
The Sage Who Drank the Ocean
Agastya, Lopamudra, and the Demon Vatapi
Pushkara, the First Ford
The lake that undercuts its own promises
The Elephant the Sage Called Son
Gautama argues his way through every heaven for a stolen calf
The River With Seven Names
Wherever she was called, she came
The Promise Made in the Kamyaka Woods
The allies arrive, and Draupadi asks Krishna what her friendship is worth
The Names That Cleanse Sin
Asked what destroys sin, Bhishma answers with a litany of gods, rivers, mountains, sages and kings
The Five Lakes of Blood
Parashurama's oblation to the fathers at Samantapanchaka
The Weighing of the Bharata
The gods put the epic in a balance against the four Vedas, and Sauti recites the eighteen books
The Mysteries of Religion, Part One
The deities, the Pitris and the Rishis each give up a duty whose reason is secret
The Mysteries of Religion, Part Two
Lomasa, Arundhati, the night-wanderers and the elephants of the quarters give up the last of their secrets