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Sunder Narayan Temple | Sita Gupta Cave | Kala Rama | kapaleswar Temple | Kumbh Mela | Sunder Narayan Temple to the west of the city, is worth a visit. Sita Gupta Cave from which, according to the Ramayana, Sita, the deity of agriculture and wife of Rama , was supposed to have been carried off to the island of Lanka by the evil king Ravana. Near the cave, in a grove of large banyan trees, is the fine house of the Panchavati family Kala RamaKala Rama, or Black Rama, in a 96 arched enclosure. Kapaleshwar Temple upstream is said to be the oldest in the town. The Kumbh Mela,purportedly the largest celebration of any kind on earth, alternates between Nasik, Allahabad, Ujjain and Haridwar every three years. Kumbh means 'pot' or 'cup' and in Hindu mythology, four drops of the nectar of immortality fell to earth, one in each of these places.
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