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Where these chants were born

Some texts record exactly where they were composed; most do not. Each pin is drawn to say how much we actually know.

सिंधुगोदावरीनर्मदायमुनाहनुमान चालीसाVārāṇasīऋग्वेदGāyatrī · Mahāmṛtyuñjaya · Puruṣa Sūkta
The subcontinent
सिंधुकृष्णागंगागोदावरीनर्मदायमुनामुंबईपुणेशुभं करोति · दुर्गे दुर्घट भारीMaharashtraपसायदानNevāsāअथर्वशीर्ष · सुखकर्ताMoragāonमनाचे श्लोकSajjangaḍमारुती स्तोत्रChāphaḷमहालक्ष्मीची आरतीKolhapurघालीन लोटांगणPaṇḍharpūr
Maharashtra in detail

Precise place

पसायदानNevāsā, on the Pravarā river

Associated place

हनुमान चालीसाVārāṇasīमनाचे श्लोकSajjangaḍ, near Sātārāभीमरूपी महारुद्राThe Krishna valley — Chāphaḷ, Sātārā districtसुखकर्ता दुःखहर्ताMoragāon, Pune districtमहालक्ष्मीची आरतीKaravīr (Kolhapur)घालीन लोटांगणPaṇḍharpūr, on the Bhīmā

Uncertain

गणपति अथर्वशीर्षMaharashtra (probable) — the Gāṇapatya heartland around Moragāon

Region

गायत्री मन्त्रSapta Sindhu — the land of seven riversमहामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्रSapta Sindhu — the land of seven riversपुरुषसूक्तNorthwestern India — the late Ṛgvedic heartlandशुभं करोतिMaharashtraदुर्गे दुर्घट भारीMaharashtra

Pan-Indian

श्रीसूक्तRecited across Indiaवक्रतुण्ड महाकायRecited across Indiaशान्ताकारं भुजगशयनम्Recited across Indiaरामरक्षा स्तोत्रPlace of composition unrecordedमहिषासुरमर्दिनी स्तोत्रRecited across India