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Bakasura at Ekachakra: the village that is several places
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Bhima killed a demon and Chaitanya's friend Nityananda was born in the same village.
The Pandavas hide at Ekachakra; Bhima kills the man-eating Bakasura. A West Bengal village in Birbhum (Birchandrapur) claims to be Ekachakra, and is also Nityananda's birthplace, with a site said to be the Pandavas' home. Wikipedia notes many places claim it.
Who: Bhima, Bakasura, Kunti
Bound to
The house of lac and the tunnel causes
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Places: Birchandrapur, Birbhum, West Bengal
Where this comes from
- devotional · Wikipedia: Ekachakra
- modern-popular · r-astro.com: Bakasura at Ekachakra (listing) not opened
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