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Nikumbhila yagna and Gayathri Peedam

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A site in the hill country claims the ritual that almost won the war.

Indrajit's fire ritual to goddess Prathyangira at Nikumbhila would give him an invulnerable chariot, and anyone who destroyed the yagna would kill him. Sri Lanka's Gayathri Peedam in Nuwara Eliya is where Indrajit is said to have invoked Gayathri before battle.

Who: Indrajit, Lakshmana, Vibhishana

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Places: Gayathri Peedam, Nuwara Eliya

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