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Shabari and the Matanga sages' prophecy

Classical

The berries-she-tasted story is not in this page of Valmiki.

Guided by Kabandha, Rama and Lakshmana reach Shabari's hermitage near Pampa. She tells Rama her teachers, the Matanga sages, foretold his arrival and that she would reach the imperishable worlds after seeing him. She shows the hermitage's altars then, with Rama's consent, enters a blazing fire and rises to heaven radiant. (The popular tale of tasted berries is not on this page.)

Who: Shabari, Rama, Lakshmana, Matanga

Bound to

Dundubhi, Vali and Matanga's curse located-at

Places: Pampa lake (Hampi region)

Where this comes from

• valmiki · Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda (valmikiramayan.net translation) sarga 74

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