According to Mara’ narration, the spot was sacred because Hanuman stood there on the day Lakshmana lay in a *** faint in the battle-field at Lanka. Hanuman was guided by divine omens and came to the spot where the king stood, and went up the mountain to find sanjeevini, with which he revived Lakshmana. In the place of the sanjeevini a stream arose and it flowed past the spot where the king stood. Thus, the place was sacred for two reasons. First of all, the great Hanuman came there; secondly, river Veda, originating from the spot where sanjeevini grew, flowed there.
