Akshayavaṭa

Akshayavaṭa

Akshayavaṭa is a name used for more than one holy place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Places

• Akshayavaṭa (Gayā): the undecaying banyan at Gayā, an excellent tīrtha for the pitṛs, where śrāddha on amāvāsyā raises twenty-one kulas. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 75, 99; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25
• Akshayavaṭa (Gautamī): the undecaying banyan in the Daṇḍaka forest by the Gautamī, once the yūpa of Brahmā’s yajña of creation and now a resort of Bhagavān Vishṇu. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 91