After losing everything, their land, property, kingdom and wife, to the Kauravas, the Pandavas, come to this spot to do penance. Here they are admonished for gambling everything away. However, 5 sages are called to intercede on their behalf to the gods. They sit amongst the sand dunes with each of the Pandavas and they pray. Through their prayers and yogic powers, they draw the waters of 5 rivers, in the form of water wells, to where they are sitting (‘kunds’). The 5 rivers are,
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- Jambuvanti from Gaya at Bhim Kund;
- Gomti from Lucknow at Arjun Kund;
- Ushawati from Goa at Nakul Kund;
- Chandrabhagas from Orissa & Maharashtra at Sahadev Kund; and,
- Laxmana from Badrinath & Himachal at Yuddhister Kund.
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