Rishimukh Parvat

Sugreeva took a safe shelter in Rishyamukh Parvat, because Vali could not enter that place due to the curse of Maharishi Matanga. Lord Rama met Sugreeva there and assured to help him out. He also cut seven palm trees in a row with a single shot of his arrow convincing Sugreeva of His strength. Rama sided with Sugreeva and killed Vaali for the reasons that 1) Vali captured Sugreeva’s wife 2) Vali didn’t forgive Sugreeva when he surrendered.

After the death of Vali, Sugreeva was anointed to the kingdom of Kishkindha.  Sugreeva helped Ram with his whole monkey brigade, his son Angada and Hanuman, a confidant of Sugreeva, in the search of Sita and the subsequent war against Ravan.

Today, Rishimukh Parvat is a small hillock full of stone boulders situated on the left bank of the Tungbhadra River near Kodandarama temple. In the hillock or Rishimukh Parvat, sapta-maharishis like Kshyapa, Atri, Bharadwaj, Vishwamitra, Gautam, Jamdagni and Vashishtha are said to have meditated and obtained Jnana or enlightenment. Even to this day many saints and sadhus inhabit the natural caverns and rock shelters.