Kalmashapada: Places

कल्माषपाद

King of the Ikshvaku line. Also called Saudasa, Mitrasaha.

Kalmashapada, also called Saudasa, is an Ikshvaku king cursed by the sage Vasishtha to become a man-eating rakshasa. Valmiki tells Shatrughna his story at the hermitage on the night Lava and Kusha are born.

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RoleKing of the Ikshvaku line

ParentsRaghu

Appears inRamayana

GroupIkshvaku ancestors

KingdomAyodhya

First appearsUttara Kanda, Sarga 65

Where is Kalmashapada worshipped?

PlaceValmiki Ashramवाल्मीकि आश्रमValmiki's hermitage is where the epic begins and ends. Here Valmiki hears Rama's story from Narada, composes the…

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Appears inRamayanaरामायण

RelativesAmbarishaअंबरीष

Places & templesValmiki Ashramवाल्मीकि आश्रम

ParentsRaghuरघु