[2] Pampa Sarovar is also mentioned in the Hindu epic Ramayana as the place where Rama was advised to go to by Shabari to meet Sugreev who would help him in his search of Sita.
[4] In the Ramayana, Pampa Sarovar is mentioned as the place where Shabari (also Shabri), a disciple of the Rishi Matanga, directed Rama as he journeyed southwards on his quest to redeem Sita, his wife, from the demon King Ravana.
13 years passed by and Shabari became an old woman and finally Rama came to the place and stopped at the ashram on his journey to Lanka.
Then, they narrated to her the incident of Sita's kidnapping and Shabari suggested that they seek help from Hanuman and Sugriva of the monkey kingdom who lived further south near the Pampa lake.
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