Sage Kambhoja
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Sage Kambhoja or Kumbhoja is a character in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana
Ramayana
The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...

, presented as a close friend of sage Agasti.
Sage Agasti was brother of sage Vasishtha and was living as a hermit in Dakshinapatha
Dakshinapatha
Ancient Buddhist and Hindu texts use the term Dakshinapatha as a name for both the southern high road of the Indian subcontinent, and for the region lying south of Majjhimdesa or middle India. It is derived from the two Sanskrit roots dakshina for south, and patha for road.The first reference to...

 http://www.indiangyan.com/books/otherbooks/shri_rama/panchabati.shtml. Rama, Lakshmana
Lakshmana
Lakshmana was the brother and close companion of Rama, and himself a hero in the famous epic Ramayana...

 and Sita
SITA
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 had paid visit to the hermitage of sage Kambhoja, from there they had proceeded to Panchavati during their Vanwasa period before Sita was abducted by Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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n king Ravana
Ravana
' is the primary antagonist character of the Hindu legend, the Ramayana; who is the great king of Lanka. In the classic text, he is mainly depicted negatively, kidnapping Rama's wife Sita, to claim vengeance on Rama and his brother Lakshmana for having cut off the nose of his sister...

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