 He is described in the "Mahabharata" as a boy who learns the Vedas listening to his parents while he is in the womb, and is born into the world reciting the hymns.Agastya had a hermitage ("ashram"), but the ancient and medieval era Indian texts provide inconsistent stories and location for this "ashram".Two legends place it in Northwest Maharashtra, on the banks of the river Godavari, near Nashik in small towns named "Agastyapuri" and "Akole".