 It is believed that the city of Ekacakrā is a small village near the town of Rampurhat in West Bengal.It is in this city that the Pāṇḍavās stayed during their exile.According to some historians and regional folklore, the town of Pandaveswar near Durgapur in the district of Burdwan is the site where that village existed, with a well known temple having several ancient ShivaLingams near the banks of the Ajay River.