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Mt. Abu is a granite intrusion in the otherwise
sedimentary rock formations of the Aravail Mountains
which together with the Appalachians of North
America constitute the oldest mountain system
of the world. Its Gurushikhar rising to 5,600
feet is the highest peak between the Himalayas
and the Nilgiris. The vedic sage Vashishtha endowed
it with the widest variety of vegetation. In times
immemorial the hill abounded with the Ashrams
of vedic sages, prominent amongst which was the
Vashishtha Ashram for which 5,200 years ago Ved
Vyas wrote in “Van Parv” of the Mahabhara
"Go Ye Yudhisthar to Arbud,
the son of the Himalayas It stands at a place
where previously there was big pit on the surface
of the earth".
The Ashram of Lord Vashishtha is situated on this
hill, which is renowned in all the three worlds
and by spending one night in the Ashram one gets
the “Punya” of donating a thousand cows. Mt. Abu,
the Abode of the Gods, a place of pilgrimage for
the Hindus and the Jains alike has been a place
of military vantage and its 2,000 year old Achalgarh
Fort has remained invincible.
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