In the Ananda Ramayana, Lopamudra wife of Sage Agastya questions Lord Rama’s endeavor and effort on building bridge to Lanka. She tells Mata Sita that if Rama had asked Sage Agastya for help he would have drank all the waters in the ocean and prepared the way for the Vanara Sena to reach Lanka. The conversation happened at Kurukshetra during a solar eclipse (surya grahan). Kurukshetra, now in Harayana, India, is famous for a holy pond and taking bath in it during Surya Grahan is believed to help in achieving Moksha (liberation). Millions of devotees take holy dip even today whenever there is a Surya Grahan. At the time of a solar eclipse Bhagavan Sri Ram, along with Mata Sita, Lakshman, Hanuman and other relatives, mounted the Pushpaka vimana (aircraft) and went to Kurukshetra to bathe. The demigods (Devas) followed them, together with the Gandharvas, the Kinnaras, and the Pannagas. Sages from several hermitages and thousands of kings came as well to pay their respects t