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The Story of Brahmarishi Vishwamitra

Brahmarishi Vishwamitra  is one of the most respected rishis or righ-minded of ancient India. He is the participantant in writting of  the Rigveda, including Gayatri Mantra. The Ancient literature mentioned  that only 24 rishis since antiquity have understood the whole meaning of Gayatri Mantra. There  are the assumption that Vishwamitra was the first, and Yajnavalkya the last. The story of Vishwamitra is written  in the Balakanda of Valmiki Ramayana. Also  relationship of Vishwamitra and Menaka mentioned in Mahabharata and  also mentioned that the relationship of Maharishi Vishwamitra and Upsara Menaka resulted a baby girl who called after , Shakuntala, whose story is narrated in Adi Parva of Mahabharata. In Valmiki Ramayana ,Verse 51 of Balakanda, there is a story metioned about the Vishwamitra. There is mentioned that  Vishwamitra  was a king in ancient India, also called Kaushika (descendant of Kusha) and belonged to Amavasu Dynasty....