Most of the major events of the ‘Kishkindha Kand’ of Ramayana are linked to a particular place in this terrain. The rocky landscape strewn with massive boulders is widely believed to be the fabled Vanara kingdom of the brothers, Vali and Sugriva. When Ravan kidnapped Sita from Panchwati (Nasik), then Ram and Lakshman came south searching for her.