Panchavati is an ancient holy city in Nasik, Maharashtra, India; the place of vanavasa (banishment) of Rama in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana.
Panchavati may also refer to: Ecology
Panchavati trees, are trees sacred to Indian-origin religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism, such trees are the vata (ficus benghalensis, banyan), ashvattha (ficus religiosa, peepal), bilva (aegle marmelos, Bengal quince), amalaki (phyllanthus emblica, Indian gooseberry, amla), ashoka (saraca asoca, ashok), udumbara (ficus racemosa, cluster fig, gular), nimba (azadirachta indica, neem) and shami (prosopis spicigera, Indian mesquite) A sacred grove with five trees — banyan, bael, amalaki, ashoka and peepul; see Sacred groves of India
Places
Panchavati High School, Secunderabad, Telangana, India 7, Race Course Road, the residence of the prime minister of India in New Delhi, India Panchavati, Kolkata, where Indian sage Ramakrishna performed his 1865 advaitic sadhana Panchavati, a village in Mauritius.
Literature "Panchavati", a Hindi poem by Indian poet Maithili Sharan Gupt