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Name of 4 Puries or Cities

Reference - SrimadBhagvata Puraan Adhyay 21.5.7 to 21.5.8


Heavens Above Her

Photo Source - By Ian Norman (http://www.lonelyspeck.com) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Central location - Mount Meru

East of Mount Meru - City Devdhani
Also called -  The city of heavenly gods
Owner - Lord Indra , the king of all heavens

South of Mount Meru - City Sanyamani
Also called - The city of ghosts
Owner - Lord Yama , the God of Death (Son of Lord Sun)

West of Mount Meru - City Nimlochani
Also called - Water world
Owner - Lord Varun , the God of waters

North of Mount Meru - City Vibhavari
Owner - Lord of Moon, God of Monday
Those who live on Mount Sumeru always faces noon as Sun is always on head, there is no day-night and sunrise-sunset.

But above 4 cities do have sunrise and sunsets.

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