King Trishanku
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Upon his arrival in heaven, the Devas were alarmed by this unnatural occurrence. Led by Indra, they refused to permit Trishanku to enter, and tossed him out. Trishanku began falling back to earth. In the course of a fight between Vishwamitra and the Devas, Vishwamitra created a new heaven for Trishanku. Alarmed, the Devas requested Vishwamitra that a mortal body ascending to heaven is unnatural, and that they only wished to prevent that. Vishwamitra acceded, but could not go back on his word to Trishanku.
Thus, he declared that the new heaven shall be called Trishanku's heaven and the king shall reside in this heaven from then on. He shall not supersede the command of Indra by ruling his own heaven, and to ensure that, the king shall reside upside down in his heaven.
Since he had lived a righteous life, Satyavrata's soul deserved ascension to the heavens, but he wished to do so with his mortal body and requested his Guru Vasishta to perform the needful rites to achieve this goal. The yajnas (fire rituals) began and with the ascetic powers of the sage, the former King Trishanku started ascending to heaven.
