Ketumāla-varṣa

One of the land divisions (varṣas) of Jambūdvīpa, situated to the West of Mount Meru, marked by Mālyavān mountain range in the East, Niṣadha in the South, Salt Water Ocean in the West and Nīla in the North.

Overall Atmosphere
In Ketumāla-varṣa there are many beautiful gardens filled with seasonal fruits and flowers. There are many decorated hermitages. Between the boundary mountains demarcating the borders of the 9 varṣas lie great lakes of pure water filled with lotus flowers and aquatic birds, surrounded by humming bees.

Earthly Heavens
As most regions on Bhū-maṇḍala, Ketumāla-varṣa is a heavenly region on Earth (bhauma-svarga) where people returning from heavenly planets enjoy the remaining results of their pious activities.

Inhabitants
People of Ketumāla-varṣa live approximately ten thousand years as per our present earthly calculation. This number is comparable to life duration in Bhārata-varṣa during Tretā-yuga. The inhabitants of Ketumāla-varṣa are almost like demigods, possessing strong, youthful bodies that have a great capacity for sensual enjoyment. Women conceive children only during the last year of their life. The inhabitants are important leaders among the demigods and are always attended by their servants who constantly supply them and their wives with sandalwood pulp and flower garlands. Attracted by the opposite sex, they enjoy life in gardens alongside the lakes. But despite many opportunities for sense enjoyement, the inhabitants of Ketumāla-varṣa do not forget their eternal position as servants of the Supreme Lord, and they worship Him in His Deity forms.

Prajāpati Saṁvatsara
In Ketumāla-varṣa there lives a Prajāpati named Saṁvatsara, along with his 36,000 sons and 36,000 daughters. The daugthers are the controlling deities of the nights and the sons the controlling deities of the days, one for each day and each night in a lifetime of a human being. At the end of each year the daughters of the Prajāpati become very agitated seeing the effulgent Sudarśana-cakra and consequently suffer miscarriages.

Inhabitants Worship the Lord
In Ketumāla-varṣa, the Supreme Lord resides in His very merciful form of Kāmadeva, who has also appeared as Kṛṣṇa's son Pradyumna. The Lord enjoys His senses by moving gracefully, smiling mildly, raising His eyebrows and glancing playfully. In this way, He pleases Lakṣmīdevī, the Goddess of Fortune. Accompanied during daytime by the sons of Prajāpati Saṁvatsara and by his daughters during the night, Lakṣmīdevī worships Lord Kāmadeva by chanting prayers, described in detail in Śrīmad Bhāgavam, Canto 5, Chapter 18, verses 18-23