Bhedaghat is a village with millions of year old marble rocks on the bank of most ancient river of India called Narmada river. It is about 25 kms west of Jabalpur city. It is a small semi-urban village in Jabalpur district at Madhya Pradesh State in Central India. It is a prominent tourism site which offers boating on Narmada river at a site where pass through marble rocks cliffed canyon. Just imagine a site where we moves slowly, on manual boat with marble rocks on both the side and we notice the different shades of marble rocks. Bhedaghat tourism comprises mainly 3 spots i.e. Dhuandhar waterfall, Chousat Yogini Temple and Panchwati ghat. They all are within radius of 3kms and can easily be visited by tourists. Whole are is part of ancient Narmada river valley which is rich in fossils. Here stay option is also available which offers scenic view of river valley from a peaceful location. If you are reaching Jabalpur airport or railway station or staying at any hotel, then you mush spare 3-4 hrs duration to experience this exceptional nature tourism site. Their are number of ghats in this region known for fossils, sati-platforms, ancient temples, Buddhist monument. We offer guided tour for Jabalpur city and specifically for Bhedaghat region also. We offer English speaking Jabalpur guide to show you unseen locations with information comprising interesting history of the region.
Bhedaghat can be visited throughout the year. Here boating and rope-way rides are popular activity to do. Boating remains closed in monsoon season i.e. from mid of June to mid of October, in which tourist arrival is least. Thus monsoon season could be avoided. Here best time to visit Bhedaghat is from November to April. Majority of tourist explores Bhedaghat and its adjoining villages, in this period. Another important question is at what time of the day, we should visit this site ? Here we advise to visit this site in morning and evening hours. Both the periods of the day have their own importance and offering. Morning visit offers nice sunrise view where as evening offers sunset view. If you want to avoid the local crowd then morning time is best for visit. Best time to visit in a day, may vary from person to person, as per their visit preference, physical fitness, time in hand, spots to cover etc.
Their are plenty of reasons to visit Bhedaghat. May be it is still not showcased properly in tourism map of India but destination have lot of reasons to explore. Visit will be go far more beyond a boating experience. We prepare list of reasons on why to visit Bhedaghat ?
If you will try to see this destination as per these points, then your Bhedaghat visit will be more productive, more worthy.
In tourism world, we can see Bhedaghat is presented in different ways. For a normal person, it is just a boating site. We see this destination as a timeline journey which takes us back to Dinosaur period to Kalchuri dynasty era and from British India period to current period. Lets check the month-wise visit experience and tips.
| Months | Experience & Advisory |
| January | This will be winter season. On first week, we may find it crowded. It is good time to visit and do photography. Morning will have fog and mist. Sunrise view will be scenic. On 01-02-03Jan, we may face severe local crowd, long queue for boating, parking issues. Better to avoid these dates. |
| February | This will be winter season. Good time to visit during morning and evening (before sunset) hours. Sunrise will be scenic. |
| March | Morning will be cold but good time for photography. In early morning, start your visit from Dhuandhar fall to witness sunrise. If not able to visit in morning the plan for post lunch visit. Water will be crystal clear. |
| April | This will be summer season. Good time to visit. Try to vsit either in morning or in post lunch session. Daytime temperature will be high. Water will be crystal clear. |
| May | This will be peak summer season. Try to visit in early morning or in post lunch session. Carry your water bottles. Mid-day visit will be painful and views will be blocked due to use of boat sheds. |
| June | In this peak summer season, boating will operate till 15June. Avoid visiting after 15June as boating will get closed but you can visit Dhuandhar fall, enjoy ropeway ride. Try to visit in early morning or in post lunch session. |
| July | Boating will remain closed. This will be a begining of monsoon season. |
| August | Peak monsoon season.Boating will remain closed. You can have a flooding river view. Activities will remain limited. Surrounding greenery will be scenic. Waterfall may disappear due to flooding muddy water. |
| September | Peak monsoon season. Boating will remain closed. Waterfall may disappear due to flooding flow of muddy water. |
| October | End of monsoon season. Boating may begin from 15Oct. but for short duration, route restrictions, due to high water level. Waterfall and ropeway can be enjoyed. Try to visit in morning or at post lunch session. Water will be muddy. |
| November | Good time to visit and enjoy boatrides. Waterflow will be high and we may find some boating route restrictions. Enjoy boating, temple visit and photography. Check for local village fair. During this local festival fair, boating may remain closed, as per order from officials, due to high crowd. |
| December | Good time to do boating, ropeway ride, temple visit and photography. Last week will be crowded due to holidays. Avoid visiting on 31Dec due to crowd in the site, parking issues, long queue. |
Bhedaghat is a must see tourist attraction in Jabalpur sightseeing. It is about 25kms from Jabalpur city but very well connected by city bus service and other means of transport. It is a small village, located on the bank of Narmada river. Here tourists have many activities to do like doing boat-ride amidst of natural marble rocks, doing photography, rope-way ride, ancient temples visit, scenic view of water fall and doing shopping. It is open for visitors in all season but boating remain closed in monsoon season. Usually dates are from 15June to 15Oct. However, dates are decided by Bhedaghat Nagar Panchayat management team thus according to climatic conditions, they may change the dates, as per situation. Now a days, on some local festival dates also, local government authority declares suspension of boating activity to avoid any accident due to over crowding of people. Such decisions often comes at very short notice thus unpredictable for normal visitors. Here ancient temple is also located at hill-top called "Chousat Yogini Temple" which part of series of Yogini Temples in India. It is of 10th & 11th century time when Kalchuri rulers were ruling this region. Bhedaghat is a part of Narmada River Valley which is having very old rocks of pre-historic time. On excavation, fossils were found in this region. River Narmada is much older than river Ganges and Himalayan ranges which enhances its importance.
Bhedaghat region, from Lamheta village to Bhedaghat village has history more approx. 65 to 70 million years old. It is a heritage site for human society. When we talk about history of Jabalpur city, we will be informed that its old name was Tripuri kingdom, located adjoining to Tewar village. Rani Durgavati museum in city area is evident of the great historical importance of Tewar village and its surrounding places. Actually Jabalpur was developed in 3 main phases whose marks are now left in the form of old temples, statues only. In first phase it was Tripuri town in 10th century. This township was close to Bhedaghat. It was rule of Kalchuri rulers and Chousat Yogini temple was of same period. It is a sacred village with many temples. As we know that whole Narmada river is considered as most sacred river of India and we as an Indian, always worshipped the nature. This concept of worshipping nature can be well testified by visiting Bhedaghat. Devotees can be seen undertaking walk to complete the circle of a river. This whole event is popularly called Narmada Parikrama Yatra. It is a very unique way to worship the river and establish the great respect of this river in Hindu religion. In Bhegathat region, we can find Hindu temples, Jain temples and Buddhist temple. We offer guided tour to tourists explore ancient places from Bhedaghat to Lamheta ghat region to understand the importance of this region and enhance your travel experience in great way. During British India rule, officials like William Henry Sleeman, Alexander Cunningham, James Forsyth also visited this place and shared their travel notes in their books.
It is popular as a venue for Narmada Mahotsava organized on full-moon night in Sharad Purnima festival. In this event, celebrities were invited from different fields. Here lighting and musical programs are organized in Bhedaghat, on the bank of Narmada river. Sharad Purnima occurs during full moon night thus in this date, night boating is offered to visitors which is most unique activity for tourists. In other days, despite of full-moon night, night boating is not operated due to fear of any accident. Here rocks river passage is narrow and boats are driven with care to avoid any collision with rocks thus day-time boating is operated and night boating is avoided by management authorities.
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| Jabalpur | 25 |
| Pachmarhi | 260 |
| Bandhavgarh | 220 |
| Kanha National Park | 170 |
| Bargi Dam | 50 |
| Satpura National Park | 260 |
| Panna National Park | 265 |
| Amarkantak | 275 |
Bhedaghat is approx. 25kms from Jabalpur city and well connected by road, from this city. Thus Jabalpur is the best place to reach first for visiting Bhedaghat. Its road connectivity is good. One can easily travel by road from near by tourist destinations like Bandhavgarh national park, Kanha national park, Pachmarhi, Panna national park etc.
Here in Bhedaghat, we can experience all 3 climatic conditions i.e. winters, summer and monsoon season. From November to February months, we can experience winter period when temperature ranges from 5°C to 16°C. Most of the tourists prefers to visit in this period. After this summer season prevails from March to July month when day temperature rises to 43°C with heat waves. It is the tough time for visitors. Here monsoon season prevails from mid of July to October month. In case of heavy rainfall, Bhedaghat remains closed for visitors are river overflows. In winter period, boating remains closed for all kind of visitors. It is the time when least number of tourists visit this place.
When we talk about hotels in Bhedaghat, we may find few hotels list in result of search at any internet based search engine like google.com. Practically, here we can find only single meaningful place to stay. This hotel is of MPSTDC i.e. MPT Marble Rocks. It is the only good hotel option at Bhedaghat with rooms offering river view, marble rocks view, peaceful location and great hospitality. Being belonging to tourism department, here we can expect high standard of service. Still it is not a luxury hotel option. For luxury option, choose hotels in Jabalpur city. Other private accommodation options are Bhedaghat are in very cheap category with below average hospitality service.
If you have completed the visit to Bhedaghat then you have two types of option. Either to explore tourist attractions of Jabalpur city or visit to destinations, surrounding to Jabalpur like Kanha national park, Pachmarhi hill station, Bandhavgarh national park, Pench national park, Satpura national park, Nauradehi wildlife sanctuary, Khajuraho etc.
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