bhedaghat

Introduction

Bhedaghat marble rocks

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.

History

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.

Why to visit ?

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 ?

  1. If you have interest to see how people worship nature and want to understand the power of faith, then visit Bhdeaghat, with us.
  2. If you want to see the devotees on months long holy marathon journey in honor of a river, then must visit this place. It can se seen as Camino de Santiago of India.
  3. If you are interested in dinosaur period, fossils, ancient rocks, then visit this region, with us.
  4. If you are interested in studying about Yogini cult, then visit Bhedaghat.
  5. If you want to experience birding and do birds photography, then visit this place, with us.
  6. If you want to see natural waterfall, then visit Bhedaghat with us.
  7. If you want to see British India soldier graves, then visit this place with us. We will establish its connection with famous book Highlands of Central India by James Forsyth.
  8. If you are interested in souvenir shopping then it is an ideal place to visit.
  9. If you want to see variety of rocks at their natural locations, then it is ideal place to explore.
  10. If you are interested in ancient Sati custom and its old examples, then visit this region with us.
  11. If you want to see a Buddhist monument, then visit his place with us.
  12. If you want to see a place where people directly consumes river water, then it is the right place to visit.

If you will try to see this destination as per these points, then your Bhedaghat visit will be more productive, more worthy.

How to visit ?

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. For wildlife lovers, it is a special site which offers some great birding experience with sighting of blue rock pigeons, wagtails, king-fisher birds, Egyptian vultures to different species of owls. It means this great site have lot more to see and experience but only thing is that with whom you are traveling with. For normal person, Bhedaghat is visit to boating site, Dhuandhar fall only. If more interested, they add Yogini temple. Here we covers whole stretch of rocks area in which we covers other villages, river bank temples, different rocks information, ancient rituals, history of Bhedaghat region and birding experience. It is truly different way to do boating and experience the hidden treasure sites of different birds. Timing plays important role thus we also advice when to visit and accordingly experience can be enhanced.

Tourism

Bhedaghat in Jabalpur

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.

Fairs and Festivals

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.

How to reach

By Air:

For reaching Bhedaghat tourism site, Jabalpur airport is the best and nearest option to reach and do further traveling by taxi vehicle.
 
DISTANCE CHART
From
Distance
(in Kms)
Jabalpur 25
Pachmarhi 240
Bandhavgarh 220
Kanha National Park 190
Bargi Dam 50
Satpura National Park 250
Panna National Park 265
Amarkantak 270
 

By Train:

Bhedaghat is having its own railway station in name of "Bhedaghat" but of no use for tourists as iti s a small station and majority of long distance trains does not have stoppage here. Most suitable option is Jabalpur railway station (25kms). Thus for tourists, Jabalpur railway station is the best option to reach and visit this place. Traveling from Jabalpur railway station to Bhedaghat is possible by local city bus and taxi cabs.

By Road:

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.

Climate and Weather

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.

Best time to visit

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. 

Accomodation

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.

Next to Bhedaghat

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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