Amazing waterfall at Bhedaghat Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh

                           Bhedaghat

Bhedaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Jabalpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is situated by the side of river Narmada and is approximately 20 km from Jabalpur city. Its most famous sights are the Dhuandhar Falls, Marble Rocks, and the Chaunsath Yogini temple

Bhedaghat is a small village about 25kms from Jabalpur city at Madhya Pradesh State in Central India. It is a popular tourist spot close to Jabalpur city. Here holy Narmada river passes through marble rocks which offers chance to enjoy boating view the natural beauty of natural rock formations. Here mainly 3 spots are to be visited: Dhuandhar waterfall, Chousat Yogini Temple and Bhedaghat. They all are within radius of 3kms and can easily be visited by tourists. Whole are is part of Narmada valley which is rich in fossils. Their are number of ghats in this region where scientists have found egg-shells of Dinosaurs.

The temple is one of the four major extant temples containing carvings of sixty four yogini, female yoga mystics. It was built in the 10th century under the Kalachuri empire. It commands a view of the whole area around and of the river flowing through the marble rocks.

Its major attraction is a waterfall known as Dhuandhar, which looks like smoke coming out of the river and therefore it got its name as "Dhuan(smoke)-dhar(flow of water)". Another major attraction is 'Bandar Kodini', when one travels in between the marble rocks in a boat, the mountains at both the sides at one point come so close that the monkeys are able to jump across them, hence the name "Bandar Kodini". In a moonlit night, the travel between the marble rock mountains in a boat on the river Narmada is one of the popular tourist attractions here.

As of 2001 India census, Bhedaghat had a population of 1840. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bhedaghat has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 71% and female literacy of 53%. 16% of the population is under 7 years of age.

• 1961: A hit song of the film Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai was shot at Bhedaghat. This song featured Raj Kapoor and Padmini.
• 1973: Hindi movie Bobby uses Bhedaghat as the settings of its climactic scene.
• 1974: Bollywood movie, Pran Jaye Vachan Na Jaye used Bhedaghat as the location of its climax.
• 2001: The song "Raat Ka Nasha Abhi" from the Hindi film Asoka was shot in Bhedaghat among the marble rocks by the Narmada River.
• 2013 : Mahabharata's opening episode (produced by star plus and swastik telefilms) features Bhedaghat in an amazingly beautiful way where Shantanu and Satyawati meets

• 2016: The crocodile fight scenes of the upcoming Hindi movie Mohenjo Daro are shot at Bhedaghat.

PLACES TO SEE

Their are 3 important tourist attractions in Bhedaghat: The Bhedaghat, Dhuandhar Waterfall & Chousat Yogini Temple. They all are spread in a stretch of approx 3kms and can be visited in a single trip. Bhedaghat is the site from where we can do the boatride in Narmada river and can see the natural marble rocks and do its photography. Dhuandhar is a small water fall where river water cascades down and generates water-fog. It is a photogenic point. Third important place to visit is Chousat Yogini temple, located in hill-top where we can see significantly carved Yogini statues of 10th century.

FAIRS & FESTIVALS

It is popular as a venue for Narmada Mahotsava organized on full-moon night in Sharad Purnima festival.

HOW TO REACH

By Air: Bhedaghat is just 25kms from Jabalpur city center. It can be reached by surface travel from Jabalpur and can be visited any time. In rainy season, boating remain closed for approx. 03 months.

• Bhedaghat is situated by the river Narmada at 25 km from Jabalpur city and visited for Dhuandhar Falls, Marble Rocks, and the Chausath Yogini temple