A Tale of River Narmada

Akshita Joshi Class- 3rd A

AGDAV Centenary Public School

A Tale of River: Digital Travelogue NARMADA RIVER The Narmada River, also called the Reva and previously also known as Narbada, is the 5th longest river and overall longest west-flowing river in India, and largest flowing river of the state of Madhya Pradesh.

It is one of the rivers in India that flows in a rift valley, bordered by the Satpura and Vindhya ranges. As a rift valley river, the Narmada does not form a delta.

It forms the traditional boundary between North India and South India.

Origin Amarkantak: a pilgrim town and a Nagar Panchayat in Anuppur, Madhya

Pradesh,

India.

The

Amarkantak region is the meeting point of the Vindhya and the Satpura Ranges, with the Maikal Hills being the fulcrum.

Akshita Joshi Class- 3rd A

AGDAV Centenary Public School

Total Length Narmada Rover flows over a length of 1,312 Kilometers.

Submerging or Draining Point Narmada drains into Gulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea

Narmada Kund, Origin at Amarkantak

Narmada Basin Between

Vindya and Satpura

ranges,

extends over an area of 98,796 km2 lying on the northern extremity of the Deccan Plateau. The basin covers large areas in the states of Madhya Pradesh (82%), Gujarat (12%) and a comparatively smaller area (4%) in Maharashtra and in (2%) in Chhattisgarh.

Narmada at Tilwara Ghat, Jabalpur

In the river course of 1,312 km (815.2 miles) explained above, there are 41 tributaries, out of which 22 are from the Satpura range and the rest on the right bank are from the Vindhya range. Dhupgarh (1,350 metres above sea level), near Pachmarhi is the highest point of the Narmada basin.

Akshita Joshi Class- 3rd A

AGDAV Centenary Public School

The basin has five well defined physiographic regions. They are: 1. The upper hilly areas covering the districts of Shahdol, Mandla, Durg, Balaghat and Seoni; 2. The upper plains covering the districts of Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Sagar, Damoh, Chhindwara, Hosangabad, Betul, Raisen and Sehore; Dhuandhar Falls during Monsoon Season

3. The middle plains covering the districts of Khandwa, part of Khargone, Dewas, Indore and Dhar; 4. The lower hilly areas covering part of the west Nimar, Jhabua, Dhulia, Narmada and parts of Vadodara; and 5. The lower plains covering mainly the districts of Narmada, Bharuch, and parts of Vadodara district.

Marble Rocks alongside Narmada River

The hill regions are well forested. The upper, middle and lower plains are broad and fertile areas, well suited for cultivation. The Narmada basin mainly consists of black soils. The coastal plains in Gujarat are composed of alluvial clays with a layer of black soils on the surface.

Akshita Joshi Class- 3rd A

AGDAV Centenary Public School

Significance in Hinduism To Hindus the Narmada is one of the seven holy rivers of India; the other six being Ganges, Yamuna, Godavari, Saraswati, Sindhu, and Kaveri. It is believed that a dip in any of these seven rivers washes one's sins away. According to a legend, the river Ganges assumes the form of a black cow and comes to the Narmada to bathe and cleanse itself in its holy waters.

Important religious places and Ghats along the course of the river, starting from its origin at Narmada Kund at Amarkantak hill; Omkareshwar Temple at Bank of Narmada

1. Amarkantak (in Sanskrit: Neck of Shiva) or Teertharaj (the King of Pilgrimages) 2. Omkareshwar (Khandwa District), Maheshwar, and Mahadeo temples, and Siddheshwar Temple, Nemawar in the middle reach of the river; all of them are named after Shiva; 3. Chausath Yogini Temple, Jabalpur Bhedaghat; 4. Chaubis

Avatar

Temple,

Omkareshwar; and 5. Bhrigu Rishi temple in Bharuch.

Maheshwar Temple at the Bank of Narmada

The Narmada River is also worshipped as mother goddess by Narmadeeya Brahmins.

Akshita Joshi Class- 3rd A

AGDAV Centenary Public School

Forest and Sanctuaries Teak and India's best hardwood forests are found in the Narmada River basin and they are much older than the ones in the Himalayas.

Famous National Parks: -

1. Kanha

National

Park

(Described in story ‘Jungle Book’) 2. Satpura National Park 3. Pachmarhi Sanctuary 4. Mandla Plant Fossils National Park Tigress at Kanha National Park

5. Shoolpaneshwar Sanctuary

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