Bhedaghat - Jabalpur

About 25 kms from Jabalpur city center,  Bhedaghat is a famous tourist destination for tourism in Jabalpur. It is also pronounced as Bheraghat also. It is famous for its scenic beauty and boating in Narmada river on marble rocks valley. Narmada river is lifeline river for Central India and also promotes tourism activities at towns from which it passes through like Ujjain, Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Jabalpur, Amarkantak etc. A 45 minute boat ride at Panchvati is most memorable experience of boating in river Narmada. River Narmada is about 600 - 800 Ft deep in Bhedaghat Madhya Pradesh. River Narmada has a magical effect, especially in the moon light. The
varying color marble cliffs i.e. sheer from clear water; from Dhuandhar falls of Narmada to downstream between high rocks is a memorable one when passing through the spots Hathi ka Paon, Bandar Koodini(Monkey's Leap) and bhool bhulian etc. Boatmen will explain and entertain you all along in your boat ride; he will tell the imaginative stories, funny names of the rock shapes, he gives all the historical importance of Bhedaghat, about the bollywood films that were shot at Bhedaghat.

• Bhedaghat : Bhedaghat or Bheraghat is a must see tourist destination of Jabalpur city tour. Visitors visits Bheraghat at first during Jabalpur Sightseeing and captures Bhedaghat pictures on their cameras. Its name is derived from its original name called Bhairav-ghat. Marble rocks in Bheraghat are in various colors like white, pink, blue etc. Although Marble rocks are their in Bhedaghat but its mining is not allowed in that area but one can find small show pieces of marble from rural market at reasonable price. Many Bollywood movies have been shot in Bhedaghat like Shahrukh Khan's Ashoka movie, Lt. Raj Kapoor's Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behte Hai etc. If you visit Bhedaghat Jabalpur then must visit Chausat Yogini Temple & Dhuandhar water fall. During visit one can do ropeway in Bhedaghat to get best view of Dhuandhar fall. Similarly boating in Bhedaghat is also good experience for tourists. During monsoon season, i.e. in months of July, August, September, boating in Narmada river cannot be enjoyed (Boating closed in Monsoon) Usually Bhedaghat sightseeing takes 2-3 hours including Chausat Yogini temple and Dhuandhar falls. During visit it is advisable to come with quality camera, sun-hats. We would also like to warn every visitors against swimming to taking bath (except specified points) as often visitors under-estimate the river water and many accidents took place every year. Narmada river is not suitable to swim as number of whirlpool are their in river in which even perfect swimmer may face problem.
• Chousat Yogini Temple :

  One kilometer ahead of Bhedaghat is the group of temples built by Kalchuri Kings, with Lawa Stone on Narmada River. It is 4 - 5 Mtrs high and open to Sky. It is built at the hill top. The idol established here at Chausat Yogini Temple is encircling the stone wall, set in the view if circular colonnade set with scores of images of yoginis or the attendant goddess of Durga, came as a surprise.
  Though the statues of the Yoginis are not worshipped; visitors stepped into the central shrine dedicated to lord Shiva and his consort Parvati. The temples were constructed during the 10th Century. We can find such Yogini Temples in may other regions of Central India also like Khajuraho, Shahdol etc. Here statues are sculptured beautifully. It is a must see spot of Bhedaghat tour. One can see here Lord Shiva & Parvati together riding on Nandi ox, rarely found all together in any hindu temple. Main temple is circulated by about 95 yogini statues but unfortunately most of them are disfigured by Muslim forces in past.

   
• Dhuandhar fall : Dhuandhar fall of Bhedaghat is about 3 Kms. away from it. The Upstream of Narmada Water falls at a height of 150 Ft. high falls with great noise and produces water sprinklers (water fog) in thickness seems like white smoke or fog; thereby known as Dhuandhar. Dhuandhar is a picturesque point. One can take over view on ropeway ride over Narmada river in Bhedaghat. Dhuandhar fall remains closed during monsoon season for general public i.e. during from 15th July to end of September month. During this time security railing./walls were removed, still one can visit site but from safe distance at their own risk.