RAMBLES
IN
CENTRAL INDIA
Bawdies, Monuments and Nature
Dr. V.N. Sondhi
( correction > Date of birth of the author is 7th July1951)
{*This book is not available in the market. If any Govt. body wants to get reprinted after editing ,I would like to provide more write ups with original photographs. It could be translated in Hindi as the Hindi edition could be more useful for the common people of Hindi belt. }
Preface
This study has not been done intentionally but
it is a byproduct of my
mission of starting my retired life with my
prime objective to teach
the children of remote areas of Madhya Pradesh
(MP) to improve
their foundation of learning which is very
much lacking in the
primary and secondary schools of villages in
this State. I was
motivated by chance for this task observing
the condition of the
students at Bedha Ghat, Jabalpur, MP where I
visited in May, 2007
as a tourist, about four years before my
retirement. Meanwhile I
searched a place of lovely natural environment
as well as the place
where my services were required and in this
way my first stay was
Katav Ghat, Majholi Taheseel, District
Jabalpur. From Katav Ghat I
was also visiting villages of Bahuriband
Tahsil, District Katni.
During these visits I observed the historical
monuments and I
caught them in my camera and my worry for
their development
made me curious to know more and more about
the surroundings
and other places near Jabalpur mostly in
weekends. However, I have
not been not a student of History / Archeology
but my ultimate
target was to get these places to be developed
of Archeological
importance as well as important with the point
of view of economic
development of the people of their
surroundings through tourism,
and I started writing and sending my report to
ASI and Department
of Tourism, Bhopal, MP. I achieved little bit
success. Katav Ghat has
been developed as a new tourist spot and
development at Roopnath
Dham and Tigma with tourist point of view are
the examples. This is
the secret of this work.
Jabalpur itself is a historical city and is
known as the city of Talabs.
However this city also have many beautiful
Baolis. Few of them
might have been very luxurious in their times.
They have lovely
architecture. This heritage should be
protected and renovated to
give their original glory and utilized as
swimming pool/water
sports/to enjoy bath in summer season.
These Baolis should be renovated with the
point of view of
archeology, tourism as well as commercial use
as swimming pool
and earn money for its maintenance expenses.
And for this, it is my
suggestion that the Government should form a
coordinating body of
the all the three Govt. organisations viz.
Archeological Survey of
India, Department of Tourism as well as
Department of Forest as
without it, the technical hindrances in the
development programs
would not end.
In one weekend, I visited Singaurgarh Fort
which had motivated me
to know the whereabouts of the decedents of
Rani Dugawati the
Queen of Gond Dynasty. In this connection I
came in touch with the
decedent of Byohar of Gond Dynasty Dr.Anupam
Sinha, few
professors of Rani Durgawati Vishwaviddyalaya
, Jabalpur etc but
no one was aware with the whereabouts of the
decedents of
Gondwana king Raja Shankar Shah the martyr of
freedom
movement of 1857. The story about their search
is very much in my
write up "Decedents of Gond Dynasty, MP'.
On observing my
findings, a renowned Professor of History
Prof. R.K. Sharma asked
me to contact Prof. Suresh Mishra of Bhopal (
basically he belongs to
Mandla) who has done lot of work on the
history of Gondwana and
rest of the MP. I started sending my
observations to Prof. Mishra as
well as Archeological Survey of India, Delhi
as well as Bhopal
offices. In connection with the development of
Roopnath Dham,
Bahurivan, District Katni, I had dialogues
with the in-charge of ASI,
Bhopal office Mr. Tahir. These two people Mr.
Tahir and Professor
Suresh Mishra have motivated me to give a
shape of a book to my
findings of my travelogues. In case the book
is published the credit
will go to the two persons and especially to
Prof.Suresh Mishra who
used to pinch me to give me a wakeup call for
this work. I will always
be grateful to him that he has taken so much
pain for my work to
bring it in published form.
Vijay Nath Sondhi
Professor Colony,
Pragati Parisar, Suhagi, Jabalpur MP
Contents
Bawdies of Maharajpur & Panagar 1
Bawdi Raja Karn Ki 7
Bawdis in Gadha 13
Bawdis of Bakal 24
Bawdis near Gwarighat Road, Ramnagar 39
Bawdis in the surroundings of Kuan Gaon 47
Bawdi of Hatta 51
Bawdi of Dixitpura and Ujar Purva 52
Bawlis of Hanuman Tal 55
Majhgawan 57
Bawdi of Jujhari 65
Amarkantak - Narmada Temple 70
View of Amarkantak 72
Baigad Nala 82
Kalinjar Fort and Neel Kanth Mandir 85
Jellahary 95
Tigwan 98
Parushram Kund and Parushram Dham 102
Nahan Devi Temple 104
Panna (M.P.) 105
Balaghat - Lanji - Hatta 118
Singaourgadh Fort 124
Ajaigarh 126
Few Temples of MP 133
Jhoteshwar and Sreedham, Gotegaon 139
Devghar in Imalia 142
Kakanmath Shiva Temple 145
Tuman 147
BALPUR 149
The Gun Carriage Factory 151
Aadhar Tal, Jabalpur 154
Chabi Village 155
Khiraini Village 156
Ramgarh 158
Patalkot 162
Narila White Lotus Pond 169
Pachmadi via Patalkot 171
My trip to Mandala, MP 174
Korba, via Kendai waterfall 178
Maheshwar 181
Roopnath Dham and Katav Ghat 184
Kendai Forest Village 189
Forest Villages of BAJAG Tahsil 198
Pollution in River Pariyat 202
Burha Sarowar 203
Dscndants of Gond Rulars (M.P.) 208
Descendants of Royal family of Datia, MP 217
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Rambles in Central India : Bawdies, Monuments and Nature
by
Dr. V. N. Sondhi
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