Bawlis at Majhgawan village of Seohra Tahaseel, District Jabalpur.

Majhgawan

Majhgawan is one of the historical village of Seohra Tahaseel, District Jabalpur. This place needs exploration of its history by historians/archaeologists/ASI.

The name of this place have some story. According to the locals There were Majars in this place, so people were addressing it Majar (wala)Gaon > Majhgaon. The question is what was its original name. Few decades ago, a Neem tree fallen in high speed winds and the numbers of broken idols were found buried in its roots. Those idols have been kept by the villagers in a temple known as Chousasath Yogini Mandir (PictureNo. 1-3) in the campus of Kher Mai(BOOdhi Mai) Mandir (Picture No.-4). 
The archaeologists must visit this place.

                                                                             (Picture No.-1)

                                                                (Picture No.-2)

                                      (Picture No.-3)

                                                            (Picture No.-4)

About a distance of few yards there is a temple called Jatta (Juduan) Mandir as this temple is famous for Surya Dev and Chandra Dev Mandir (Picture No.-5 -7). Both the statues are of cream colour marble. However both the idols have been kept at one place and the Pojari is keeping the temple with his own style.



                                     (Picture No.-5)

                      (PIcture NO.-6)                      (Picture No.-7)
The archeologist may examine its period.

The main  market circle which is famous as Saheed Sthal and a symbolic Vijay Stambh of six feet is there. The people were unable to tell us when it was built. The businessmen have encroached the surroundings of the Stambh. 

Jagdish temple is just behind the Stambh. In this campus there is a beautiful temple of Shiva, appears of Kultury period as the other idols of God and Goddess which are kept there, and the architecture of the pillars spell it. (Picture No.-8 to 13)

                                                           (Picture No.-8)

                                                                Devat: candle stand

                                   (Picture No.-9)                                                (Picture No.10)

(PIcture NO.-11)

                                                             (Picture No.-12)

In this temple a beautiful circular Baodi is in the centre of the Garden of this temple. The other temples in his campus are not much old and enhancement have been done time to time.

(Picture NO.-13)

In the Basti (colony) of the village one Bawdi is at the adjacent to the street which is almost have being covered by the garbage (Picture No.-14-15) and the other is at a distance of few yards in a temple , the private property of Gupta family (Picture No.-16-17).


                 (Picture No.-14)                                          (Picture No.-15)

(PIcture No.-16)

                                                                          (PIcture No.-17)

Another Bawdi is in the area of Sirouli just one kilometer before Majhgawn on Seohra-Majhgawan road. This Bawdi has lots of water and people are using it for irrigation of their agricultural field through motor but they are not maintaining /cleaning the Bawdi. (Picture No.-18 & 19)

(PIcture NO.-18)

(PIcture No.-19)

                                             
                                       (Picture No.-20 the temple in the campus of the Bawdi)

I do not know whether these places are in the notice of the Department of Archaeology or not.

From Majhgawan we moved towards Sailwara. In Sailwara Ashram  (Picture No.-23), there is a very old banyan tree covering a huge area , it appears that the family of banyan trees living together and nourishing to each other. (Picture No.-21 &22)

(Picture NO.-21)

(Picture NO.-22)

                                                          (Picture No.-23)

From Sailwara, Gadha is about two kilometers Picture No.-25 to 27.) Here, the river Hiran joins ( Sangam) the local river Sothi. (Picture No.24)

                                                               (Picture No.-24)

(PIcture No.-25)

                                                                            (Picture No.-26)

From here about a kilometer muddy lane, ahead towards Bagrachi we reached near a cave the place of Siddh Sthan of Baba Avadhoot. 

                                                           (Picture No.-27)

We came here late after sunset about 7’o clock in the evening and it was not advisable to enter in the cave as many bats were flying in the cave. People say that the cave is closed by a slab of rock and there was a fort of Gond Dynesty above the hills. The locals have lots of respect for Rani Dugawati as goddess . We had to cover a distance about 32 Kilometers to reach Baghrachi through the narrow hilly road through dense forest, so we could not devote much time here. It is worth to visit this place to enjoy natural scenery.

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03.07.2014