After Bhedaghat, Narmada continues to flow in the Jabalpur district for some distance. There is a place called Belpathar, where Raja Bali is said to have performed a Yagna - though a place called …
Narmada through Legends and History
Narmada through Legends and History Rishi Markandey in a sense is the ancient sage most identified with Narmada. He is said to have been a witness to the seven Pralayas (cataclysmic dissolutions) …
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Swami Vivekananda in California: His Swansong
Have even the admirers of Vivekananda understood Sister Nivedita?
There is a considerable ambivalence about not just the contributions made by Sister Nivedita but even whether she was true to what her discipleship after being chosen and initiated by Swami …
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Amritlal Vegad – Soaking in Narmada’s Sublimity
In 2018 a man passed away in Jabalpur. Though reasonably well-known in refined literary circles of Hindi and Gujarati readers, he has been unknown to a large majority of people even in these regions, …
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Towards the Sea
The first three districts in Gujarat through which Narmada flows are Chhota Udaipur, Vadodara and Narmada (having its headquarters at Rajpipla.) Most part of Vadodara is on the northern banks while …