Beohar

BEOHAR HOUSE

• Constructed soon after completion of the building which now houses the High Court of MP, this private manor has had the honor of hosting several visiting luminaries including Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru, VinobaBhave, Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan or Bacha Khan, Madeleine Slade or Mirabehn, Jamnalal Bajaj, Maithili SharanGupt, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Kaka Kalelkar, ThakkarBapa, MakhanlalChaturvedi, SomnathHore, A. Perumal, Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, MedhaPatkar, NirmalVerma, Rehman, etc. 
• History books of early 1820-1830s refer to this area as Jamnera and subsequently 'Beohar Grove' which was later converted to Civil Lines by the British. When the railway line was laid, it bisected the area into North and South, and this area became Civil Lines (North). 
• This entire area is now popularly referred-to as 'Beohar-Bagh' which means Garden of the Beohars'.

• RadhaKrishna Temple-Complex incorporating the Shiva Temple (Beohar-dynasty) Historic temples in several ways, these Vaishnav and Shaiva temples in old city Jabalpur were constructed by Beohar-dynasty in c. 17-18th century CE and boast to be the first renaissance temples inasmuch as these were one of the first series of temples in India to be opened to the Harijan (outcaste) in 1929 by Beohar Raghuvir Sinha with his friends Ghanshyam Das Birla and Jamnalal Bajaj. 
• These great leaders visited Jabalpur on the occasion. The RadhaKrishna temple houses the idols of ShriRadha-Krishna (gifted by Maharaja Chhatrasal of Panna to the ancestors of Beohar-dynasty, supposed to be replicas of the idols of BhagwanJugalKishoreji) alongside Shri Ram-Jankiji and several other Gods and Goddesses.

• BeoharSarovar - a gigantic man-made reservoir which never dries up (picture taken in peak of summer). A private-owned beautiful reservoir, also known popularly as "BurhanSagar" alongside NH7 (Jabalpur-Sihora section) about 20–25 km from Jabalpur. 
• It was the summer retreat of the Beohars (ex-Jagirdars of Jabalpur) which remains full of water all year round with lots of natural Indian lotuses. It is also frequented by migratory birds and is a roving-avian haven. 
• The natural flow of rain water has been stopped by piling-up earth and lining the ridge with stone blocks thereby creating a reservoir. Several centuries ago, the construction was supervized by one BurhanShripaal who worked for the Beohar-family, hence the names "Beohar Sarovar" and also "BurhanSagar". 
• The village Burhagarh is located on a hillock on top of which stood Haveli of the Beohars. As a guest of BeoharRajendraSimha in 1933, Mahatma Gandhi stayed here. BeoharRajendraSimha subsequently named the village "GandhiGram".