Narmada Udgam Temple

• • Amarkantak, a small village is situated in mountain range of Vindhya and Satpura hills from where the river Narmada originates from the hill which is shaped like mouth of a cow.
  • It is said that it was the place of meditation for great saints like Maikal, Vyas and the sages like Brighu etc.
  • There is no concrete evidence about the construction of Narmada Mandir here, historical evidences shows that it was built by Kadchuli around twelfth century. 
  • Narmada Udgam Kund (birth place of Narmada) was built by Rewa Nayak (his idol gives the clue). 
  • After so many years,Bhonsle, the king of Nagpur gave the shape to Narmada Mandir, later Maharani Devi Ahilya renovated this temple .
  • A mega complex of temples with idols of gods and goddesses is built around the temple.
  • Idol of a elephant and a horse is placed here on which ,statues of Lakhan and Uddal are placed which are supposed to be damaged during the Aurangzeb period.