Place · waterfall shrine · India
Amritdhara
A fall of about ninety feet on the Hasdeo with an old Shiva temple beside it and a Mahashivratri fair, begun in 1935 by Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo of Korea.
- Date
- 1935
- Periods
- British Colonial Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.329, 82.327
Worth knowing
The ruler who began this fair also began the one at Gangirani the following year, so two of the district's main religious gatherings were instituted by the same hand within twelve months.
Connections (3)
- PatronageKorea Palace, Baikunthpur
The same ruler began the Mahashivratri fair at Amritdhara on the Hasdeo in 1935, a year before the Gangirani fair. Two of the principal religious gatherings of the Korea country were founded by one hand within twelve months, which is as clear a case of state-made pilgrimage as the region offers.
- Site adjacencyOm Tirtha Omkareshwar Dham, Kailashpur
Both are Hasdeo sites: the cut channel at Kailashpur and the ninety-foot fall at Amritdhara, each with a Shiva cult and a winter fair.
- Site adjacencyNational Marine Gondwana Fossil Park, Manendragarh
The fossil beds and the fall are both on the Hasdeo within thirty kilometres of each other, so the same river exposes a Permian sea floor and carries a living pilgrimage.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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