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Sahasradhara Temple

Sahasradhara  Mandla is a beautiful and natural place full of beauty. This place is a significant tourist destination in Mandla city. Mandla is a district of Madhya Pradesh. You will see a beautiful form of the Narmada river at this place. Sahastradhara is a religious and natural place. You will get to see stunning waterfalls; apart from this, you can also see the Sahastrarjan temple, built in the middle of the Narmada river. You cannot visit this temple during the rainy season because, during the rainy season, the temple gets submerged by the water of the Narmada river. If the water of the Narmada river dries up during summer, you can visit this temple. The environment around here is very picturesque.

Sahastradhara, a few minutes from the town’s centre, is one of Mandla’s holiest sites.
The Sanskrit terms sahastra, which means thousand, and dhr, which means streams or watercourses, are whence Sahastradhara gets its name.The Puranas claim that Ravana, Lord of Lanka, happened upon the tranquil Rewa River while travelling in his Pushpaka Vimana.Ravana decided to pray to Lord Shiva because of the holiness and alluring beauty of the location.Raja Kartavirya Arjuna, also known as Sahastrabahu Arjuna (the thousand-armed one), was playing in the lake with his wives while Ravana was unaware of it.Raja Kartavirya Arjuna was having fun with his wives when Ravana hurried up and challenged him to combat.After a bloody struggle, Raja Kartavirya Arjuna captured Ravana and imprisoned him.Maharshi Pulastya asked Raja Kartavirya Arjuna to free Ravana, who was terrified by the prowess of this great warrior.Pulastya Maharshi’s request came alive; he later bid them farewell kindly and respectfully.Sahastrabahu Arjuna stopped the Rewa River’s flow, causing it to split into thousands of streams.The Narmada River divides into thousands of smaller waterways before emptying into a vast pool with a giant round rock at the centre.