Bhadrakali Bijapur

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Kotri River meets Indrawati at Bhamragadh and Indrawati later meets Godawari at Bhadrakali village in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh.

Bhadrakali (भद्रकाली) is a village in Bhopalpattnam tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

Variants

• Bhadrakali River

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Bhadr = Bhadrakali Bijapur (भद्रकाली) is a village in Bhopalpattnam tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

Location

It is situated 18km away from Bhopalpattanam and 70km away from district headquarter Bijapur. According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Bhadrakali village is 450779. As per 2009 stats, Bhadrakali village is also a gram panchayat. The total geographical area of village is 612.49 hectares.

Population

Bhadrakali has a total population of 459 peoples, out of which male population is 268 while female population is 191. Literacy rate of bhadrakali village is 65.58% out of which 80.97% males and 43.98% females are literate. There are about 88 houses in bhadrakali village. Pincode of bhadrakali village locality is 494446. Bhopalpattanam is nearest town to bhadrakali for all major economic activities, which is approximately 18km away.

भद्रकाली ग्राम

इंद्रावती नदी का उद्गम उड़ीसा राज्य में ईस्टर्न घाट के दंडकारण्य रेंज में कालाहांडी ज़िला अंतर्गत धरमगढ़ तहसील के रामपुर थूयामूल के निकट डोंगरला पहाड़ी पर 3000 फीट की ऊँचाई पर हुआ है। इंद्रावती नदी, का प्रवाह पूर्व से पश्चिम की ओर है। इंद्रावती नदी, अपने उद्गम के बाद उड़ीसा से छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य में प्रवेश करती है तथा छत्तीसगढ़ राज्य के अंतिम पश्चिमी छोर से यह दक्षिण की ओर प्रवाहित होती हुई छत्तीसगढ़-महाराष्ट्र-तेलंगाना राज्य की सीमा पर बीजापुर जिले के भद्रकाली नामक ग्राम के समीप गोदावरी नदी में मिलती है।

Bhadrakali Temple

The Bhadrakali Temple in the Bhadrakali Bijapur village is 20kms from Bhopalpatnam, Bijapur. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Kali. Locals believe that the Kakatiya ruler who was a believer of Goddess Kali installed the picture here first. The place where the temple is located was a cave earlier situated within the dense forests. A large fair is held on the Vasant Panchami day and devotees from far off places of Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Maharashtra visit here. Agni kund is held here where people walk through a bed of red hot coal.

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See also

• Bhadrakali

References

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