Lametaghat
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Lamhetaghat (लम्हेटाघाट) is a village in tahsil Shahpur of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.[1]
Location
Lamhetaghat is located about 12 km west from Jabalpur lying between Tewar and Seoni towns of Jabalpur district.[2]
Variants
- Lamhetaghat लमेटाघाट, जिला जबलपुर, म.प्र., (AS, p.812)
- Lamheta Ghat (लम्हेटाघाट)
- Lameta लमेटा
- Lamheta (लम्हेटा)
History
Lamheta Ghat is one of the most important ghat from legendary, religious and scientific point of view, it acts as a retreat centre for meditating swami's and sadhus; and also a place of research on Geology. Vast water of Narmada is wonder for tourists. The remains of Bynes or have been found here. There are several old temples and monuments around the ghats which gives the information that the Gond people were living around the ghats of the Narmada River in the ancient times.
This ghat is surrounded by many ancient temples. These temples are constructed by the Beohar dynasty in between 16th to 18th century. The oldest temples of this ghat are Radhika-Madhav temple which is also known as the temple of Radha-Krishna and Radha-Govind temple, the Rudra-Bhaskar also identified as Shiv-Surya temple.
The significance of the Lamheta ghat is far more as compare to the Bhedaghat or any other tourist place because Lameta formations are founded here. "Lameta formations" are distinguished from the other sedimentary rock formations due to the presence of Dinosaur fossils. "Lametasaurus" and "Jubbulpuria" are the two species of the dinosaurs which are founded here and named upon this place.[3]
लमेटाघाट
लमेटाघाट (AS, p.812) जिला जबलपुर, म.प्र. में जबलपुर के निकट नर्मदा नदी के किनारे बसा हुआ छोटा-सा ग्राम है, जिसके प्राचीन ध्वंसावशेषों में पुरातत्त्व महत्त्व की बहुमूल्य सामग्री बिखरी पड़ी है। [4]