Multai
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Multai (मुलताई) is a small town and tahsil in Betul district in Madhya Pradesh. The original ancient name of the present city Multai was Multapi, named after the Tapti River that originates from here.
Variants
- Tapti Udgam Multai (ताप्ती उदगम मुलताई)
- Multapi/Mulatapi (मूलतापी)
Author's Visit
Author (Laxman Burdak) visited it on 06.08.1993, 24.09.1993, 27-28.11.1993, 26.01.1994, 15.02.1994, 08.03.1994, 06.12.1994.
Origin of the name
The original ancient name of the present city Multai was Multapi, named after the Tapti River that originates from here.
Location
Multai lies on the Northern bank of the Tapti River. Multai is located at 21.77°N 78.25°E. Multai is bounded on the north by town Amla, on the south by Amravati district of Maharashtra, on the east by Chhindwara District and on the west by the District Betul. Jambadi (6 KM) , Sandiya (7 KM) , Sirsawadi (7 KM) , Karpa (8 KM) , Narkhed (9 KM) are the nearby Villages to Multai. Multai is surrounded by Prabhat Pattan Tehsil towards south , Amla Tehsil towards north , Warud Tehsil towards south , Pandhurna Tehsil towards east.
Villages in Tahsil
Town : 1 Multai
1 Amabagholi, 2 Amadoh, 3 Ambhori, 4 Amnath, 5 Amrai, 6 Amrawati, 7 Ashta, 8 Badegaon, 9 Badegaon, 10 Badiya Khapa, 11 Baghoda, 12 Bagholi Buzurg, 13 Balhegaon, 14 Balhora, 15 Balni, 16 Balni, 17 Bandali, 18 Banoor, 19 Barai, 20 Barkhed, 21 Bhaisadand, 22 Bhilai, 23 Bichhuwa, 24 Bichhwa, 25 Bihargaon, 26 Birolijhilpa, 27 Birul Bazar, 28 Bisnoor, 29 Borgaon, 30 Borgaon Or Sergarh, 31 Borpend, 32 Bothiya, 33 Bukakhedi, 34 Buyalkhapa, 35 Chainpur, 36 Chakora, 37 Chandora, 38 Chandori Kalan Buzurg, 39 Charud, 40 Chhindi, 41 Chhindkheda, 42 Chichanda, 43 Chichkheda, 44 Chikhali Kalan, 45 Chikhalkhapa, 46 Chikhli Khurd, 47 Chikhli Mal, 48 Chikhli Ryt., 49 Chilhati, 50 Chouthiya, 51 Dabka, 52 Dahargaon, 53 Dahuwa, 54 Datora, 55 Datora, 56 Dehgud, 57 Deobhilai, 58 Deodongri, 59 Deogaon, 60 Deori, 61 Dhabla, 62 Dhamandhas, 63 Dharni, 64 Divtiya, 65 Dob, 66 Dohlan, 67 Dongarpur, 68 Dongarpur, 69 Dudar Ryt, 70 Dunai, 71 Dunawa, 72 Eklahara, 73 Etawa, 74 Gadra, 75 Gangai, 76 Gangapur, 77 Garwha, 78 Gaula, 79 Gauna, 80 Genhu Barsa, 81 Ghana, 82 Ghatbiroly, 83 Ghatpipriya, 84 Ghorpend, 85 Godhni, 86 Gonapur, 87 Gondi Dhanori, 88 Gopaltalai, 89 Hardoli, 90 Harna Khedi, 91 Hatnapur, 92 Heti, 93 Hetikhapa, 94 Hidly, 95 Hirakhapa, 96 Hiwara, 97 Hiwarkhed, 98 Human Behara, 99 Humanpeth, 100 Isapur, 101 Jam, 102 Jambadi, 103 Jamgaon, 104 Jamgaon, 105 Jamgaon, 106 Jamthi Sawasan, 107 Jhiri, 108 Jhirikhapa, 109 Jhun Khari, 110 Jogikheda, 111 Joulkheda, 112 Junapani, 113 Junapani, 114 Kajli, 115 Kalapkhan, 116 Kamath, 117 Kanha Bagholi, 118 Kanha Khapa, 119 Kapasya, 120 Karajgaon, 121 Karaspani, 122 Karpa, 123 Khad Amla, 124 Khadakwar, 125 Khadki, 126 Khalla, 127 Khambara, 128 Khapa, 129 Khapa, 130 Khapa, 131 Khapa Umariya, 132 Kharsali, 133 Khedi Bujurg, 134 Khedi Ramosi, 135 Khedicourt, 136 Khedideo Nala, 137 Khedikhurd, 138 Kheirwani, 139 Kheteda Kalan, 140 Kodhar, 141 Kolhaya, 142 Kondhar, 143 Kumbhi Kheda, 144 Kumudara, 145 Kund, 146 Kunda Mal, 147 Kunda Ryt., 148 Kundai, 149 Kundai, 150 Kutkhedi, 151 Lakhapur, 152 Lendagondi, 153 Lihada, 154 Mahatpur, 155 Mahilawadi, 156 Majari, 157 Malegaon, 158 Malegaon, 159 Malhara, 160 Malol Khapa, 161 Mangona Khurd, 162 Mangonakalan, 163 Masod, 164 Mathani, 165 Mayawadi, 166 Mirapur, 167 Moharkheda, 168 Mohi, 169 Morand, 170 Musakhapa, 171 Nagarcot, 172 Nandbohi, 173 Nandkudi, 174 Narkhed, 175 Nimanwada, 176 Nimboti, 177 Nirgud, 178 Pabal, 179 Pachamahu, 180 Pachdhar, 181 Pachumri, 182 Panjhari, 183 Paradsinga, 184 Parasthani, 185 Parbiroly, 186 Paregaon, 187 Parmandal, 188 Parsodi, 189 Patha Kheda, 190 Pipariya, 191 Pipriya, 192 Pisata, 193 Pohar, 194 Pohar, 195 Pouni, 196 Prabhat Pattan, 197 Ragadgaon, 198 Raiamla, 199 Raiseda, 200 Rajapur Ryt., 201 Rajni, 202 Rampur, 203 Ranmochan, 204 Rawa, 205 Rindhora, 206 Rohana, 207 Sabdi, 208 Sahangaon, 209 Saikheda Khurd, 210 Sainkheda, 211 Salbardi, 212 Sandirya, 213 Sandiya, 214 Sanwagi, 215 Sanwari, 216 Sarai, 217 Sarra, 218 Sarsi, 219 Sawalmendha, 220 Sawanga, 221 Sawari, 222 Semjhira, 223 Semla, 224 Semriya Pandri, 225 Sendurjana, 226 Siladehi, 227 Sipawa, 228 Sirdi, 229 Sirkhed, 230 Sirsawadi, 231 Siwanpani, 232 Somgarh, 233 Somlapur, 234 Sondiya, 235 Sonigaon, 236 Sonkhedi, 237 Sonoli, 238 Sonora, 239 Sonora, 240 Sonori, 241 Sopai, 242 Sukakhedi, 243 Taikheda, 244 Tawla, 245 Teliya, 246 Temjhira, 247 Temjhira, 248 Thawriya, 249 Tiwerkhed, 250 Ubhariya, 251 Umari, 252 Vaygaon, 253 Yenas, 254 Yenkheda,
Source - https://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/3604-multai-betul-madhya-pradesh.html
History
(109) Multai Plates Of Nannaraja of Saka year 631 (=AD 709-710)
[p.77]: The inscription refers itself to a Rashtrakuta king Nannaraja (wrongly read as Nandaraja1 ), otherwise called Yuddhāsura, and records the grant, to a Brahman, of the village Jalaukuhe, bounded on the east, south, west and north by the villages Kiṇihivattāra, Pipparika, Jaluka and Arjunagrama (अर्जुनग्राम), respectively. The charter was issued in the Saka year 631, corresponding to A. D. 709-10. The Rashtrakuta kings mentioned in the record are Durgaraja, his son Govindaraja ; his son Svamikaraja and his son Nannaraja alias Yuddhasura. There is a sort of break in the verses which makes this genealogy a little doubtful. The other record of the same king found at Tiwarkhed does not remove the difficulty. In fact, it is worded more vaguely than the Multai plate record.
As none of the villages mentioned in this record have been yet identified, it was a matter of doubt whether the record belonged to the Multai plateau at all. If it was brought from elsewhere, there was nothing to support the surmise that the Multai plateau was under Rashtrakuta sway. This doubt has, however, been removed by the discovery of another set of copper-plates, belonging to the same king, found at Tiwarkhed, a village close to Multai. It mentions the name of the village in which it was found, and records that some land in it was given to a Brahman by Nannaraja. (See No. 108,)
There is a village named Jolkā about 3 miles south of the Betul town and another named Arjunawāri about 4 miles further south, which appear to be similar to Jalukā and Arjunagrāma of the Multai record, but their situation is such as to preclude the possibility of their identity , with the villages of the record, unless it may be supposed that the practice of shifting village sites, as is still done in some parts of these provinces, was prevalent in the Betul District in the 8th Century A. D. Again, there is no trace of the remaining 3 villages mentioned in the record. Dr. Fleet
1 The impressions of the plates reproduced in the Indian Antiquary Volume XVIII, page 234, clearly show that the name was Nannaraja and not Nandaraja : compare nd in ovendur in line 2, which will show why nn of Nannna cannot be nd.
[p.78]: examined several sheets of maps, but he could not trace any two villages in close vicinity answering to those mentioned in the record anywhere south of the Narmada up to the Nizam's dominions or in the country of Khandesh and Gujarat. If they were included in the Betul District, they appear to have been deserted so long ago as to leave no trace behind,
Wiki editor Notes: 1. Jalaukuhe = Kuhi ?, Nagpur
2. Arjunagrāma = Arjuni (?) village in Bhandara tehsil in Bhandara district of Maharashtra.
3. Kiṇihivattāra = Kinhi ? , Pipparika = Pipari, in Kuhi, Nagpur
4. Jaluka =?,
Sangalooda Copper-plate No. 17 of Nannaraja or Yuddhasura of Śaka year 615
The Indian Analyst [1] mentions.... Copper-plate No. 17 discovered in the village of Sangalooda in the Akola District, Madhya Pradesh, is another important charter in the year’s collection. It belongs to the early Rāshṭrakūṭa dynasty of Vidarbha (Berar) and consists of three plates held together by a ring bearing a seal containing the legend Śrī Ju(Yu)[ddhā]suraḥ. The charter, issued by king Nannarāja alias Yuddhāsura from his capital Padmanagara in the Śaka year 615, Kārttika, śu. di Paurṇa māsī, records grant of lands in the villages Umbarikā and Vaṭapuraka to Hara gaṇa-Dvivēdin, a son of Bhūtagaṇa-bhaṭṭa, grandson of Varmmullaka-Chatur vēdin of Vārula-gōtra, Kauśika-pravara and Taittirīya-charaṇa, who was a resident of Tagara and was running a feeding house (anivārita-annasattra). The king’s genealogy is traced as follows : Durgarāja of the Rāshṭrakūṭa family, his son Gōvindarāja, a victor in many battles, his son Svāmikarāja, his son Nannarāja alias Yuddhāsura who is described as paramabrahmaṇya and paramabhāgavata. The Tiwarkhēḍ plates and the Multāi plates of Nannarāja also contain the same genealogy as the one given in the present grant. The first of these two charters is dated Śaka 553 and the second Śaka 631. The disparity in the dates of the two records purporting to belong to one and the same king gave room for doubting the correctness of either or both of these dates. The discovery of the present charter whose date falls close to that of the Multāi plates and whose text also is identical up to the mention of Nannarāja with that of the same plates, would attest to the correctness of the date of the Multāi plates, namely Śaka 631. Consequently the date Śaka 553 of the Tiwarkhēḍ plates appears to be a mistake for some other date. It would therefore follow that Nannarāja ruled from Śaka 615 up to at least Śaka 631. The grant is published in Epigraphia Indica., Vol. XXIX, pp. 109 ff.
Nagardhan Plates Of Svamiraja
Nagardhan Plates Of Svamiraja : (Kalachuri) Year 322 (=573 AD)[2] ...The plates were issued from Nandivardhana (नान्दीवार्द्धन) (L.1) by Nannarâja (नन्नराज) (L.2) , who meditated on the feet of his brother Svâmirâja (स्वामिराज) (L.1-2) , during whose reign the grant was made.
The royal family to which Svâmirâja and Nannarâja belonged is not specified in the present grant, but since these names occur in two early Rashtrakuta [p.613]: records discovered in Vidarbha, viz , the Tivarakhed1 and the Multai2 plates, with the slight change of Svâmirâja into Svamikarâja, it seems very likely that the princes mentioned here also belonged to the same royal lineage.3
1. Ep Ind. Vol XI, pp 274 ff
2. Ind Ant, Vol XVIII, pp 230 ff
3. Svâmirâja and his brother Nannarâja were not, however, identical with Svâmikaràja and, his son Nannarâja. The latter flourished at the close of the seventh and in the beginning of the eighth century A C as shown by the Multai plates dated, Saka 631 (709-10 A C). The Tivarakhed plates, which give the earlier date of Saka 553 (631-32A C ), are undoubtedly spurious. The present grant, on the other hand, was made in 573 AC, more than a hundred and thirty-five years before, as shown below. For a detailed examination of this question, see Ind Hist Quart, Vol XXV, pp 138 ff.
Religious importance
Multai is considered as a holy place as Tapti River originates from here. The daughter of Surya, the Sun God, Mata Tapti is worshiped here in two different temples Prachin Mandir and Naveen Mandir. The Multai town is decorated on Akhad Saptami Tapti Janmotsav and an annual Mela is organized on this occasion.
According to the legends, Tapi river also known as Tapti, is the daughter of Surya (the Sun God). It is said that Surya created the Tapi river in order to save himself from his own intense heat. The river finds mention in the great Indian epic Mahabharata, according to which Tapati had married Samvarana, a legendary hero of the Lunar dynasty. Tapati and Sanvaran also had the son called Kuru. It was on his name only the Kuru dynasty started. Tapi is considered as the Goddess among the Hindus and is worshiped among them.
In Multai town there are many ancient Hindu Temples, dedicated to Lord Shiva and Hanuman.
People
Castes : Gonds, Korkus, Kurmis, Kunbis, Bhoyars, Meharas, Pawar, Barkhade, Chamars, Banias, Rajputs.
ताप्ती उदगम
ताप्ती उदगम: मुलताई नगर म.प्र. ही नही बल्कि पूरे देश मे पुण्य सलिला माँ ताप्ती नदी के उदगम के रूप मे प्रसिद्ध है । पहले इसे मूलतापी के रुप में जाना जाता था । यहां दूर-दूर से लोग दर्शनों के लिए आते है । यहां सुन्दर मंदिर है । ताप्ती नदी की महिमा की जानकारी स्कंद पुराण में मिलती है । स्कंद पुराण के अंतर्गत ताप्ती महान्त्म्य का वर्णन है। धार्मिक मान्यता के अनुसार माँ ताप्ती सूर्यपुत्री और शनि की बहन के रुप में जानी जाती है । यही कारण है कि जो लोग शनि से परेशान होते है उन्हे ताप्ती मे स्नान करनेे से राहत मिलती है । ताप्ती सभी की ताप कष्ट हर उसे जीवन दायनी शक्ति प्रदान करती है श्रद्धा से इसे ताप्ती गंगा भी कहते है । ताप्ती म.प्र. की दूसरी प्रमुख नदी है । इस नदी का धार्मिक ही नही आर्थिक सामाजिक महत्व भी है । सदियों से अनेक सभ्यताएं यहां पनपी और विकसित हुई है । इस नदी की लंबाई 724 किलोमीटर है । यह नदी पूर्व से पशिचम की और बहती है इस नदी के किनारे बरहापुर और सूरत जैसे नगर बसे है । ताप्ती अरब सागर में खम्बात की खाडी में गिरती है ।[3]
मुल्ताई
मुल्ताई भारत के मध्य प्रदेश राज्य के बैतूल ज़िले में स्थित एक नगर है। मुलताई को मुलतापी के नाम से भी जाना जाता हैं। यह शहर सुर्यपुत्री सलीला माँ ताप्ती का उद्गम स्थल हैं। मान्यता यह है कि माँ ताप्ती का जन्म मुल्ताई के नारद टेकरी नामक स्थान से हुआ हैं मुल्ताई के निकट प्रभात पट्टन और बेतुल प्रमुख शहर है। मुल्ताई मध्य-प्रदेश के दक्षिणी क्षेत्रों में आता है. यह कस्बा ताप्ती नदी के उत्तरी तट पर स्थित है और इस नदी का मूलस्थान भी है।मुलताई का मूल नाम मूलतापी था, तापी नदी के उद्गम या मूलस्थान होने के कारण पड़ा था। मराठा एवं ब्रिटिश राज के समय मुलताई क्षेत्रीय मुख्यालयों में से एक रहा है और जो उत्तर में जिला मुख्यालय से और दक्षिण में महाराष्ट्र के नागपुर जिला मुख्यालय को जोड़ता था।
यातायात: मुल्ताई अपने पड़ोसी क्षेत्रों से भली-भांति रेल एवं सड़क मार्गों द्वारा जुड़ा हुआ है। निकटतम विमानक्षेत्र नागपुर है जो 120 किमी दूर है एवं मुल्ताई से बस एवं टैक्सी सेवाओं द्वारा जुड़ा हुआ है। राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग ४७ और राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग ३४७ यहाँ से गुज़रते हैं।
भूगोल: मुलताई की भौगोलिक निर्देशांक स्थित 21.77°N 78.25°E है। यहां की औसत ऊंचाई 749 मीटर (2457 फ़ीट) है। मुलताई के उत्तर में आमला और दक्षिण में महाराष्ट्र का अमरावती जिला है। इसके पूर्व में छिंदवाड़ा जिला और पश्चिम में बैतूल हैं। नगर की दक्षिणी सीमा मेलघाट शृंखला की तराई में फ़ैली है, किन्तु अमरावती के हट्टी घाट एवं चिकल्दा इसकी सीमा से बाहर हैं। नगर जम्बादी से ६ किमी, सण्डिया से ७ किमी, सिरसावाड़ी से ७ किमी, कर्पा से ८ कि.मी, नरपा से ९ कि.मी है। ये यहां के मुख्य ग्राम हैं। मुलताई कस्बे के दक्षिण में प्रभात पट्टन तहसील, उत्तर में आमला तहसील, दक्षिण में वरूड़ तहसील एवं पूर्व में पांढुर्णा जिला स्थित हैं।
मुलताई भारत की बड़ी नदी ताप्ती का उद्गम होने के कारण एक हिन्दू धार्मिक क्षेत्र भी है। हिन्दू मान्यता अनुसार ताप्ती माता भगवान सूर्य की पुत्री हैं। ताप्ती माता के यहां दो प्रमुख मन्दिर हैं एक प्राचीन मन्दिर और एक नवीन मन्दिर। ताप्ती नदी की जयन्ती के दिन यहां अखण्ड सप्तमी ताप्ती जन्मोत्सव मनाय़ा जाता है और शहर को सजाय़ा जाता है। इसके अलावा यहां कई भगवान शिव, हनुमान आदि हिन्दू भगवानों के मन्दिर भी हैं।