Mundi Khandwa

Pamakhedi-Dantha-Harsud-Purni-Mundi-Narmada Nagar- Narmada Sagar Resevoir in Khandwa, MP

Mundi (मूँदी) is a a City and tehsil in the Khandwa district, earlier in Punasa Tehsil, in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.

Location

It is 120 km from Indore, the commercial capital of the state.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Mundi (मूंडी) (Jat clan) → Mundi (मूँदी) is a village in Punasa Tehsil in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.

History

Mundi is an ancient city, with many places of worship, like many other cities in India. Most temples have Hindu or Jain statues. The city is over a thousand years old and is surrounded by a forest in the Narmada river valley. Shri Sant Singaji and Sant Bokhardas Gulabdas Dham & Hanuwantiya Tapu are located nearby. Kherkhali river (a part of River that flows at northern edge of the city. Presently, Mundi is a major Electric Hub City with a manufacturing unit at the Sant Singaji Thermal Power Plant and Indira Sagar Dam.

Mundi is known for its ancient time of Mahabharata Hindu Temples as Koteshwer & Loteshwer Mahadev & also for Maa Renuka Dham. The famous tourist places of Mundi are Singaji, St. Bokhardas Gulabdas Dham, Hanumantiya Island, a new place for adventurous water sports in the back waters of Indira Sagar Dam.

The name of the city is derived from "Mundari" (meaning ring or circle shape). During the rise of Buddhism, the East Nimar region was included in the Avanti Kingdom under Chand Pradyota Mahesana, which was later added to the growing empire of Magadha by Shishunaga. From the early 2nd century BC to the late 15th century AD, the Nimar Region (earlier a part of Khandesh) was ruled by many emperors from many dynasties, which include Mauryas, Shungas, Satvahanas, Kardamakas, Abhiras, Vakatakas, Imperial Guptas, Kalchuris, Vardhanas (of Harsha Vardhana fame), Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Paramaras, etc.

A well is situated at Koteshwer or Loteshwer, created by Pandavas. Renuka Dham is another ancient temple. Since the mid-16th century to the early 18th century, the Nimar region, was under the rule of Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah, Peshwas, Sindhia, Holkar, (Marathas) etc.