Neelkanthi
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Neelkanthi (नीलकंठी) is a village in Chaurai tahsil in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. There are two villages of this name - Nilkanthi Kala and Nilkanthi Khurd.
Origin
- Nilakantha (नीलकंठ) is name of Shiva included in Shiva's thousand names
Variants
- Nilkanthi (नीलकंठी)
- Nilkanthi Kala (नीलकंठी कला)
- Nilkanthi Khurd (नीलकंठी खुर्द)
Location
Neelkanthi Khurd is a Village in Chaurai Tehsil in Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh State, India. It is situated 15km away from sub-district headquarter Chaurai. It is located 32 KM towards East from District head quarters Chhindwara. 270 KM from State capital Bhopal.[1]
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Neel (Jat clan) → Neelkanthi (नीलकंठी). Neelkanthi (नीलकंठी) is a village in Chaurai tahsil in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh.
History
Neelkanthi is site of Some ruins of a temple which can be seen by the side of Siphna stream which flows at some distance of Neelkanthi, a village which is 14 miles (23 km) south-east of Chhindwara town. The entrance gate to the main temple is said to date back between 7th and 10th century. It is believed that at one time an area of 264 x 132 sq ft (12.3 m2) inside the gate was surrounded by a rampart. The stone slabs of the gate are fastened together with iron hooks. An illegible inscription can be found on one of the stone pillars of the temple. There is a reference to Raja Krishna III of Rashtrakuta kingdom. The design of the gate is in Bahmanic style.
(115) Nilkanthi Stone Inscription
[p.81]: Nilkanthi (नीलकंठी) is a village 14 miles south of Chhindwara. On a pillar which appears formerly to have belonged to a temple there is a much defaced inscription, but the name of the king Krishna (III) of the Rashtrakuta line can still be made out. This king belonged to the 10th Century A. D. Another fragmentary inscription of the same king
[p.82]: was found at Nilkanthi and is now deposited in the Nagpur Museum. We know from the Multai and Tiwarkhed plates (Nos. 107 and 108) that the Rashtrakutas dominated even the Betul District, and naturally the intervening District of Chhindwara must have belonged to them.