Salbardi

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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For another village of same name see Salbardi Betul

Map of Amravati district

Salbardi-Morshi-Belora-Warud in Amravati district, MS and Pandhurna, MP

Salbardi (सालबर्ड़ी) is a village in Morshi tahsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra. Its ancient name was Shailapura (शैलपुर) mentioned in Belora Plates (Sets A and B) of 11th year of Pravarasena II.Salbardi is an ancient place containing some old caves and hot springs.

Variants

• Shailapura (शैलपुर) mentioned in Belora Plates (Sets A and B) of 11th year of Pravarasena II

Location

Salbardi is a small Village/hamlet in Morshi Taluka in Amravati District of Maharashtra State, India. It comes under Salbardi Panchayath. It belongs to Vidarbha region . It belongs to Amravati Division . It is located 71 KM towards North from District head quarters Amravati. 9 KM from Morshi in north. Salbardi Pin code is 444905 and postal head office is Morshi. Dapori ( 6 KM ) , Bhai Pur ( 8 KM ) , Hiwarkhed ( 9 KM ) , Thuni ( 10 KM ) , Manimpur ( 11 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Salbardi. Salbardi is surrounded by Athner Taluka towards North , Warud Taluka towards East , Ashti Taluka towards South , Prabhat Pattan Taluka towards North.

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Shail (शैल) (Jat clan) → Salbardi (सालबर्ड़ी) identified with Shailapura (शैलपुर) mentioned in Belora Plates (Sets A and B) of 11th year of Pravarasena II.Salbardi (सालबर्ड़ी) is a village in Morshi tahsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

History

Belora Plates (Sets A and B) of 11th year of Pravarasena IIwere issued by Pravarasena II of the Vakataka dynasty. The former record the grant of the village Mahalla-Lata in the Asi bhukti, which was situated in the mārga (subdivision) of Shailapura (शैलपुर), while the latter register the donation of two villages, viz.., Dīrghadraha (दीर्घद्रह) in the Pākkana (पाकण) rāshtra and Mahallama-Laṭa (महल्लम लाट). Of these latter villages, the second is plainly identical with the village Mahalla-Lata of Set A as it is specified exactly like it. The grant recorded in Set B is, therefore, later than that of Set A. (p.17)

Mahalla-Lata (महल्ल लाट) or Mahallama-Lata (महल्लम लाट) which seems to mean the larger Lata may be represented by Ladki (लाड़की) or Ghat Ladki (घाट लाड़की) in the Morshi taluka of the Amaravati District, about 18 miles north by west of Belora¹ Mahalla-Lata lay in the mārga of Shailapura (शैलपुर) which may be identical with Salbardi (सालबर्ड़ी)² situated in the midst of hills about 15 miles east of Ladki.

Asi (असि), the chief town of the bhukti (subdivision) in which Mahalla-Lata was situated, may be identical with Ashti which lies only 10 miles south of Belora.

Dirghadraha (दीर्घद्रह) is probably Dighi (दीघी) on the left bank of the Wardha, about 30 miles south of Ashti. The name of Pravareshvara-shaḍvimsativāṭa which is mentioned in both the grants as the home of the donee seems to indicate that it was the chief village in a group of twenty-six villages. Perhaps it received this name from a shrine of Shiva called Pravareshvara installed by Pravarasena I and named after himself³. This place as well as Pakkana (पाकण), the headquarters of the rāshtra (division) in which Dirghadraha, one of the donated villages, was situated, cannot be traced now.(p.18)

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1 There is another small village called Ladgaon (लाड़गांव) on the left bank of the Wardha, about 20 miles south of Belora.

2 Salbardi is an ancient place containing some old caves and hot springs.

3 Compare the name Vanko-Tummana of the first capital of the Kalachuris in Chhattisgadh (Ind. Hist. Quart., Vol. IV, p. 34). It was so called because of the shrine of Vankeshvara which it contained. It may be noted in this connection that the temple of Pravareshvara is mentioned in line 1 of No. 14, below.

Shiva Temple

Salbardi is about 9km from Morshi. There is a natural Shivalinga (Lord Shiva) situated in more than 100 mtr long cave in a Satpuda Pahadi. Its very a spiritual and holy place. Annually around 5 lakh peoples visit here to offer prayer to God shiva. Also there are many temples in Salbardi. One of them Mahadev maharaj temple in offering prayer to Mahadev maharaj the slogen is very famous in near by areas which is " Nirbhay Ho Mahadeva"

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