History of the Omkareshwar

History of the Omkareshwar

  Omkareshwar was ruled by the aboriginal Bhil chieftains under the suzerainty of the Parmars of Dhar, the sultans of Malwa, the Scindia of Gwalior, who in turn handed over Mandhata to the British in 1824. The ruler sent his sibling Bharatsingh Chauhan, then Subedar of Jhalarapatan on the outskirt of Malwa. At long last the whole tussle finished with the marriage of Bharatsingh and the main little girl of Natthu Bhil. Bharatsingh alongside some of Rajput partners who likewise wedded other Bhil young ladies settled in Mandhata in 1165 A.D. Their descendants are called Bhilalas. Bharatsingh's relatives ruled Omkareshwar sinch at that point. During the British standard, the Rajas (Officially known as Raos) had Mandhata Omkareshwar as their Jagir rights, all abrogated now. Baratsingh's immediate relatives are called Rajputs. The sanctuary has an amazing Sabha Mandap remaining on around 60 enormous dark-colored stone column (14 feet high), extravagantly cut with an inquisitive frieze and filet of satyrlike figures. A significant number of them have wide bears and thinking foreheads. The sanctuary is 5 storeyed each having an alternate divinity. There are three ordinary 'Pujas' in the sanctuary. The morning one done by the sanctuary trust, the center one by the minister of Scindia state and the night one by the cleric of the Holkar state. The sanctuary is constantly packed with explorers, coming after a shower in the Narmada and with pots brimming with Narmada water, coconuts and articles of love, a considerable lot of them performing Abhishek or exceptional reveres through the clerics.