Mahadeo Hills

The Mahadeo Hills are a range of hills in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The hills form the central part of the Satpura Range.

The Mahadeo Hills run east and west through Betul, Chhindwara, and Seoni districts, separating the basin of the Narmada River to the north from that of the Wainganga and Wardha rivers, tributaries of the Godavari, to the south. The hills have a gentle northern slope, but drop abruptly to the south onto the Deccan Plateau. The hills are home to tropical moist deciduous forests, part of the Eastern highlands moist deciduous forests ecoregion.

Mahadeo Temple

The Mahadeo Hills also conseal a temple near the Narmada River that is dedicated to Shiva, the god of destruction in the Hindu system. It is believed that the Narmada River is a daughter of the destroyer god.^[1]

References

1. ^ Mehta, Gita. A River Sutra New York: Doubleday. 1993

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.