Narmada River in Bharuch Gujarat - History - Information - Details - Images

Narmada is one of one of the famous river in Gujarat. Narmada is also called the Rewa in central India. Narmada is major river fifth longest river in the Indian subcontinent. Narmada is the third longest river with the intention of flows completely within all Indian River after Godavari and Krishna.

Narmada River History

Narmada River is located by Amarkantak and Madhya Pradesh.  British rule the Narmada River was called Narbada or Nerbudda. The river is named as the Nammadus. Narmada is a Sanskrit word stand for “the Give of Pleasure”. The Narmada River is also worshipped as mother goddess by Narmadeeya Brahmins.

Narmada River is starting an important connection between the Arabian Sea and the Ganges River. It is maximum length of 1312 km. Narmada is runs all the way through the states of Madhya Pradesh 1077 km and Maharashtra is 74 km.

Tributaries of Narmada River

Gujarat Narmada River receives more than a few tributaries on both the banks. Tributaries in the bank of right Shakkar, Sher, Tawa(longest tributary), Dudhi, Ganjal and left of bank Barna, Hiran, Karam, Choral, Lohar of Narmada River. The main tributaries of River Narmada like Hallon, Banjar, Barna River and Tawa are the main source of water in the central India.

Narmada flows through several states of the country including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat before Merging into the Arabian Sea in Bharuch District of Gujarat. Narmada River the main dams the Sardar Sarovar in Gujarat 108 km from the beach.

The Bank of Narmada many shiv temples and ashrams of religious persons are located. Narmada River which is considered as sacred as Ganga starts rotten from Amarkantak. The Narmada is one of the rivers in Hindus.