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Mandhata

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a village with temples in India, in Nimar district of the Central Provinces, on the south bank of the Narbada. Pop. (1901), 832. It is a famous place of Hindu pilgrimage, as containing one of the twelve great lingas of Siva; and as late as the beginning of the 19th century it was the scene of the selfimmolation of devotees who threw themselves from the cliffs into the river.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mandhata'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/mandhata.html. 1910.
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