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Mandhata

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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.

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