Jeonara
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Jeonara ( जेवनारा ) is a village in Seoni District of Madhya Pradesh in India. It is situated on 22° 2'28.63"N , 79°46'39.84"E Geo-cordinates, and at an altitude of 1,684 ft. It is on Seoni - Balaghat state highway at a distance of 4 km from Barghat, the Tehsil headquarters, and 28 km from Seoni, the district headquarters. The major profession of the villagers is agriculture. State Highway 26 [SH-26] passes through village which links district headquarters Seoni with neighboring district Balaghat.
[edit] History
The village was owned by local Rahangdale family. Shri Kusa Rahangdale has bought this village and his son Shri Inka Rahangdale planned and reformed it around 1780. The tenth generation of this family is still serving with their high value ancestral public welfare program. Shri Ram Singh Rahangdale has been a prominent personality of this village. His son Mahanand Rahangdale is known lawyer and politician and had contested for Barghat contituency in 1998 state elections. He had lost to Dhal Singh Bisen who later became minister in Uma Bharti government in state. Shri Jhamsingh Rahangdale is present Mukadam or village head.
The river Wainganga passes by this village, locally known as Hirri. Wainganga is referred in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book.
This place is well known in vicinity for its Mahashivratri Mela, a religious gathering of Shiva devotees, every year in February - March. Local Mela Samiti or festival committee takes care of event. The 3 day festival concludes with a bullock cart race.
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