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Pendra road is a town and nagar panchayat in Bilaspur district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

Pendra road is a wellknown Railway station on Bilaspur Katni Rly route of south eastern central railway. holy Tirth Amarkantak, is origin of Holy river Narmada, Son & Juhila. Pendra road is the nearest railway station for Amarkantak and Jwaleshwar mahadev. Jwaleshwar mahadev is a well known Tirth of Shankar bhagwan. Tirth yatri (Pilgrims) from all over India came here in the month of Shrawan. It is belief of all Hindu that Jwaleshwar mahadev is swayambhu shivling. Jwaleshwar mahadev is in Pendraroad Block of Chhattisgarh, Jwaleshwar mahadev is only 20 km from Pendraroad. It is all weather reachable. Many Dharmshala, Lodges, Hotels and restaurants are easily available at Pendraroad and Amarkantal. Amarkantak is only 30 km from Pendra road, for niwaran of kal sarp dosh amarkantak is also a well known tirth.As well as the Narmada, the Son River, initially referred to as Jwalawanti of Johila, the Mahanadi and the Amadoh, which is a major early tributary of the Godavari, all rise from the Amarkantak plateau. The beauty of the plateau can well be gauged from the fact that it lies 1000 metres a.m.s.l. in the midst of a moist sal and mixed forest. A little distance from Gaumukh, the source of the Narmada, is Kapildhara, where the Narmada leaves Anuppur District and enters Dindori District by cascading more than 20 metres down a sheer basalt rock. Four kilometres from Amarkantak is Kabir Chabutara, the exact junction point of Dindori, Bilaspur and Anuppur districts. As the source of the Narmada, which is more than 150 million years older than the Ganges and is considered by many Hindus to be the most sacred of all the rivers of India, Amarkantak itself is sacred to the Hindus and is deemed to be a door-way to ‘nirwana’. In these hills dwell some of the most primitive of the Madhya Pradesh tribals, the Hill Korwas and Pandavas. Even today the Pandavas run away if they see any strangers approaching their village.many other temple and aashram are under construction at Amarkantak such as Jain Temple,Tantra mandir etc. Geologically the Amarkantak Hills have underlying basalt (Deccan Traps). The overburden consists of bauxite and laterite, making the soil ferruginous and clayey, with an acidic or neutral reaction. There is schist and gneiss, which is why sal is to be found here despite underlying trap. Climatically Amarkantak is temperate.

July, August and September are the real monsoon months, but there is also some winter rain. February is about the only month which is dry.

Kal Sarp Dosh

Arandi Aashram Amarkantak ke pas se arandi nadi (river) ka udgam tha jo 300 mtr ke bad narmada jee me mil kar samahit ho jati thee. Narmada jee aur Arandi nadi ke sangam par *kal sarp dosh nivaran* kee pooja karwayee jatee thee. ab narmada jee ke udgam se lekar kapil dhara tak aneko stop dam bana diye gaye hai jisase narmada jee ka swaroop to badal hee gaya hai sath hee arandi nadi ka astitva bhi dam me doob kar samapt ho gaya hai,

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Pendra Road had a population of 15,173. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pendra Road has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 64%. In Pendra Road, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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