Shipra River
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 The Shri Ram Ghat on the Shipra River in Ujjain | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Cities | Ujjain, Dewas, Dhar |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Kakri Bardi Hills |
| • location | Indore, India |
Chambal river | |
• location | Ekalgarh Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Length | 195 km |
The Shipra, also known as the Kshipra, is a river in
ghats
, as do yearly celebrations of the river goddess Kshipra. There are hundreds of Hindu shrines along the banks of the river Shipra.
Shipra is a perennial river. Earlier there used to be plenty of water in the river. Now the river stops flowing a couple of months after the monsoon.
With this reference, the word Shipra is used as a symbol of "purity" (of soul, emotions, body, etc.) or "chastity" or "clarity".
The
Puranas
, or ancient Hindu texts, also suggest that the Shipra originated from the heart of Varaha, Lord Vishnu's incarnation as a boar.
Also on the banks of the Shipra is Sage Sandipani’s ashram or hermitage where Lord Krishna, Lord Vishnu's eighth incarnation, had studied.
Narmada Shipra Sihastha Link Pariyojana, Mundla Dosdar - a project linking Shipra River to
River Narmada was commenced in 2012 and completed in 2015 successfully.[1]
The project lifts water from the Narmada river using electricity, and then transports it to the source of Kshipra river through pipes. The link project is the first phase of the Rs 8000-crore Narmada-Malwa Link project. Under the project, Narmada would be connected to the Kshipra, Gambhir, Kalisindh, and Parwati rivers.
References
External links
- Holly Bath in Shipra River Ujjain at Somvarti Amavasya (India News). Published on 5 December 2013.
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