Madhya Pradesh Government Has Renamed "HOSHANGABAD" to "NARMADAPURAM"

 Madhya Pradesh Government Has Renamed "HOSHANGABAD" to "NARMADAPURAM" 

 Hoshang Shah was the first formally appointed sultan of the Malwa Sultanate of Central India. Also called Hushang Shah Gori, he was known as Alp Khan before he took on the tittle Hoshang Shah after being crowed the ruler of Malwa.

  • Hoshangabad district will now be knows as Narmadapuram.
  • Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Friday evening at the 'Narmada Jayanti' programme at Sethani Ghat in Hoshangabad.
  • The Saptami Tithi of Magha Shukla Paksha marks the day when the Narmada river came into being
  • This river originates in Amarkantak  in Madhya Pradesh and drains itself  into the Arabian sea after flowing through Gujarat.
  • Devotees take a bath in the sacred water during Arunodaya(sunrise) and pray to the Goddess Narmada  for good health, wealth, peace and joy.
  • After bathing, devotees offer deep(lamp),dhoop(incense), pushpa(flowers) and kumkum(vermillion) to river.
  • Some devotees even light lamps made of wheat dough and place them on the banks of the river.
  • In the evening, devotees gather to pay their salutation to the sacred river by performing the Aarti.

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