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Narmada Maiya (Mother) has sustained us for ages, gave us life and protected our ancestors. Narmada does not emanate from hills, it does not emanate from the melting snow. Narmada takes her shape from the blessings of every single plant, hills of Vindhyachal and blesses our lives. I was born in Historical city Ujjain of Malwa region. With Jyotirlinga Mahakal we have River Shipra, due to her water limitation whole region struggled for years to get water of Narmada. We know the value of every single drop of Narmada’s water. The Narmada is major source of drinking water, irrigation and Hydroelectricity for Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat and also benefit power to Rajasthan and Maharashtra. After 54 years efforts now we have Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada in Gujarat, which is second largest dam in the world. In fact fifth largest river in the Indian Sub-Continent. Indian Culture is the gift of Sindhu and Ganga. Narmada is one of seven holy rivers of India, other in being Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Saraswati, Sindhu and Kaveri. People believe that the greatest is Ganga, but historically the Narmada is oldest river. Most of our rivers go in east side, but Narmada flow westwards. We can claim that Narmada is life line for western India. Narmada is cradle of civilization and represent a competent culture. This divine and mystique river has been glorified even by the Vedas and later Kalidas and others. It is worshipped as Mother Goddess Narmada for ages out of deep gratitude. Some of the oldest cave paintings in the world over 30000 years old are found at the Bhimbetka caves, near the banks of the Narmada. Adi Shankara was initiated into snayas at Omkareshwar, on the banks of the Narmada. The banks of Narmada are strewn with centers of pilgrimage and temples where the devotees attained spiritual elevation. Few beautiful developed spots are becoming attraction for tourists from all over world. However very few books available on Narmada with compact facts and wonderful photographs.

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Naman Narmada. 2. Narmada Stotram. 3. Narmadashtakam.