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Kapildhara Waterfall (Amarkantak)


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Kapildhara (Kapil waterfall)

Six km northwest of Narmadakund is the Kapildhara waterfall with a fall of about hundred feet. According to scriptures, Kapil Muni lived here. There is a scene of natural beauty with mountains and dense forest downhills. According to ‘Vindhya Vaibhav’ Kapil Muni performed severe austerities here and received divine light. He also wrote ‘sankhya philosophy’ (an advanced treatise on mathematics) at this place. The Kapileshwar temple is also situated nearby. The surrounding mountains are full of caves where saints have been performing their spiritual practices.

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Monkey…


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Amarkantak is located 120km away from Bilaspur in a hilly tropical area populated by monkeys.  The monkeys are everywhere you look – on the side of the road, into town, on the trees, above the houses, on the rocks in the river, visiting the local attractions.  Although regulations prohibit the feeding of monkeys, monkey feeding seems to be one of the top tourist activities in the area.  Due to the general absence of waste baskets,  Smelling the delicious peel, a monkey approached me, hissing, ready to pounce. Later I decided to pose for a picture with the monkey.