Bandakpur

Bandakpur is though a small town in the district of Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, but is well known for the famous temple of Lord Shiva - The Jageshwar Nath temple. The temple is well kept, maintained, is neat and has a serene atmosphere. It's well spread, has quite spacious a courtyard and can cater for special needs like Mundan, Satya-Narayan katha and other family spiritual needs.

There is main temple where Shiva-Linga is situated in main sanctum. Devi Parvati is facing lord Shiva on adjacent temple. There are temples for other deities

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Parvati temple facing Shiva temple

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Main Shiva temple

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All the Kanvar-Baskets which are used by Kanvariyas to fetch Narmada river water.

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Temple Premises

• Radha-Krishna
• Durga Devi
• Kaal-Bhairav
• Lord Vishnu
• Lakshmi Devi
• Devi Narmada
• Hanuman and Ganesh

The temple opens up early morning(5.30 AM during Summer and 6 AM during Winter) but remains close for couple of hours during Mid-day (exact time not known). Sometimes, it can lead to disruption of planned schedule unless one reaches there in morning hours or after about 3 PM. Every year, many Kanvaraiya (people who fetch water pot from Narmada river and keep this water pot on special bamboo basket like balance structure.) fetch Narmada-Jal by walking from Narmada and pour that holy water to lord Shiva.

Connectivity:

• BY ROAD - It is well connected by roads from all directions. It is 14 km from Damoh and 120 km from Jabalpur. Buses and regular service of other public vehicles are available from Damoh.
• AIRPORT - Nearest airport is at Jabalpur about 133 km from Bandakpur.
• TRAIN/ Railway - Though Bandakpur itself is a rail station but some long distance trains may not halt there.

Support establishments: The township doesn't have much in terms of hotels or eating joints except for small dhabas, etc. But Damoh, a district headquarters, can be a base for stay. There is small market surrounding the temple court-yard where you can purchase puja-items and toys, books etc.

Mela: Large Mela gathering happens every year on Basant Panchami and Shivratri. Crowd gathers on Somvati Amavasya also.(No moon which occurs on Monday)

Sansad Aadarsh Gram: Mr. Prahlad Singh Patel MP of Damoh Loksabha taking Bandakpur as a Aadarsh Gram for Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojna.

Damohdistrict.net: [[Damohdistrict.net]] web portal is also having some detail about Bandakpur Jageshwarnath Shiv mandir.