Malwa Plateau

• Sacred Geography:

► River Kshipra (Shipra) Udgam → Kakri Bardi Hills, Malwa Plateau
↪ Ujjain (Mahakaleshwar) (Moksha Puri) (Jyotirlinga) (Shakti Peetha) (Place of Kumbha Mela)

► River Chambal (Charmanvati) Udgam → Janapav Hills, Malwa Plateau
↪ Janapav

► River Mahi Udgam → Sardarpur, Dhar district, Malwa Plateau

► River Kali Sindh Udgam → Bagli, Malwa Plateau

► River Parbati Udgam → Sehore district, Malwa Plateau

► River Gambhir Udgam → Malwa Plateau

• Pilgrimages:

• Malwa Plateau (Madhya Pradesh):
► Kshipra (Shipra) (195 km) - Chambal (Charmanvati) (1024 km) - Mahi (580 km) - Kali Sindh (550 km) - Parbati (436 km) - Gambhir Udgam
- Kakri Bardi Hills (Kshipra Udgam)
- Janapav Hills (Chambal Udgam) (Gambhir Udgam)
- Vindhyachal Mehad Lake (Mahi Udgam)
- Vindhyachal Bagli (Kali Sindh Udgam)
- Vindhyachal Sehore (Parbati Udgam)
...
- Ujjain (Avanti) (Moksha Puri) (Jyotirlinga) (Shakti Peetha) (Place of Kumbha Mela) (Kshipra flows)
- Janapav (Chambal Udgam) (Gambhir Udgam)

► Ujjain (Avanti) (Moksha Puri) (Jyotirlinga) (Shakti Peetha) (Place of Kumbha Mela)
(Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh)

▬ River Kshipra (Shipra) flows → Ram Ghat (Aarti)
(Malwa Plateau)
(Shiva Purana)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)
(Srimad Bhagavatam)
(Skanda Purana - Avanti Kshetra Mahatmya)

- Lord Shiva protected devotee brahmin Veda Priya and brahmanas from the atrocities of demon Dushana at Avanti and abides as Mahakaleshwara Jyotirlinga.
- Devi abides in Ujjain (Avanti) as Ujjayini Shakti Peetha and Bhairava Parvata Shakti Peetha.
- Sri Krishna and Sri Balarama studied in the gurukula of sage Sandipani in Avanti and mastered 64 arts in 64 days.
- Sri Krishna returned the dead son of sage Sandipani in Avanti.

► Janapav
(Indore district, Madhya Pradesh)

☗ Janapav Hill
▘ Parashuram Kund
(Malwa Plateau)
(Brahmanda Purana)

- Sri Parashurama incarnated in the Jamadagni Ashrama. Janapav is identified with the place of Jamadagni Ashrama.