Marble Rocks

Jabalpur, India

This small place of Jabalpur situated on the banks of river Narmada and widely famous for its marble rocks is at a distance about 25 Km from Jabalpur by road. Soaring in glittering splendour, the marble rocks at Bhedaghat rise to a hundred feet on either side of the Narmada. The serene loveliness of the scene is one of cool quiet, the sunlight sparkling on the marble-white pinnacles and casting dappled shadows on the pellucid waters. Sunlight, now glancing from a pinnacle of snow-white marble reared against the deep blue of the sky as from a point of silver ; touching here and there with bright lights the prominences of the middle heights; and again losing itself in the soft bluish grays of their recesses. Here and there the white saccharine limestone is seamed by veins of dark green or black volcanic rock; a contrast which only enhances, like a setting of jet, the purity of the surrounding marble.The Marble Rocks are best explored by boat. There are shared (₹100 per head) and charted boat (₹800 for a six seater boat. services. The boatman doubles up as a guide narrating the story in Hindi, in a poetic and comical way. The boat ride takes about 45 minutes to one hour. Their are special boat rides on full moon nights. The boat rides are suspended during the monsoon months (July - September).