On 30th October 21 in the morning at 11 we headed towards Khajuraho from Sagar. Distance between Sagar and Khajuraho is 205 kms. On the way we had lunch and started again to khajuraho but on the way we came across the boards of Bhimkund, Googled it and decided to visit Bhimkund. It is 12-13 kms inside from the main road. Road is rough. Near the Bhimkund, at a turning point due to a dry branch of tree, our car got a big scratch line from headlight to tail lamp. We get too much disappointed. So parked our car a bit away and went by walking.
Bhimkund is a natural source of water and a holy place that dates from the era of the Mahabharata, also known as Neelkund, It is located near Bajna village in Chhatarpur district. It is @ 100km away from khajuraho. It is a place with natural beauty. Water of the Bhimkund is so pure and clean even you can see fishes and other creatures living in the water to certain depths. There are many stories behind the origin of Bhimkund, one is claiming the links from Mahabharata and another link from Lord Vishnu and Narad.
Now the mysterious thing about the Bhimkund is that the depth of Bhimkund is endless and till now no one able to find the actual depth of Bhimkund. Once the discovery channel team came to measure the depth of Bhimkund but they failed and like that every year number of researchers come and try their best to measure the limits of this Kund but no one gets succeed. Normally, when a person dies underwater then the body floats above the surface of the water but Bhimkund has different phenomena. Once the body drowned in this Kund, it never floats up and the body can be never found back. According to the local people, Bhimkund is also an indicator of an upcoming natural disaster. The water level of Bhimkund drastically changes whenever the natural disaster going to happen. In 2004, at the time of the Tsunami the water level rose about 15 feet and the same happened at the time of the Nepal earthquake. When We visited 8-10 boys enjoying swimming in the Kund. It seems to be a neglected place and need some attention. In the cave, near the Bhimkund there is Shiva Temple. On the upper side of the steps that lead to the entrance of Bhimkund is a magnificent temple of Vishnu (Chaturbhuj) and Lakshmi. There is also another ancient temple near this. There are three smaller temples in a row of Lakshmi Narasimha, Rama Darbar and Radha Krishna respectively and you can visit Vaishnavi Bhimadevi Temple at the upstairs on the hill. We clicked some nice photos, had coffee and headed to Khajuraho and reached by 6PM, Checked in hotel Highvill Home Stay. If you are nature lover and on the way from Bhopal to Khajuraho and have time, it is definitely must visit place.
