Bemetara

Bemetara lies on the Chhattisgarh plain, north of the country around Durg. Local tradition connects its name with a queen called Vyomtara. The region belonged to the historical country of Dakshina Kosala, where Kalachuri rulers held sway from centres including Ratanpur and Raipur. Maratha forces entered Chhattisgarh in the eighteenth century, and the plains around Bemetara came under the Bhonsles of Nagpur as the older dynasties lost their power.