Murwara

Murwara, also known as Katni, stands on the Katni River in the uplands where Mahakoshal, Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand meet. The surrounding country contains older sacred sites: at Bahoriband a great image of the Jain Tirthankara Shantinatha bears an inscription referring to a chief under the twelfth-century Kalachuri king Gayakarna. Nearby Tigawa preserves an early stone temple and images associated with Hindu and Jain worship, reminders of the region’s long religious history.