In his Highlands of Central India Captain J. Forsyth speaks eloquently about
the infinitely varied beauty of the rocks: "the eye never wearies of the
... effect produced by the broken and reflected 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 prominence
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."
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.
These white rocks with views of black and dark green volcanic seams are truly
majestic, and produce a magical effect on moonlit nights.
The holy river flows by tranquilly flanked by the towering cliffs which reflect
in it like a mirror the changing moods of nature. A little distance away, it
becomes turbulent as it plunges in a mighty water fall known as Dhuandhar.
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