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Gotmar Mela

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Gotmar Mela Its beginning is considered to be around 17th AD. Legends There are many types of legends regarding the organization of this fair. The most popular and common legend among these legends is that a tribal girl from Savargaon had fallen in love with a boy from Pandhurna. Both of them got married secretly. Pandhurna's son was going to Savargaon with his friends and was taking the girl away with him. At that time there was no bridge on the Jam River. There was neck-deep water in the river, which could be crossed by swimming or sitting on someone's back and when the boy was going through the river with the girl, the people of Savargaon came to know about it and started attacking the boy and his companions with stones. Did. On receiving the information, people from Pandhurna side also started pelting stones in response. These two lovers died in the middle of the Jam river due to the shower of stones between Pandhurna Paksha and Savargaon Paksha. After the death of both the