Lakes & Water Bodies

Bhimlat Mahadev Waterfall

A dramatic 60-metre waterfall with an ancient Shiva shrine

🗺 Hadoti Region 📍 70 km from Kota ⭐ One of Rajasthan's tallest waterfalls

Bhimlat Mahadev is one of the most spectacular natural sights in the Hadoti region: a waterfall that plunges around 60 metres over a rock face into a deep, green pool, with an ancient Shiva temple sitting beside it. In full monsoon flow the falls are thunderous and the whole gorge fills with mist and the roar of water.

The site combines pilgrimage and picnic, as families come to bathe in the pool, visit the shrine and enjoy the cool, forested surroundings. The approach passes through pretty countryside, and the last stretch is a short walk down toward the water.

Bhimlat is a fantastic monsoon and post-monsoon destination and one of the best natural day trips from Kota. As with any waterfall, take care near the water and around the slippery rocks.

History of Bhimlat Mahadev Waterfall

The Shiva temple at Bhimlat is old, its worship centred on the perennial spring and the great cascade beside it. As at many Hadoti water shrines, the natural feature itself is treated as sacred, a manifestation of Shiva's presence in the wild landscape.

The name links the site to Bhima of the Mahabharata, and the falls have long been a place of local legend and pilgrimage across the Bundi district.

Story & Legend

It is said that the mighty Bhima, strongest of the Pandava brothers, struck the rock here during the years of exile, and where his blow landed the great waterfall of Bhimlat began to flow and has never since run dry.