ANALYSING CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPE AROUND NARMADA RIVER PARIKRAMA WITH THE NEED FOR RESILIENT CONSERVATION STRATEGIES

Narmada River is one of the most sacred rivers among the seven (River Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Saraswati, Narmada, Sindhu, Kaweri) from the Indian subcontinent, as mentioned in the ancient scriptures. Its banks and surrounding areas exhibit multiple layers of cultural heritage spanning centuries, which are continued in the contemporary period in both tangible and intangible forms. The River Narmada is worshipped with the unique concept of Parikrama, i.e., circumambulation, of the river as a whol