Amarkantak

Sacred site (tirtha) at the headwaters of
the Narmada River, in the Vindhya
mountains in the state of Madhya
Pradesh. As with all the junctions of
India’s sacred rivers, Amarkantak is
held to be an especially holy place for
religious actions. Most pilgrims go there
to perform common pilgrimage rites
such as snana (bathing) and shraddha
(memorial rites), but Amarkantak is also
one of the places mentioned in Sanskrit
texts as a site for religious suicide.