Narmada (नर्मदा)

Narmada (नर्मदा) is the personification of the Narmada river, revered through pilgrimage and the Narmada Parikrama tradition. Devotional and narrative traditions especially associate this figure with pilgrimage, sacred landscape, purification, endurance and river devotion. Common iconography may include river goddess imagery, water vessel and central Indian sacred geography. Important related names include Reva. The exact stories, ritual customs and visual details can differ by text, region and lineage, so descriptions should distinguish widely shared tradition from local interpretation. For a Madhuma reference page, the strongest people-first angle is to explain who Narmada is, the major stories and symbols, how worship differs across India, important festivals or pilgrimage contexts, and respectful modern practice without presenting devotional belief as historical fact.