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'''Mainpat''' is a hill station and small village in the [[Surguja district]] in the northern part of the state of [[Chhattisgarh]], India. It lies about {{convert|55|km}} by road from [[Ambikapur, India|Ambikapur]]. This hill station is 50 km south of [[Chhattisgarh#Divisions|divisional]] headquarter of [[Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh|Ambikapur]], 160 km northeast of [[Korba, Chhattisgarh|Korba]], and 360 km northeast of state capital [[Raipur]].<br />
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This hill station is famous for the ''Ulta Pani'' or ''Bisar Paani'' which seems to defy the gravity and flows upward.<ref name=ulta1/><ref name=ulta2/><br />
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== Overview ==<br />
Mainpat is known as the "[[Shimla/Swiss]] of Chhattisgarh" and is a popular tourist attraction. It is also home to a number of Tibetan religious exiles who worship at a temple dedicated to [[Buddha]] and manufacture designer mats as well as woolen cloth.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://cg.nic.in/surguja/Tourist_places.htm | title = Tourism | publisher = Surguja District Government | accessdate = 14 April 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140914160920/http://cg.nic.in/surguja//Tourist_places.htm | archive-date = 14 September 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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Recently, the village has been developed infrastructure like roads & rest houses for travelers. Here one can easily find a lot of adventurous sports like Trekking, Zorbing Ball, Rapling etc. Fields are covered with yellow and white crops.{{fact|date=January 2019}} <br />
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There is a place in a village called Bisar Paani (5 KM before Mainpat on right side of road going from Ambikapur to Mainpat) where water flows upstream. Villagers have made a canal for watering and water flows upward 30 ft on its own. No device and no scientific explanation could be found.{{fact|date=January 2019}} The hill station features the Tiger Point Waterfall, Fish Point Waterfall, Ghaghi waterfall, Zalzali(bouncing land), Parpatiya view point and Buddha temples.<br />
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== History ==<br />
1962-63 lot of Tibetans migrated to India. [[Government of India]] allotted them the land in Mainpat hill. The Home Ministry gave 3000 acres of land to about 1400 Tibetan immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goyal|first=Anuradha|date=2012-06-01|title=A Bit Of Tibet In Chhattisgarh State At Mainpat Hill|url=https://www.inditales.com/tibet-chhattisgarh-mainpat/|access-date=2020-10-15|website=Inditales|language=en-US}}</ref> The village was traditionally home to the [[Yadav]]s and tribes including the [[Manjhi and Oraon (tribe)|Manjhi]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/raipur/chhattisgarh-plans-mainpat-carnival.html | title=Chhattisgarh plans Mainpat Carnival | publisher=Daily Pioneer | date=25 December 2013 | accessdate=14 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Gravity hill ==<br />
{{ anchor | Ulta Pani | Bisar Paani }}<br />
{{ see also | List_of_gravity_hills#India | l1=List of gravity hills in India }}<br />
'''Ulta Pani''', also called '''Bisar Paani''', is the place on this hill which is a [[gravity hill]] where due to the [[optical illusion]] the water seems to defy the gravity and seems flows from bottom to uphill.<ref name=ulta1>{{cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/ambikapur-news/you-will-shocked-in-cgs-shimla-heres-stream-flows-reverse-see-video-1-2165976/|title=Chhattisgarh facts: छत्तीसगढ़ का शिमला कर देगा हैरान, यहां चढ़ाई की ओर बहती है धारा, नाम है उल्टापानी- देखें Video|website=www.patrika.com}}</ref><ref name=ulta2>[http://abc.action.news/watch?v=DWbeywjx13A ultapani], newsreport.</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Tourism in Chhattisgarh]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Surguja district]]<br />
[[Category:Hill stations in Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Gravity hills]]<br />
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