Places of Interest in Madhya Pradesh
Bandhavgarh
This is a small National Park; compact, yet full of game. The density of the
tiger population at Bandhavgarh is the highest known in India. This is also
white Tiger country. These have been found in the old state of Rewa for many
years. The last known was captured by maharaja Martand Singh in 1951 . This
White tiger , Mohun, is now stuffed and on display in the Palace of the Mahrahahs
of Rewa.
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Bhopal
Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, is a fascinating amalgam of scenic beauty,
historicity and modern urban planning. It is situated on the site of a 11th
century city, Bhojapal, founded by Raja Bhoja. The founder of the existing city
was however an Afghan soldier of fortune, Dost Mohammed. Fleeing from Delhi
in the chaotic period that followed Aurangazeb's death, Dost Mohammed encountered
the beautiful Gond queen Kamalapati, who sort his aid after the murder of her
consort.
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Chitrakoot
Chitrakoot:
This loveliest of nature's gifts is also hallowed ground, blessed by the gods
and sanctified by the faith of pilgrims. For Chitrakoot's spiritual legacy stretches
back to legendary ages: it was in these deep forests that Rama and Sita spent
eleven of their fourteen years of exile; here, that the great sage Atri and
Sati Anusuya meditated; and here where the principal trinity of the Hindu pantheon,
Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, took their incarnations.
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Gwalior
Gwalior
Kachwahas and Tomars have left indelible etching of their rule in this city
of palaces, temples and monuments. The magnificent momentoes of a glorious past
have been preserved with care, giving Gwalior a unique and timeless appeal.
The ancient capital of Gwalior is steeped in the splendour of its past. A multitude
of regning dynasties, of the great Rajput clans of the Pratiharas.
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Jabalpur
Jabalpur pleasure resort and capital of the gond kings during the 12th century,
jabalpur was later the seat of the kalchuri dynasty. The Marathas held sway
over jabalpur until 1817, when the Brritish wrested it from them and left their
impression on the spacious cantonment with its colonial residences and barracks.
Today jabalpur is an important administrative centre, abustle with commercial
activity.
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Kanha
The Kanha National Park, in Madhya Pradesh, forms the core of the Kanha Tiger
Reserve created in 1974, under Project Tiger. Stretching over 940 sq km, the
vegetation, chiefly made of sal and bamboo forests, grasslands and streams,
this park is the sole habitat of the rare hardground barasingha.
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Khajuraho
The
temples of Khajuraho are India's unique gift to the world, representing, as
they do, a paean to life, to love, to joy; perfect in execution and sublime
in expression. Life, in every form and mood, has been capured in stone, testifying
not only to the craftsman's artistry but also to the extraordinary breadth of
vision of the Chandela Rajputs under whose rule the temples were conceived and
constructed.
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Orchha
Orchha was founded in the 16th century by the Bundela Rajput chieftain Rudra
Pratap who chose this stretch of land along the Betwa river as an ideal site
for his capital. Of the succeeding rulers, the most notable was Raja Bir Singh
Ju Deo who built the exquisite Jehangir Mahal, a tiered palace crowned by graceful
chhatries. From here the view of soaring temple spires and cenotaphs is spectacular.
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Sanchi
Sanchi
is known for stupas, monasteries, temples and pillars dating from the 3 rd century
BC to the 12th century AD. The most famous of these monuments, the Sanchi Stupa
1, was originally built by the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, the then governor of
Ujjayini, whose wife Devi was the daughter of a merchant from adjacent Vidisha.
Their son Mahindra and daughter Sanghamitra were born in Ujjayini and sent to
sri Lanka, where they converted the king, the queen and their people to Buddhism.
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Shivpuri
Shivpuri, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, was once the summer capital of the
Scindia clan of Gwalior. Prior to that, its thick forests were the hunting grounds
of Emperor Akbar. They were home to the tiger, and the site of many a grand
shikar, resulting in several big cats being 'bagged' by royal huntsmen. The
sylvan surroundings and an other - worldly aura that it exuded, made it the
natural choice as the summer resort capital of the Scindias. Shivpuri's royal
ambience still lives on in its majestic palaces, hunting lodges, exquisitely
adorned chhatries (cenotaphs) built by the Scindias.
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