Best Places To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
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Madhya Pradesh is the state that is in the centre of the country hence called by the name ‘heart of India’. It is bounded by a number of states from all the sides. From the north, it is covered by the state of Uttar Pradesh, east by the state of Chhattisgarh, South by Maharashtra, and the west by Rajasthan and Gujrat.
It is a state of history as well as auspicious feelings. The history of the state dates back to the 10 th century where lived the great kings and heroes namely: Asoka, Kushans, Sathahanas. Moreover, when talking about the auspicious temples of the state the list starts from the state of Ujjain goes to Chitrakoot, Maheshwar, Omkareshwar and ends with Sanchi and Panchmadi.
It also is the shelter to the most number of national parks and famous sanctuaries like Bandhavgarh, Kanha and perch. The state is a blend of urbanity, wildlife, auspicious feelings and modernity.
Let us now discuss the list of best places to visit in Madhya Pradesh:
ORCHHA
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
Orchaa is a town in the state of Madhya Pradesh, which has a royal feel to it.
It is circulated by the forts and old massive buildings to showcase the beauty of the era dating back to 10 th century and shows the ruins of the bundela era.
Suggested Tour – India Wildlife Tour
The forts and the other historical buildings are the key attractions of the small town. What makes it a perfect location is the less population and calmness residing in the city. Which makes it undoubtedly a perfect location.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN OORCHA
• ORCHHA FORT
• JAHANGIR MAHAL
• CHATURBHUJ TEMPLE
• PALKI MAHAL
• RAJ PRAVEEN MAHAL
• LAXMI TEMPLE
• RAJA RAM TEMPLE
• KHANA HAMMAM
• RAJA MAHAL
• DINMAN HARDUL’S PALACE
• PHOOL BAGH
• SAWAN BHADOO PILLARS
• CHATURBHUJ TEMPLE
KHAJURAHO
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
This city is the most famous place in the state of Madhya Pradesh. This place is famous for its Indian art.
The sculptures and the carvings on the wall of the famous temples of Khajuraho are amazingly designed group of twenty-two temples, which have world’s most erotic wall sculptures made on it.
Suggested Tour – Honeymoon At Khajuraho
Khajuraho is world famous for its vast variety of temples and carvings, which makes people, “blow up” with surprise. The set of temples are divided in three sectors, which are divided in western, southern and eastern groups.
Other than these mind- boggling erotic structures the city also has two lakes, which makes it glow more with beauty.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN KHAJURAHO
• CHITRAGUPTA
• DEVI JAGDAMBA
• KANDARIYA MAHADEV TEMPLE
• LAKSHMAN TEMPLE
• PARSVANATH TEMPLE
• MATANGSVERA
• VISHVANATH TEMPLE
• VAMANA TEMPLE
• BIJAMANDALA TEMPLE
• CHAUSAT YOGINI TEMPLE
• DULADEO TEMPLE
KANHA NATIONAL PARK
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
LOVE TIGERS? This is the best place for you my friend. In the state of Madhya Pradesh lies an amazing tourist destination, which is a habitat to a number of wild animals and specially the king of the jungle, TIGERS.
Kanha national park is the second most loved national park in the whole, big wide nation. It is also been divided in four zones for proper care of the animals who will be unable to share what they want. The four-zone division is Kisli, Kanha, Mukhi, and Sarai.
Suggested Tour – Kanha National Park Tour Package
Other than the wild tigers, the national park is also a home of the species that are not found easily in all places like the wild pigs and the jackal. This is the jungle on whose bases the great writer has written his novel, THE JUNGLE BOOK.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN THE KANHA NATIONAL PARK
• PLAN A JUNGLE SAFARI
• ENJOY AT SUNSET POINT
• PLAN A HOMESTAY
BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
Bandhavgarh national park is one amazing place in the arms of the state. Bandhavgarh was a hunting ground of the pre historic kings of the golden era and used to come here and enjoy their passion of hunting the wild animals as a royal fashion.
Suggested Tour – Tiger Photography Tour In Bandavgarh National Park
In the Umaina district of the Madhya Pradesh lies the national park in the area of about 446 sq./km which comprises of the best species of the tiger that is, royal Bengal tiger.
It also comprises of 250 species of wild animals, 37 species of mammals and huge number of reptiles among them the most found are leopard, white tiger and deer’s.
This is a heaven for the photography buffs.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK
• BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL FORT
• JEEP SAFARI
• ELEPHANT SAFARI
• IF LUCKY SEE THE NILGAI
SANCHI
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
Sanchi is best known as a key destination for its Buddhist culture and temples. The city is rich in history and spiritual values.
As a lot of people know that the king Ashoka the great changed himself into a Buddhist and pronounced Buddhist culture all over the world, he also made one of the best and most visited UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE, Sanchi Stupa.
Sanchi was known by the name, Vidhishagiri in the past and was a drop location for the merchants. People intrested in Buddhist culture and traditions take this place on their priority list.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN SANCHI
• SANCHI STUPA
• ASHOKA PILLARS
• GUPTA TEMPLE
• SANCHI MUSEUM
• TORANAS
• BUDDHIST VIHARS
• VARIED MONASTERIES
UJJAIN
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
In need of some spiritual and auspicious peace? This is the best stop you could choose in Madhya Pradesh. Ujjain is situated on the banks of river Shipra and is also termed as ‘the temple city of central India’.
It has numeral temples highlight the bundera art and the architectural beauty from the medieval age. One of the most famous temples is the auspicious ‘Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlingas Temple’
Suggested Tour – Maha Kumbh Mela Ujjain
This peaceful place displaying its spiritual culture is another city in the nation that organises the internationally famous spiritual fir of KUMBH MELA.
Feel the spiritual bliss of the city and enjoy its cultural values, which would best explain the Indian culture with peace and tranquillity.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN UJJAIN
• MAHAKALESHWAR TEMPLE
• HAR SIDDHI TEMPLE
• CHOCK TEMPLE
• SHIPRA RIVER
• RAM GHAT
• CHINTAMAN GANESH TEMPLE
• INDIRA GANDHI STATUE
• GOPAL MANDIR
• VIKRAM KIRTI MANDIR MUSEUM
• KAL BHAIRAV MANDIR
• JANTAR MANTAR
• KALIDEH PALACE
GWALIOR
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
The town of Gwalior is a place most famous on the visitor’s list of best places to visit in Madhya Pradesh. People often plan a short trip to this amazing town when they visit Agra, the Taj city, as it is just 2 hours’ drive from there.
Suggested Tour – Delhi – Gwalior Weekend Tour
Gwalior is famous for its lavish forts and its architecture. The history of the city is very old and diversified with the royalties who made the most lavish and massive forts, for us to look and just wonder about its beauty.
Gwalior also comprises of some amazing temples with high values and they date to as back as the 12 th century.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN GWALIOR
• MAN SINGH PALACE
• TOMB OF TANSEN
• SAS BAHU TEMPLE
• GWALIOR FORT
• TELI KA MANDIR
• JAI VILAS PALACE
• SCINDIA MUSEUM
• TIGER DAMN
• MADHAV NATIONAL PARK
• SUN TEMPLE
• GOPACHAL PARVAT
BHOPAL
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
The capital city of Madhya Pradesh was known by the name of Bhojpal in the 11 th century and is now a definition of the perfect blend of urbanity and historicity.
The city is amazingly decorated on its sides by the blue and calm lakes. Bhopal boasts the architectural missives from the 19 th century rulers of the Muslim dynasty which still has the influence on the capital city.
Bhopal also has a set of attractions like the museums, wildlife reserves and historical remains. People visit this place to see both the sides of the city, the urban as well as the royal.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN BHOPAL
• TAJ- UL- MASJID
• UPPER LAKE
• LOWER LAKE
• VAN VIHAR
• JAMA MASJID
• IDGAH
• GUFA MANDIR
• MUSEUM OF MAN
• SHAUKAT MAHAL AND SADAR MANZIL
• BHARAT BHAVAN
• MOTI MASJID
• BHIMBETKA
• GOHAR MAHAL
• BIRLA MUSEUM
JABALPUR
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
The town in the central state of Madhya Pradesh is famous for its amazing natural beauty that would woe you and make you fall in love with it, at the very first sight.
Jabalpur is situated on the banks of River Narmada this town is a perfect holiday spot with granite and sandstone hills making its way through the rivers like a glacier.
Suggested Tour – 8 Days North India Wildlife Tour
The popular marble rock city is a connecting destination to the nearly placed Kanha National Park.
While you are planning to spend a few days in the national park, take a halt and bless Jabalpur with your presence.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN JABALPUR
• SANGAM SAGAR
• BAJNAMATH
• MADAN MAHAL FORT
• BHEDAGHAT
• PISAN HARI JAIN TEMPLE
• RANI DURGAWATI MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM
• DUMNA NATURE RESERVE PARK
• GURUDWARA GWARI GHAT SAHIB
• FORMATIONS OF MARBLE ROCK
• DHUHANDAR FALLS
CHITRAKOOT
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
The meaning of Chitrakoot is ‘ hill of many wonders’, and it surely is a wonderful place spreading its wings to both Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh this little town has a lot to offer in the terms of mythology.
It is said that this is the town, which was a forest and Lord Rama, with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman spend their exile of 11 years in this very place.
Suggested Tour – Hindu Pilgrimage Tour
Even after being a small gem of a city, it has a lot of attractions and places that attract the people from around the world to know about the past of the lords.
BEST ATTRACTIONS OF CHITRAKOOT
• RAGHAV PRAYAG GHAT
• GUPTA GODAVARI
• SATI ANUSUYA ASHRAM
• VIRADH KUND
• PRAMOD VAN
• LAKSHMAN CHOWKI
• SARYU DHARA
• KALI BARAH FALLS
• RAM SHAIYA
• BHARAT KOOP
• HANUMAN DHARA
• JANKI KUND
• BHARAT MILAP MANDIR
• SHABRI FALLS
INDORE
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
One of the cities that is a proper living town in the state of Madhya Pradesh, the commercial hub has still a lot to offer and proves itself as an interesting place.
The city is located in the southern region of the malwa plateau and has a lot of temples, parks, waterfalls, and amazing cityscape.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN INDORE
• MUHADI FALLS
• RAJWADA
• CHHATRIS
• TOWN HALL
• CHOKHI DHANI
• LALBAGH PALACE
• CENTRAL MUSEUM
• NEHRU PARK
• KANCH MANDIR
• PATALPANI WATERFALLS
• TINCHA WATERFALLS
• INDORE WHITE CHURCH
• RALAMANDAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
OMKARESHWAR
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
Omkareshwar is a temple in its own. One of the sacred most cities in the central India is amongst the 12 Jyotirlingas in the country. This is self-proving the auspicious feeling residing in the air of the town.
Men and women from all over the world visit the town of Omkareshwar, for blissful and peaceful feeling.
Suggested Tour – Jyotirlinga Darshan Tour
Other than this, the beauty of this little town will make you wide eyed with surprise. The flowy river and by the sides the old houses and temples just set an arena of peace and calmness.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN OMKARESHWAR
• 24 AVATARAS
• JYOTIRLINGAS TEMPLE
• RANMUKTESHWAR TEMPLE
• SIDDHARTH TEMPLE
• KAJAL RANI CAVE
• SHRI OMKAR MANDHTARA TEMPLE
PANCHMARHI
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
One of the beautiful hill stations of Madhya Pradesh famous for its cave paintings on the rocks and woods of the forest which are proves of the medieval past attracts hundreds of tourists who are passionate about knowing the past.
A town filled with calmness and solitude makes a traveller fall in love with the place for its immense beauty and attractive places like the waterfalls, lake, forest rocks etc.
The town of panchmarhi is a famous stop for movie directors when shooting a film about the past of medieval’s like the movie ‘Ashoka’.
Tourists who love calm and composed cities will take this place in consideration when making the list of best places to visit in Madhya Pradesh.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN PANCHMARHI
• DHUPGARH
• SANGAM
• PANAR PANI
• SILVER FALLS
• APSARA VIHAR
• JATASHANKAR CAVES
• MAHADEO CAVES
• CHAURAGARH
MORENA
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
MORENA if divided mean “mor”, peacock and “raina” that means abundance, this was a place, which has abundant peacocks in its lap. It was under the princely state of Gwalior before the independence.
Now it is located on an interesting place from where it touches all the three states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
People visit this amazing place for an amazing structure made in the past, which looks exactly like the Vidhan Sabha in Delhi.
BEST ATTRACTION IN MORENA
• KAKAN MATH TEMPLE
• KUTWAR
• JAIN TEMPLES
• MITAWALI
MANDU
Best Place To Visit In Madhya Pradesh
A place in the state that is rich in history and is also a perfect location for men and women who are complete history reading freaks.
The historical structures and remains of the city are almost dating back to the 10 th century.
Often referred to as ‘the Hampi of Madhya Pradesh’ this town is visited by a lot of tourists and travellers to know more about the varied Indian history.
BEST ATTRACTIONS IN MANDU
• ASHARFI MAHAL
• JAHAZ MAHAL
• RUPMATI’S PAVALLION
• HOSHHANG’S TOMB
Plan a trip to this amazing state of Madhya Pradesh and know about the massive history and temples it has in- stored in its lap.
Madhya Pradesh is the heart of India and will no stones unturned to make your heart beat for this state of India. From Bhopal, Indore, Chitrakoot,Gwalior, Sanchi to Kanha National Park, Bandhavgarh National Park, Panchmarhi, Khajuraho, Orchha this state has diversity in its very root.
Visit and enjoy the massive beauty with bags packed and get a tailor made customised tour packages from us and feel free with no tension except of clicking some good photographs for memory purposes.Till then keep enjoying the beauty of travelling.