| Population:- | 19 Lakhs,Cosmopolitan
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Languages:- | Hindi,English
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Climate:- | 3°C to 42°C
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Rainfall:- | 60 Inches
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TRANSPORTATION:-
Air Services:- To:-Indore,Gwalior,Jabalpur,Delhi and Raipur.
Train Services:- To:-Delhi,Bombay,Jhansi,Gwalior,Agra,Punjab etc.
Main Station--Bhopal Station
2nd Station---Habibgunj
BusServices:To:-
Sanchi,Indore,Khajuraho,Ujjain,Jabalpur.
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Places of Interest:-
Van Vihar:
This safari-park is located on a hill adjacent to the Upper Lake.It has an area of 445 hectares.Wildlife watchers can a wide view of animals specially the
white tiger,tigers and leopards in their natural habitat.
Laxmi Narayan Temple and Museum
This beautiful temple has a Museum attached to it which houses a collection of sculptures from
Raisen, Sehore, Mandsaur and Shahdol districts of
Madhya Pradesh.
Jama Masjid Built by Kudsia Begum in 1837.A beautiful mosque with gold spiked minarets.
Moti Masjid was built by Sikander Jehan daughter of Kudsia Begum in 1860 and is similiar in architecture to Delhi,s
Jama Masjid.
Taj-ul-Masjid is one of the largest mosque in Asia built by Nawab Sahejehan
Begum.An imposing architecture built around a large tank in the centre.
Gohar Mahal Kudsia Begum also known as Gohar Begum built this sprawling palace in 1820.The palace expresses the fusion of
Hindu and Mughal Architecture.
Bharat Bhavan is a centre for performing and visual arts.The centre houses a museum of the arts, an art gallery, a workshop for fine arts, a repertory theater, indoor and outdoor auditoria, a rehearsal room and libraries of
Indian poetry, classical and folk music.
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
(National Museum of Mankind) is spread over 200 acres of undulating land on the Shamla Hills on the Upper Lake front. It is situated in a prehistoric site and may be the only museum in the world strewn with numerous prehistoric painted rock shelters. The museum display has been curated directly by the folk and tribal communities, camping at site, to create a miniature presentation of Indian folk ways through display of ecospecific habitations & subsistance practices in the tribal, coastal, desert, and
Himalayan habitats.
Government Archaeological Museum
A collection of sculptures are on display here belonging to various parts of M.P.The paintings are of various schools and copies of paintings from the
Bagh caves near Mandu and the statues of Alakshmi and the
Buddha.
Places of Interest Nearby: Bhojpur & Bhimbetika
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(Safaris,Tiger Reserves,Nature Spots)
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(Temples,Forts,Historic Sites)
