Bhopal

Famous for:
Capital of Madhya Pradesh, called the city of lakes and mosques.


Video: Bhopal city

Background:
Bhopal, the Capital of Madhya Pradesh, is built over the 11th century city of Bhojapal, built by King Bhoja.
The founder of the present city was Dost Mohammad, a Afghan soldier who came here from Delhi some time in 1720's.
Bhopal has now two parts, the Old Bhopal, which has marketplace, mosques and palaces and New Bhopal, which is a modern well planned side of the city with broad roads, parks and gardens.

What to see:
Shaukat Mahal and Sadar Manzil
Location: in the Chowk area in the heart of the city.
Gohar Mahal
Location: On banks of upper lake behing Shaukat Mahal
Taj-ul-Masjid


Video: Taj Ul Masajid, Asia's Biggest Mosque in Bhopal

Bharat Bhavan
Jama Masjid
Moti Masjid
Laxmi Narayan Temple
Location: On the Arera Hills
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
Location: On Shamla Hills on the Upper Lake front
Upper and Lower Lakes


Video: View of the Upper Lake

Aquarium
Location: Near Lower Lake.
Van Vihar
Location: On hill adjacent to the Upper lake

Near By Attraction
Sanchi
Location: 46 km from Bhopal
Islamnagar
Location: 11 km from Bhopal
Raisen
Location: 45 km from Bhopal

Reaching there:
Air: Bhopal airport (12 km from old city) is connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Indore, Raipur and Gwalior.
Rail: Bhopal on the main Delhi - Chennai line of Central railway. Trains from Mumbai to Delhi via Jhansi also goes to Bhopal.
Road: NH 12 (Jabalpur - Bhopal - Khilchipur - Aklera - Jhalawar - Kota - Bundi - Devli - Tonk - Jaipur) and NH 86 (Kanpur - Chhatarpur - Sagar - Bhopal - Dewas) are the National Highways passing through Bhopal.
Bhopal is well connected with other important Indian cities by road and has taxi and regular bus service from places like Indore, Khajuraho, Ujjain and Jabalpur.

Courtesy : www.India-tourist.com
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