Jabalpur – Beautiful City of Madhya Pradesh
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Jabalpur is a beautiful city located in Madhya Pradesh in the center of India. Jabalpur is also known as Sanskarshani and is world famous for its marble rocks & waterfall at Bhedaghat.
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Jabalpur is a beautiful city located in Madhya Pradesh in the center of India. Jabalpur is also known as Sanskarshani and is world famous for its marble rocks & waterfall at Bhedaghat. Jabalpur was the capital of Gond dynasty during the 12th century. Jabalpur was later the seat of the Kalchuri dynasty. The Gonds later seized Jabalpur city in the 13th century, and made it their capital. During the 16th century it became the powerful states of Gondwana’s. By the early 16th century, it had become the powerful kingdom of Gondwana. From time to time, the Mughal rulers tried to overrun it. It was also beleaguered by the Mughals and finally it was conquered by the Marathas in the end of 17th century. The British made Jabalpur the commission headquarters of the Narmada territories and established a cantonment here. Jabalpur city is considered tourism city of Madhya Pradesh as it is surrounded by 7 most popular tourist destinations of Madhya Pradesh like Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pachmarhi, Amarkantak, Khajuraho, Pench National Park, all within 250 km. Jabalpur is a beautiful place to visit. The fabulous environs provide an excellent retreat from the busy life of the metropolitans. It is an administrative and educational center and is the gateway to important wildlife sanctuaries around it. Today Jabalpur is an important administrative centre, abustle with commercial activity.
Places to see :
Jabalpur is surrounded by some popular tourist destinations of Madhya Pradesh .Jabalpur is a beautiful city, famous for its marble rocks and water falls at Bedaghat.
Madan Mahal Fort : Jabalpur is also famous for eroded volcanic rock formations called as Balancing Rock of Jabalpur on the way to Madan Mahal Fort. Built on 11th century by Gond ruler, Raja Madanshah, this fort is a pride of Jabalpur city.
Dhuandhar: The waterfall is known as Dhuandhar since the water droplets at the fall go above in concentrated mass and crete illusion of vapours. The famous waterfall is located just 25 km from Jabalpur.
Bhedaghat :Soaring in glittering splendour, the marble rocks at Bhedaghat rise to a hundred feet on either side of the Narmada. Marble rocks is at a distance about 25 km from Jabalpur by road.
Bargi Dam: It’s also a tourist spot, recently the local autorities have started a cruise boat which runs on the reservoir of Bargi dam. It is a multipurpose project on river Narmada.
Kanha National park : The park is also the birth place of the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Nearest cities from Kanha National Park are Jabalpur, Raipur, Nagpur. Jabalpur and Nagpur is on National Highway-7 which connects Varanasi from Kanyakumari.
How to reach :
Air: The city is connected by regular flights to the different parts of the country. Any flights from Delhi via Bhopal also help the tourists to reach Jabalpur .
Rail : It has direct trains to Satna (189 km, 3 hours), Varanasi (505 km, 13 hours) and Bhopal (336 km ). The Railway Station is Located North of the Civil Lines area.
Bus :Jabalpur is on the National Highway 7 and is well connected by bus with Bhopal, which is about 8 hrs away, Indore, Satna, Raipur and Nagpur
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