Best & World Famous Tourist Spots Of Incredible Bhopal- Heart Of India
“Welcome To The City Of lakes”
The capital city Bhopal is
loved by the travelers for its natural beauty and some of the best ancient
monuments. Bhopal is founded and developed by Raja Bhoj of Parmara dynasty (AD
1000–1055). Bhopal is famous for its lakes infact it is known as city of lakes
in India.
Bhopal is one of the favorite
tourist spot for all types of travellers such as family, kids and couples.
Infact it is mostly preferred
by couples and singles who loves natural beauty. The spring season and winter
season is the best time to enjoy the natural essence of Bhopal. Bhopal contains
21 main tourist attraction spots which are mostly explored by the travelers of
India and foreign tourists. Local attractions of this city of lakes can be
enjoyed at any time of day from morning to evening according to any time of
travelers. Any traveler who wants to enjoy the natural beauty of Bhopal can’t
leave this beautiful city in 2 to 3 days.
The most favorite tourist
spots which can’t be leaved in this description are mentioned below;
Jama Masjid;
It is a small but attractive
mosque which was built in 1837 by Qudisiya Begum.
The most illustrious feature
of this well-preserved mosque is the two gigantic minarets in order to clearly
evident by bare eyes even through a significant distance.
This monument reflects the
deftness of Islamic artists whereas the interiors of this historic mosque are
amazing. Jama Masjid contains three bulbous cupolas along with a chain of
alabaster-white columned arch in addition with a marble interior chamber. This
historic mosque holds huge importance as a sacred place.
That’s why this mosque is frequently visited
by tourists for a large extent.
Lower lake of Bhopal
The lower lake of Bhopal
along with a park is an awesome place to enjoy the leisure time of evening. Any
person will love boating along with snacks in a favorable weather at lower Lake
of Bhopal.
This beautiful lake is
positioned at magnificent hills and the bigger Upper Lake is a stunning residue
of the famous Mughal Empire.
That’s why MP tourism club of
boating presents thrilling trips to sail across the shores of lake via motor
boats and Paddle boats for the people who love adventures. That’s why the Bhopal
is abbreviated as “city of lakes”.
Sanchi Stupa
Sanchi Stupa is situated
inside a small town, Sanchi. It is on the outer edge of Bhopal. This lake city
is also worldwide famous for its Buddhist monuments. An interesting story tells
that the great emperor Ashoka married a daughter of local merchant when he came
here. This made sanchi as his centre and then he constructed many memorial
monuments and buildings. The world famous Sanchi stupa and Ashoka pillar
illustrates his superb works of that era.
Along with the chronological
buildings, any traveler would not like forget to trip the archaeological
museum.
Fish Aquarium
This beautiful aquarium is
located in the neighborhood of Raj Bhavan. The fish aquarium area is Spread
over one hectare.
It is a two-storey fish house
build in a fish-like configuration. The Fish Aquarium is completely contain 66
variety of fishes.
It is full of fresh water
types Common fishes and ornamental fishes which can be easily noticed from the
upper fish house that contains paradise blue, golden shark and much other type
of famous fishes.
Bhimbetka Caves
Bhimbetka caves illustrate
the living style of the initial human residents of India. These caves comprises
of beautiful carved rock shelters. The Amazing paintings of Bhimbetka caves
cover the rock surfaces which can attract any tourist that loves archeology.
Now these caves are one of
the most popular attractions in tourism of Bhopal. Any tourist who wants to
experience the relics on the walls of the caves should plan a day’s pleasure
trip. Bhimbetka caves are a wonderful tourist spot for those spots who wants to
explore the enthralling history of the stone age of India in order to admire
their solitude.
Taj-ul-Masjid
Taj-ul-Masjid is known as
‘The Crown of Mosques’. This historical mosque was too used as a madrasah.
Sultan Shah Jehan who was the Begum of Bhopal (1868-1901) initiates the
construction of this world wide famous mosque. However, its
construction finished after 1971 only from the efforts of Allama Mohammad Imran
Khan Nadwi Azhari.
The Design of this monument features a pink frontage
while on its top stands two 18 floor of octagonal minars along with marble
domes. There are three enormous bulbous domes below the marble domes of mosque.
Taj-ul-Masjid also has a major hallway among beautiful pillars as well as
marble floorings. Furthermore, the mosque encloses a courtyard with a big tank
in its central position.
The two storey gateway in the patio poses four concealed
archways along with nine cuspidor multifold openings which lead to the central
prayer hall. The Quibble wall which is inside the prayer lobby is decorated by
eleven lower-level arch carvings along with finest screens of lattice work. The
pillars take hold of 27 ceilings in which 16 are ornate petal led designs.
Van Vihar National Park;
Van Vihar is a National Park
which is also loved by the tourists who enjoys wildlife photography. It is
located at the heart of the Bhopal. Van Vihar is an oasis of vegetation
extended across a region of 445 hectares.
Van Vihar houses a variety of
flora and fauna. It provides shelter to orphan animals which are brought from
all over Indian wildlife centuries and forests. That’s why it was confirmed as
a national park in 1983. Since then it is designed in the form of modern
zoological park. The backwoods of the zoo also recognized as a model for avian
fauna.
Avian fauna comprises more
than 200 species of famous birds that migrates in the park all through the
winter season. The Forest
Department of Madhya Pradesh maintains and administrates Van Vihar National
Park.
Upper Lake
Upper Lake was formed in 11th
century by Raja Bhoj. This beautiful lake is argued as the oldest artificial
lake of India. Native people of Bhopal called this lake as ‘Bada Talaab’,
This lake was known for curing the skin
diseases of ancient king.
This lake is not enclosed from human settlements like lower lake however it has urban population in east and in west it has rural catchment.
Upper lake is the core for
water activities of tourists and local people in Bhopal. The Beauty of upper
lake is increase due to Kamla Park.
Moti Masjid
Moti Masjid also plays an
important role in the tourism for city of lakes.
This mosque has an attractive shrine which glorifies the past of city of lakes and Begums of India. Moti masjid is universally called as a Pearl Mosque. This shrine was built in 1860 by Sikander Jehan who was a begum of India. Its architecture and design is similar to Jama Masjid of Delhi. The beautiful minarets are only used for calling prayer of the faithful followers of Islam.
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