Must-SeeBandhavgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Among the best odds of seeing a wild tiger anywhere, below an ancient hill fort.
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Madhya Pradesh
16 places on our lists.
Places in Madhya Pradesh
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Must-SeeGwalior Fort
Madhya Pradesh
A vast hilltop fort of palaces and Jain rock carvings, with Jai Vilas Palace in the city below.
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Must-SeeKanha
Madhya Pradesh
The sal forests and meadows said to have inspired The Jungle Book, with tigers and rare barasingha deer.
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Must-SeeKhajuraho
Madhya Pradesh
Temples covered in exquisite, and famously erotic, carvings.
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Must-SeeMandu
Madhya Pradesh
A ruined hilltop city of Afghan palaces, including Jahaz Mahal and Rani Roopmati's pavilion.
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Must-SeeOmkareshwar and Maheshwar
Madhya Pradesh
A Jyotirlinga on an Om-shaped island in the Narmada, near Maheshwar's riverside palace and handloom saris.
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Must-SeeOrchha
Madhya Pradesh
A sleepy Bundela capital of palaces, temples and riverside cenotaphs on the Betwa River.
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Must-SeeSanchi and Udayagiri
Madhya Pradesh
Emperor Ashoka's great stone stupa with its carved gateways, the finest early Buddhist site in India.
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Must-SeeUjjain and Mahakaleshwar
Madhya Pradesh
One of India's seven sacred cities, a Jyotirlinga and Shakti Peetha, known for its dawn Bhasma Aarti and Kumbh Mela.
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Worth a Detour
Worth a DetourBhimbetka Rock Shelters
Madhya Pradesh
Rock shelters painted over thousands of years, some among the oldest art in India.
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Worth a DetourBhopal
Madhya Pradesh
The City of Lakes, with Taj-ul-Masajid, one of India's largest mosques, and an easy base for Sanchi.
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Worth a DetourChitrakoot and Amarkantak
Madhya Pradesh
The forest of Ram's exile on the Mandakini River, and Amarkantak, the hill source of the Narmada.
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Worth a DetourJabalpur and Bhedaghat
Madhya Pradesh
Boat rides through the Narmada's marble gorge, with Dhuandhar Falls, near the city of Jabalpur.
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Worth a DetourPachmarhi
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh's only hill station, among the waterfalls and cave shelters of the Satpura range.
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Worth a DetourPench and Panna
Madhya Pradesh
Pench's teak forests, Mowgli's country, and Panna's gorges near Khajuraho, where tigers have returned.
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If You're Nearby
If You're NearbyIndore
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh's biggest city, known for its street food at Sarafa Bazaar and as India's cleanest city.
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