Part-III , Other Tourist spots of Bhopal

Taj-Ul-Masjid-Bhopal

In part-I, I have written that Bhopal is a city of lakes . Also I have written in part-II that Bhopal is city of Nwabs .

In part-III , I would like to say about some other important places which are also same attractive for tourists;

Shaukat Mahal , This palace is the symbol of rare architecture of Muslim & Hindu style which would not be found elsewhere . This mahal is situated at a very busy chowk of Bhopal . It is myth that this Mahal was designed and constructed under the supervision of a famous French architect .

Van Bihar National Park , this park is the important visit spot of Bhopal . It is situated near the Upper Lake . It is covered approximate 4.44 sq. km areas . It was opened for visitors in 1983 . The national park is strictly protected and watchfully observed zones . Here have huge undergrowth trees which are appropriate environment for animals , birds and reptiles . The main attraction of this park is white tigers . Tourists all over the world come here to visit such types of animals .

Taj-Ul-Masjid , This masjid was built in 19th century . The high peak of this masjid was built by pink bricks and rest part is built of marvels . The graceful structural design makes it one of the important historic tourist spot . It was built under guidelines of Begam Shah Jehan . One big water tank is situated at the center of the masjid . There are enormous courtyards which can accommodate maximum devotees at the time of their prayer. Pillars and halls are richly decorated and built of marvels .

Moti Masjid , this masjid was built in 1860 by Sikander Begum . This is magnificent masjid which visited by huge numbers of Muslim from the every corner of the country . Sikandar Begum was famous for her unconventional mentality . During her ruling time she had built many buildings and memorials .

Sanchi Stupa , this kind of Stupa is belonging to Buddhism . This is great historical place of India . This place is linked with King Asoka and also Bhagaban Buddha . This is very oldest structures of stone of India which enlightens Buddhist followers . This is very worth places of visiting .

Jama Masjid , it was built at the time of Qudisiya Begum . This masjid carries an attractive architecture . This is an amazing masjid and well protected by the state Government . Muslim from different part of the country visits this masjid frequently . This is also a place to visit .

Bhimbetka Caves , this place is most legendary place of the country where huge numbers of visitors are used to come to visit this caves . These caves are most probably the houses of pre-historic people of Paleolithic era . The main attraction of these caves is the paintings on the stone walls of that time . This is very surprising that most of the paintings are still in good condition ; so it can be though that what color they were used and how they prepared all these color and which components they would use and how they would collect all those ! Presently 12 caves are open for visitors when the total numbers of the caves are 600 . In 1957 , the caves were first time discovered . The paintings of the caves are the endorsements of our history and the creation of the descendants who are still the subject of experiment from the world . In 2003 , Bhinbetka Caves was recognized by the world heritage place by UNESCO .

Except these place , other important places are also remain to visit like Gwalior , Indore , Jabakpur,Khauraho , Mandu , Orchha , Ujjain , etc. ; but to visit all these places have to make a plan to visit entire Madhya Pradesh State centering Bhopal city .

Khajuraho Temple-MP

Bhopal- the City of Lakes

Bhopal City

 Bhopal- the City of Lakes Bhopal is situated at the central India. It’s famous for its lakes. All these lakes are combination of natural and artificial. This is also known as fine green cities of India. Bhopal is the 16th largest city in India. This is also 134th largest cities within the world .Bhopal is generally divided in much parts one is old Bhopal and second one is new Bhopal.

 Bhopal disaster by the leakage of gasses from the factory of Union Carbide India Limited was taken place in the month of December of the year 1984. That was the biggest industrial disaster of the world history. It was taken place at the mid night 2nd or 3rd December. Generally during this time are the weather of Bhopal is very coolest .Everybody was sleeping peacefully under the Razai (one kind of local blanket that keeps human body very hot) and most of them did not wake-up in next morning ; they were lost their life during their sleeping . Huge street dwellers were died on the road. Huge dwellers of both parts of the Bhopal city were died on the incident. On that occasion, people of every corner of the world were shown their protest by various ways.

 I went to Bhopal in the year 1991, just after six years of the incident. But the effect of the gas leak was still carrying by air after six years to. I was attacked there by a peculiar eye disease after few days of my reaching at Bhopal .According to the specialist doctor, this is May the effect of post gas leak .I was there nearly three years and during this period, I had been suffered from that eye disease. There after I came back to Kolkata and continued my treatment for a long time. Now I am OK, but my eyes were something damaged.

 Earlier Bhopal was the capital of the Madhya Pradesh one of the province of India. According to the myth of the people, this place was first found by Bhoja, the king of Parama dynasty within 1000-1055 AD.

 Sometime it was the myth that the Bhopal was a small village under the kingdom, Gond. After that, during the Mughal period, one of the Afghan soldiers of Mughal army, namely Dost Mohammad Khan was rearrange this city. Thereafter, the Mughal Emperor, Aurungzeb was died and trendiest Mohammad Khan had taken the entire charge of Bhopal and further reorganized it as a city. Thereafter he added some more places like Berasia estate from the queen of Gond of the Parama dynasty. Thus he had set-up a largest city of Bhopal and took the title of Nawab.

Bhopal is a city of combination of natural beauty, past history, arts and crafts, everything. There are so many places are to visit at Bhopal and its surroundings likes / liked Birla Temple from where the city is looking very colorful at the night.

Bhopal Lake

In the next episode, I will explain briefly to those visible places with their history.