Bhopal

Bhopal is capital city of State of Madhya Pradesh of India. It is second largest city of Madhya Pradesh, after Indore. It is also known as “City of Lakes”. It was founded by Parmara Rajput King Bhoj during 1000 A.D. – 1055 A.D. and was capital of Dhar. The name “Bhopal” is derived from “Bhojpal”, where “Bhoj” is the name of King and “Pal”means dam that is constructed to create artificial lakes to cater the need of water. Today’s Bhopal was founded by Afgan soldier Dost Mohammed Khan (1708A.D.-1726A.D.). He bought the Islamic culture & architecture in Bhopal.

Places to See in Bhopal :Bhopal has many tourist attraction inside city and nearby areas.In Bhopal city we can find two beautiful lakes where boating facility is available, Taj-ul-Masjid (one of the largest mosques in Asia), Laxmi Narain temple, Bhojpur(16km.), Bhimbetka(46km.), Sanchi(55km.), Udaigiri caves(72km.) etc.

Distance of other major tourist points/cities from Bhopal, by road, are: Indore (186 km), Ujjain (188 km), Gwalior (423 km), Jabalpur (295 km), Khajuraho (410 km), Pachmarhi (200 km) and Vidisha (65 km). Bhopal has international airport callled “The Raja Bhoj International Airport”. It is very well linked with major cities of India through trains also