Tawa Dam : Hoshangabad MP

Location : Tawa Dam (near Itarasi railway junction 30 km and 120 km from Bhopal airport)

Best time to travel : October to March in winter and peak rainy season.

Travel :

Rail : by train to Itarasi (In Delhi-Mumbai / Delhi – Chennai route )

Road : From Bhopal – 120 km

From Itarasi - 30 km

From Hosangabad – 60 Km

Air : Reach Bhopal by Delhi / Mumbai then from Bhopal to Tawa dam side by bus / car/ jeep in 3 hours.

This is one of the unknown locations to all tourists in India; this dam side is totally full of greenery, full of water, full of places for adventurous tracking and peaceful everywhere.

When to reach near to this location from Itarasi, you have to take diversion from highway to dam location. The beautiful journey start from here.

I will start with snap from the roadside view during my journey.

After reaching here you can take rest at the guest house and after you can start your side seeing. First of all make program that you should be at dam side on evening or morning. I started my journey at evening for dam side. It is around 10 km from the guest house and reached there well before sunset and started viewing the ultimate colors created during sunset on water.

Sunset view from dam location –

Another beautiful view from sun set location -

Color on the water due to sunset -

From dam location we gone to near by Shiva temple and then back to Guest house. In the guest house we have very nice view of the valley and nice place to sit and spend time with family and friends.

Morning I waked up with the aim of taking lots of nice scenery of sun rise in this valley.

Started with this snap of sun rise -

Another view from sun rise and see the boatman in the picture -

See the true colors in the water during run rise -

Morning view of the guest house -

Camera Used : Konica Minolta Z1...

after seen lots of places in India and out side India I was surprised as this place is not known even by the local people in near cities like Bhopal and Indore.

I travelled this place on 2'nd and 3'rd Feb 2006 with my family during my India Visit.

Khajuraho MP

Place : Khajurahu MP India
Best time to visit : Oct to Feb
Nearest airport : Khajuraho (Flights from Delhi india)
Train station : Jhanshi , Satna
Another attaraction : Panna tiger national park

In the 27th centuary of Kali yuga the Mlechcha invaders started attacking North India some Bargujar Rajputs moved towards east to central India,they ruled over North-Eastern region of Rajasthan called Dhundhar and were refered to as Dhundhel/Dhundhela in ancient times, for the region they governed. Later on they called themselves Bundelas and Chandelas those who were in the ruling class having gotra Kashyap were definately all Bargujars they were vassals of Gurjara - Pratihara empire of North India which lasted from 500 C.E. to 1300 C.E. and was at its peak when major monuments were built.The Bargujars also built the Kalinjar fort and Neelkanth Mahadev temple similar to one at Sariska National Park and Baroli, being Shiva worshipers. The city was the cultural capital of Chandela Rajputs, a Hindu dynasty that ruled this part of India from the 10th to the 12th centuries. Political capital of Chandelas was Kalinjar. The Khajuraho temples were built over a span of 200 years, from 950 to 1150. The Chandela capital was moved to Mahoba after this time, but Khajuraho continued to flourish for some time. Khajuraho has no forts because the Chandel Kings never lived in their cultural capital.
Check out these few snaps from Khajuraho temple
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