Dargah , Takia Island in the middle of lake attracts you to know more about it .

Bhopal , known as city of lakes , steeped in romance.It is stories within a story, set in chapters that make you want to linger and turn the page, all at the same time. It stars a king who fell terribly ill, a deep sparkling lake and a queen of incomparable beauty.In between waters , there is something which is related to faith and such religious aspects to it .Holy Mazar at Takia Island in the center of ‘Bada Talab’. Takia Island which has a tomb of Shah Ali Shah Rahamatullah Alla. The place where people go from boats at Takia Island of Ali Shah.

More about the Island

Hazrat shah Ali Shah Rahmatullah Alaih was a great sufi saint of Bhopal. He used to live on an isolated island in the Upper Lake of Bhopal in the 18th century. At that time, very few people dared to go to the island and the sufi saint used to meditate in complete solitude and isolation. After his death, people came to know about his ‘karamaat’ and started to flock the Takia island. Earlier, there was only his grave there. But during some years back, the caretaker Syed Rizwan Ali has made some good constructions at Takia Island including a domed mausoleum.

Attractions

The people get attracted to this religious place , as it is all surrounded by water . When you reach at the lake you find boats there , you have to hire one and which will take to this place . One could feel the connection between the soul and place here at Takia Island. The beauty of this place can not be expressed in words , one could feel it by reaching here . The island looks even more beautiful at night time , it is given the green lights which increases its beauty even more , when seen at night . But it is not allowed to go there at night .

Address And Timings

Address : Upper lake area , Boat club Takia Island , bhopal (462002)

timings : Before 7 pm

Perfect artistic work of women prisoners can be seen in the Doll Museum of Bhopal

Usually whenever we heard name related to doll either we think about children play toy or we relate it with a horror story. Well in the case of this its starkly different. Yes, this doll is actually made by jail inmates and then transferred to this museum.

About the Doll Museum
Rechristened recently as Kanha emporium, this museum at former jail houses dolls and other handmade items from different jail inmates across the state. Popularly known as the “Guria ghar” (the doll house). This is one of the famous tourist attraction in Bhopal.

Women prisoners and Doll Museum
Doll House is also known as Doll Museum. It’s a result of innovative and ingenious vision and effort to channelize the energy and artistic qualities of women prisoners. It is situated in the premises of the old jail. It is the result of encouraging the constructive artistic aptitude of all those imprisoned women who are spending their lives in total isolation, far away from the society and culture, surrounded by the walls of the jails.

Address and Timings
Address: Jail Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Timings: 10:30am to 4:30 pm
Monday closed

One can sense what happened at 2 December 1984 by visiting at Bhopal Museum

It’s very difficult to forget that horrific night when Bhopal gas tragedy occurred. According to the public of Bhopal still one can sense the presence of the poisonous gas in the aura of that area. The memories of December 2, 1984 have not been vanished from the mind of people in addition Madhya Pradesh government built the Bhopal museum to aware people about that night and to pay homage to the victims of that tragedy.

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About the Bhopal Museum

The memories of December 2, 1984 have been collected under one roof, just a few km from the Union Carbide factory. Split into five sections – Trauma Room, Health Room, Anderson Wall, Toxic Water Wall, Compensation Room and the Movement Room. It has at least 50 original audio recordings of gas survivors, doctors on duty on the fateful night, the forensic expert who conducted mass autopsies and those who survived in the tragedy.

Designed and Conceptualized

Designed and conceptualized of Bhopal museum designed by museologist Vivek Seth, it is the brainchild of a curator and Washington Post journalist, Rama Lakshmi.

Bhopal Gas Tragedy

The Bhopal disaster christened as Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was considered as of 2010 to be the world’s worst industrial disaster ever. Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas. The highly toxic substance made its way into and around the shanty towns located near the plant. The poisonous gas sprawled all around the area.

Address and Timings of Bhopal Museum

Address: Sr HIG 22, Housing Board Colony, Berasia Road,

Karond, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462001

Timings: 10 AM – 5 PM

The cave temple , said to have water streams which twist and turn into dark corners

Gufa Mandir at Lalghati in Bhopal is said that it has been discovered by late Swami Narayandas in the year 1949. The spacious temple comprises of many natural caves on which rest the beautiful idols of Gods from the Hindu mythology, including those of Lord Shiva, Ram- Laxman, Sita, Lord Hanuman and Goddess Durga. A place of great spirituality, the Gufa Mandir sees many devotees on any given day. Inside the natural cave temple are little streams of water, which twist and turn into dark corners, making a visit to this place a surreal experience. There is also a Sanskrit college inside the temple premises.

Attractions

The main points to make the temple a center of attraction and specials are as follows:

-Seven natural caves

-The cave built roof is approximately 25 feet long and wide

-Water dripping naturally on the cave located Shivlinga

-Radh-Krishna’s beautiful lamps, including Ram-Janaki and Laxman

-Temple of old Hanuman ji

-Sanskrit school and college

-Ayurvedic Dispensary

-Reading room

-Cow shed

-Religious and cultural events organized from time to time

In the premises

It has sanskrit college which is very famous .Shri Ramanand Sanskrit College, run by the Cave Temple, got government approval in 1989. Here, for the sake of Sanskrit education, children admitted to the 8 th of the 12 to 14 years of age are admitted. After admission to the ashram, the education to Acharya (MA) is given by the free residential system. This school belongs to the Sanskrit Board of the Government of Madhya Pradesh. In the temple, Sanskrit Communication Camps are also organized in association with Sanskrit Bharti.

Temple Fair

In addition to a large fair that takes place on the holy festival of Mahashivaratri , fairs are also held in Navaratri and Sawan. Various religious-cultural programs are organized in Navaratri. Apart from this, crowds and cultural events are also seen on national festivals.

Address

Address : Nayapura , Lalghati road

Nice place to visit , by the waterfront

The view from this place is something which one can never forget . By the Waterfront , Vardhaman park has a lot of visitors specially in monsoons .This is a nice , decent garden from where one can also access the boat facility to the lake .This place is really very pleasant and calm .The pathway were you can take the whole tour of the place , adoring the nature , the water front , sounds of birds .This place will definitely make you come here .

Ambiance

At Vaerdhaman Park , one could feel the peacefulness of the place along with the view of beautiful nature around it . The trees , the lake , boats , fountains , sound of birds this all will make your soul satisfied and you will feel like you should for some more time there .

Attractions

The Park has a waterfront here , which is the main attracting part of this park and also the sunset looks really beautiful from here . Apart from this people come here for jog or walk here in early morning or evening time . Apart from the part, when you walk out of the place you have so many things to explore here , like horse riding , boating , van vihar if you are a animal lover and many more things are there to explore here .When you walk out of the park there is a small waterfall too which looks very beautiful and near by are two temples also .

Food

There are a lot of options of food here . Many people come here with there families , friends , partners on a picnic , so mostly they carry there own stuff . Apart from this when you come out the park you get a hotel known as hotel ranjeet , then going a head you have tea pot , cafe coffee day, winds and waves , lehar , zauk any more food options here .

Address

Address :Lake View Walk Path, near Kamla Park, Krishna Nagar, Shymala Hills, Bhopal

Take a gleam of telecom exhibits by visiting at this Museum.

Bhopal is widely known as the City of Lakes. But with its string of museums, it can be described as City of Museums too. Encapsulating the history of human civilisation to tribals to flora and fauna to newspapers to telephony and to even dolls. Needless to say, most of the objects displayed in these institutions are enormous and gives us the opportunity to take a glance of our culture and history.

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About the Museum

National Telecom Museum, only one of its kinds in Asia, was inaugurated on 18 August, 1995, by Sh. P. S. Saran, Member(Services), Telecom Commission, New Delhi. It is located at Arera Telephone Exchange Bhopal.

Unique exhibits of the Museum

The National Telecom Museum is full of unique exhibits, some of which are Red sandstone pillers used to erect India’s first long distance telegraph line between Calcutta and Agra in 1851 over a distace of about 1000 miles, Heiten Galvanometer used for Morse Telegraph link between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour, 900 kg bronze gong of the clock tower of Simla Telegraph Office, a 1880 vintage, Office table of Sir C. V. Raman, 1930 Physics Nobel Laurate along with his office ceiling fan.

Address

Address: Office of Divisional Engineer (Internal),

Arera Telephone Exchange, Bhopal

Peer gate road of Bhopal would show you the mystic powers of Sant Kamali

Bhopal city is the amalgam of scenic beauty and old historic places. It is situated on the site of an 11th century city Bhojpal which is founded by Raja Bhoj. The present city was planned and established by an Afghan soldier, Dost Mohammed (1707 -1740). His descendants build Bhopal into a mesmerizing place.

Rulers of the place

The city of Bhopal has witnessed many changes since it was found by the Afghan soldier Dost Mohammed in the year 1708 for the Gond queen, Kamlapati. Kamlapati palace is also one of the famous palace in Bhopal. The power then went transferred to the Afghans and their descendants. The old city still gives you the glimpse of past glory of the rulers, among them succession of powerful Begums who ruled Bhopal from 1819 to 1926. The city has been through many phases, turbulent as well as disastrous.

Sant Kamali Maharaj at Hanuman Mandir

There was a Sant by name Kamali also christened as Kamaldas during the reign of Begum Shahjahan. The Sant was an ardent devotee of Lord Hanuman. He was living under a peepal tree in the then garden maintained by Begum Shahjahan.

Jagratha

Many people use to visit him to have dharshan of the Sant and take his blessings. Every day there use to be a bhajan in the praise of Lord Ram and Hanuman and on finishing of the bhajan the Sant use to blow the conch for long. For many days jagrathra use to performed ie, bhajan throughout the night and will come to an end only in the dawn.

Encounter of Sant Kamali

Begum Shahjahan took objection to the blowing of the couch especially during the wee hours. She ordered his soldiers to find out as to who is responsible for this. The soldiers reported back stating that Sant Kamali is performing bhajan and he is blowing the couch. The Begum ordered that the playing of conch will be treated as offence. When the message was carried by the soldiers to the Sant, in reply Sant told them that he would neither stop the bhajan or playing of conch till his death. Begum ordered killing of the Sant to the soldiers for his disobedience of the royal order.

Orphic powers of the Sant Kamali

The soldiers when went to execute the Sant, they got astonished as found the Sant was lying dead under the peepal tree. The matter was reported to the Begum Shahjahan. But the next day early morning again the couch was played. Begum was annoyed and asked the soldiers to find out whether the Sant is really dead. She asked the commandant to behead the Sant and take apart the hands and legs. When went to the peepal tree to execute the royal orders, the commandant found that the Sant Maharaj cut into peaces and laying there. The commandant went back to the Begum and reported the matter.

Begum visited the place

Again next day Begum heard the sound of the couch. Stunned Begum went personally to see as to what is happening in her garden. She could hear the couch blowing but could see the couch but not the Sant Kamali. She realised that the Sant is genuine and apologised for her act. Sant Kamali Maharaj appeared from nowhere and told her that he will be performing his duty till the Lord calls him.

Begum Khurishia

During the reign of Begum Khurishia Sant Kamali was donated eight acares of land for construction of the temple. It all begun when the Begum lost her loved necklace, even after long search in the Mahal there was no trace of it anywhere. On a quick thought she approached Sant Kamali Maharaj to help her trace her necklace. When she went to him for the same, even without uttering of a word by her Sant told her as to why she came upto this place when she should have recovered the necklace wrapped in a red cloth in her under bed. She ordered her trusted commandant to recheck and verify the bedroom. The commandant came back with the necklace wrapped in the red cloth and told Begum the he found it under the bed tucked between layers.

Temple built by Begum Khurishia

Impressed, Begum Khurishia donated eight acres of land and asked her force to help construction of the temple as desired by the Sant Kamali Maharaj. Because of the Sant Kamali and the temple built by him for Lord Hanuman this entire area had come known as Hanumanganj. This kshethra is so sacred one fells blessed to have visited the site where Sant had performed pooja and nama sangeerthan to the Lord Hanuman.

About the temple

The temple had been built where Sant Kamali Maharaj had worshiped Lord Hanuman. The temple is south facing and all the murthis are facing south. The temple is a scenic beauty, housing three ardh shila and one is around nine feet height, the other is around three feet height, and third is around two feet height.

Statue of Sant Kamali

Even today you can see the Lord Hanuman worshiped by the Sant Kamali which is about two feet height under the peepal tree. There is a large statue installed for the Sant Kamali near by. You can see the conch blown by the Sant Kamil there.

Address and Timings

Address: Kamali Mandir Rd, Ghora Nakkas, Peer Gate Area,

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462001

Timings: 6.00 am to 8.00 pm

In Monsoon ,this place is a must visit

Bhopal , city of lakes has so many places to explore . Places which would take your breathe away . There are so many reason that you should visit Bhopal, being in central India, the heart of India it has a lot of greenery here and we can’t get off this fact that it has really beautiful lakes here . One such place to visit here , specially in monsoon is Bhadbhada Dam

About Bhadbhada Dam

The Dam is set of 11 sluice gates at south east corner of Upper Lake. It was constructed in 1965 .The gates are used to control the outflow of water from the lake to Kaliasot river. The gates get usually opened only when the city receives heavy rainfall during the monsoon season. It has a full tank level of 1666.80 feet. People love to go there throughout the year with family and friends to have outing and picnics, but it becomes picturesque during rains. Locals wait for the news of opening of its gates when lake is overflowing and rush to see its beauty.

Attractions

The main attractions when people get to come at any cost is when after heavy rainfall the gates of the dam gets opened. Then in from of the main pathway there is Bridge of Sair Sapata , when visited at night time will sooth you from inside out after seeing the lights of the bridge . Going ahead on this road, in front is National Judicial academy . There is a Hindu temple near the sluice gates. It’s a free visit place. People love to come here at Bhadbhada Dam throughout the year with family and friends to have outing and picnics, but it becomes picturesque during rains. Locals wait for the news of opening of its gates when lake is overflowing and rush to see its beauty.

Food

There are lots of options of snacking here . The most common in monsoon season is Bhutta (corn), all types of corns are here . Then you got options in ice creams , pop corns are there and many more things . If want to have proper dine out with your family and friends you could visit near by places Like JehNuma Retreat , Sayajee, Sair Sapata have food options , or about 1 or 2 km away there are many options which may also be feasible .

Address

South east corner , Upper Lake near by Nehru Nagar

Feel connected with the environment by visiting at this museum

Bhopal is a branch of the National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi, which is christened as Regional Museum of natural history, Bhopal. It is the center of an informal environment education, whose main purpose is to make people aware of environmental protection through various internal and external activities. The horrifying Bhopal gas tragedy (1984) made everyone alert towards the environment and mankind. after which minister introduced disaster management institute and environment institute in Bhopal. National Museum of Natural History gives us the glance of the environment.

Location

It is located in the Environment Complex in Bhopal. The museum was inaugurated in the year 29 September 1997, by the then Minister of Environment and Forests of India, Saifuddin Soz. The program was chaired by the then Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh.

About the Museum

The museum offers a unique opportunity to understand the biodiversity of Central India and the complex natural make-up surrounding it. In the galleries located in the museum, the exhibition has been displayed in collaboration with transcripts, translate and visual audio. Dioramas and phenomena are presented in the order of selected subjects.

Exhibition Site

It also has a biology, computer and a research room meant for children to acquire knowledge in a fun way. A temporary exhibition site is also made in premises which exhibit organized displays on various subjects from time to time. Upon entry to the museum, the exhibition of the family of Dinosaur, called Triceratops, is visible.

Purpose of Museum

To develop the exhibits with the flora, fauna and geological information of central India. Explain the importance of plants, animals and human interaction and their protection through performance and educational activities. Organizing exhibitions and activities that enrich the school curriculum of geology and biology to make masses aware about the environment.

Displayed Galleries

The subject of the present gallery is biodiversity in which the interconnection of various components of nature, besides the information of the vegetation and the rivers of the vegetation of Madhya Pradesh, has been shown in connection with the protection and relationship of human and environment.

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Address and Timings

Address: E-5, Link Rd Number 3, Near Bittan Market,

Arera Colony, Shahpura, Bhopal,

Madhya Pradesh 462016

Timings: 10 AM TO 6 PM

Monday closed