Attractions of Bhopal

Bhopal is the city of lakes, presents a flexible figure by intermingling the monuments, mosques, temples, and palaces along with the historicity, scenic grandeur and modern planning. A number of tourist attractions in old as well as new Bhopal are successful in grabbing attention of enthusiastic traveler for a calm visit. The old city of Bhopal allows the aristocratic notion from the ancient times whereas the new city thrive to impress the tourist by offering the stunning parks, extensive roads and modern buildings.


Bhopal is the cradle of art and culture in Madhya Pradesh and Bharat Bhawan, positioned a top to the Shamla Hills. The Museum houses an art gallery, the Repertoire Company and libraries having wide collections of classical and folk music and library of poetry needs a calm visit. The spectacular cave paintings of Bhimbetka and 30,000 years old work as etched in rock are valuable not just for their artistic value but for as they comprise a treasure boomed in information on the pre-historic age. The splendid Shiva temple in Bhojpur, some old Jain temples in Ashapuri and the marvelous Chiklod Palace are frequently visited by the travelers of Bhopal.

The Laxmi Narayan Temple better known as the Birla Mandir, highly visited site is positioned at the south of the Lower Lake on Arera Hills. Moti Masjid is wrapped by two dark red minarets of golden spikes puts another signature to its majesty. Taj-ul Masjid is a significant tourist attractions of Bhopal. Religious ceremony named Ijtima is held every year that draws abundant tourists from every nook and corner of India. The Moti Masjid, the Shaukat Mahal and Sadar Manjil are the worth visiting places of Bhopal.


The two artificial lakes named Upper Lake and Lower Lake makes Bhopal a major tourist attraction in Madhya Pradesh. Upper lake is divided from the lower lake by an over bridge. Just near the Lake is Van Vihar; a popular tourist-striking zoo bears a wild collection of tigers, leopard, lions and numerous other rare species. The aquarium is near the Lower Lake houses a number of alluring species of fishes and thus a celebrated spot of tourist. State Archaeological Museum Bhopal, Rashrriya Manav Sanghralaya and several gardens of Bhopal is accountable in making Bhopal a worth traveling destination.