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Practical Information
Bhopal district. 744 km
(462 miles) S of Delhi.
* 1,433,900. n MP Tourism,
Paryatan Bhavan, Bhadbhada Rd
(0755) 277 4340. ( Tue–Sun.
∑ mptourism.com
Transport
~ 11 km (7 miles) W of city
centre. £ @
Replica of a tribal hut in the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
E Birla Museum
(female attendants) dating to the highlights are 32 rock shelters Near Lakshmi Narayan Temple.
200 BC, and a Standing Buddha decorated with prehistoric Tel (0755) 255 1388.
in black granite. The museum paintings. An indoor museum Open 9:30am–5pm daily. &
shop has good plaster replicas displays utensils, jewellery, ritual This museum has a collection
of some sculptures for sale. objects, musical instruments, of stone sculptures dating
murals, tools and costumes of from the 7th to 12th centuries.
E Indira Gandhi Rashtriya cultures from all over the country. Shiva, Vishnu and various
Manav Sangrahalaya goddesses are shown in
(Museum of Man) O Van Vihar National Park their different incarnations.
Shamla Hills. Open Mar–Aug: 11am– Open 7am–7pm. Closed Fri. & Particularly impressive are
6:30pm; Sep–Feb: 10am–5:30pm. The most famous inhabitants Vishnu in his boar (Varaha)
Closed Mon & public holidays. = of this large park, near the incarnation, Goddess Durga
Set in the hills overlooking the Upper Lake, are the white tigers in her ferocious Chamunda
Upper Lake, this open-air museum (see p243). A good time to see form, and Shiva and his consort
re-creates the tribal habitats of these rare creatures is at about Parvati in their celestial home
various Indian communities. The 4pm, when they come to the on Mount Kailasa. Next to
Himalayan Village, Coastal Village edge of their enclosure for their the museum is the large
and Desert Village all feature evening meal. The park is also and brightly painted Lakshmi
actual-size dwellings built by the home to lions, leopards and Narayan Temple, overlooking
tribal people themselves. Among Himalayan bears. the Lower Lake.

Bhopal City Centre SANCHI
1 Taj-ul-Masjid Baag Munshi Bhopal Railway
2 The Chowk Motia Talab Husain ka Talab H A M I D I A R O A D Bhopal Station
Bus Stand
3 Bharat Bhavan
4 State Museum
INDORE R I D G E
Taj-ul- B E R A S I A R O A D
Raja Bhoj Airport Masjid
9 km (6 miles) N H 8 6 M ANGALWARA RD R A I LW AY B
Jama MARVADI ROAD
Masjid
Shaukat PUL B O G D O R D
Mahal
V I P R O A D
The Chowk
Yaadgaar e
Moti Masjid Shahjahani Park
0 metres 500 S U LTA N I A R O A D
Upper Lake
0 yards 500
Kamala
Brindaban Park Ram
Garden KAMAL A PARK ROAD Mandir
Lower Lake S U L T A N I A R O A D
Bharat
Bhavan SHAMLA
LAKE DRIVE RD HILLS
Rashtriya Manav
Sangrahalaya, JA IL R OA D
Van Vihar National Park
State BHADABHADA RD BHOJPUR
Birla
Museum Museum
For keys to symbols see back flap
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