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ORCHA PICTURE GALLERY
A Village situated
about 3 Km., west of Madia Village on Tikamgarh-Niwari road in the Prithvipur tehsil. The
village stands on a hill. There is a well known temple of the Goddess of Achroo Mata. It
is famous for a kund which is always filled with water and never dried
irrespective of number of users. Every year on the occasion of Nav-Durga festival falling
in the month of March-April (Chaitra), fair is organised under the supervision of
Gram Panchyat. The headquarters town
of the Baldeogarh is a tehsil of the same name. It is situated on the
Tikamgarh-Chhattarpur road at distance of 26 Km. from Tikamgarh. The massive rock fort
standing above the beautiful tank Gwal-Sagar, presents a very pleasing sight. The
fort is a very fine specimen of its class and one of the most picturesque in the region. A
big old Gun is still placed in this fort. The town is known for its betel-leaf cultivation.
The importance of town also lies in its famous temple of ' Vindhya Vasini Devi' An annual seven days
Vindhyavasani fair is held here in the month of Chaitra and attended by about
10,000 persons. The headquarter town of
the tehsil of the same name is situated on the Tikamgarh-Mau-Ranipur road, at a distance
of 40 Km. from Tikamgarh. The nearest railway station is Mau Ranipur (U.P.). It lies below
the level of Madan Sagar Lake. The lake is long and broad. It retained by two dams of
great length. These dams are built by the Chandella Chief Madan Varman(1129-67) after whom
the leke is called Madan Sagar. The Canals of the lake flows through the heart of the
town.The place is if considerable interest of containing many Muhammadan buildings, most,
if not all the later Mughal style Shahjahan. It is one of the famous
village of Niwari tehsil situated at a distance of 22 Km. on the Niwari-Senderi road.
Buses are available to reach this place. Its importance lies in its having been the first
place seized by the Bundelas from the Khangars. Kundar remained the capital of the State
until 1539 when it was shifted to Orchha. On the top of a small hill stands a fort built
by Maharaja Birsingh Dev. The temple of local Goddess Maha Maya Gridh Vasni stands here.
There is a large tank held on the temple Goddess, which is called 'Singh Sagar'. A weekly
market held on every Monday. A important village
situated 5 Km. south of Tikamgarh town on the bank of the Jamdar river. This place is
famous for kundadev Mahadev temple. Ot is believed that Shiv Linga has
emerged from Kunda . In the south of it there is beautiful picnic spot known as
'Barighar' and a beautiful waterfall known as 'Usha Water Fall'. The village possesses
Achreological Museum and Vinobha Sansthan. Maharaja Birsingh deo established the Keshva
Sahitya Sansthan which was partonized by Pandit Banarsidas Chaturvedi and Yaspal Jain
during their stay at Kundeshwar. Three big Melas held
at Kundeshwar annually. An important fair attended by 50,000 persons held in pouse/Magh
(January) on the occasion of Sankranti. Second held on the occasion of Basant
Panchimi and third held on the Kartik Ekadasshi in the month of
October/November. A small village
situated on the North-West of Tikamgarh town at a distance of about 20 Km.. The importance
of this place lies in its famous SUN Temple. It entrance is from the east. SUN idol is
placed here. The other main object of interest of the village is a temple of Vindhya
Vasani Devi on the top of hill. The headquarter town of
the Niwari tehsil of the same name, is situated on the Tikamgarh-Jhansi road, at a
distance of about 80 Km. to north-west of Tikamgarh. Niwari is the only tehsil town which
is connected by the rail and lies on the Jhansi-Manikpur section of the Central railway.
In former days a small fort was there but was demolished by the Marathas. It possesses an
temple of Khedapati Hanumanji.
A
village of Niwari tehsil, Orchha is situated on the Betwa river at a distance of about 13
Km. from tehsil headquarter. It is 15 Km. from Jhansi(U.P.). Orchha is linked by the rail
on Jhansi-Manikpur section of the Central railway. Orchha was the capital
town of the state. It was founded by Maharaja Rudra Pratap Singh in 1531 A.D.. The name
Orchha or Ondchha is traditionally derived from scoffing remark of a Rajput Chief who on
visiting the site selected for capital town. On an island in the Betwa which has been
surrounded by the battemented wall, and approached by a causeway over a fine bridge of
fourteen arches, stands a huge palace fort mainly the work of Maharaja Bir Singh Dev. It
consists of several connected buildings constructed at a different times. The finest of
these are the Raj Mandir and Jahagir Mahal. Orchha is famous
religious centre of Hindus. It is known for its religious and cultural heritage. The
following places are famous in the town. RAM RAJA TEMPLE ,
JAHAGIR MAHAL, CHATURBUJ TEMPLE, LAXMI TEMPLE, PHOOL BAGSHISH MAHAL, KANCHANA GHAT,
CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZAD MEMORIAL, SAVAN- BHADON, HARDOL KI SAMADHI, BADI CHHATRIAN, RAI
PRAVEEN MAHAL, KESHAV BHAVAN. An important municipal
town of Tikamgarh-Nowgaon road, at a distance of about 27 Km. from Jatara. Buses are
available to reach this place. The town was originally given to Dharaman God, son of
Bhagwan Rao, first chief of Datia. An annual fair held on the occasion of Ramnavmi. It is an old village
about 5 Km. south-east of Tikamgarh town. It is famous Jain pilgrimage centre which
attracts large number of Jain devotees. The village contains about 80 old Jain temples.
Few Jain temples are under construction. The famous Jain temples of twenty four
Tirthakars is the main attraction of devotees. An important Jain fair, attended by
10,000 persons, held in the month of Kartika sudi Purnima. It is managed by the
trust. The headquarter town of
tehsil Prithvipur. The name of the town derived from Prithvi Singh . Near the town lies
Radha Sagar Tank. The Important temples of the town are Somnath temple, Ramjanki temple
and Atan ke Hanumanji . The town posses a fort. Tikamgarh is the
headquarter town of the district and tehsil of the same name. The earlier name of the town
was 'Tehri' (i..e. a triangle) consisting of three hamlets, forming a rough triangle. In
the Tikamgarh town there is muhalla still known as 'Purani Tehri' . Before
independence, it was the headquarter toen of the erstwhile Orchha State. The name of
'Tehri' was changed to Tikamgarh in 1887, in the honour of Lord Krishna, as Tikam
is one of the name of Lord Krishna. The Dak Bunglows and
rest houses are maintained by the Government departments such as forest, irrigation,
P.W.D. The following table shows the situation and category of the accommodation available
in the rest house of the district.
Important Hotels and Lodges
are as under
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