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Madhya Pradesh, the heartland of India is scattered all over with beautifully carved temples, heritage structures, palaces and forts. This mystic land with its innumerable monuments reminds one of the musicians and poets, kings and emperors, philosophers and saints, builders and warriors of the bygone era. With so many tourist attractions, a question like what to do in Madhya Pradesh will never cross your mind.
Madhya Pradesh is a huge plateau lined by the Satpura and Vindhya mountains. It presents a unique blend of nature, history and culture that attracts tourists from different parts of the world.
Madhya Pradesh is vast with almost every city of the state offering tourist destinations. Hence there is a lot to do in Madhya Pradesh. One can avail of the numerous tour packages operating in Madhya Pradesh which include cultural heritage tours, city sightseeing tours, wildlife tours, pilgrimage tours.
Heritage tours of Madhya Pradesh include a tour of the Khajuraho Temples, Sanchi tours, and a tour of the Bhimbetka caves. Wildlife tours include a tour of Bandhavgarh National Park, Kanha National Park and Panna National Park. The Sal and bamboo forests of Bandhavgarh, Kanha and Panna are amazing sanctuaries for innumerable varieties of flora and fauna, wildlife and birds.
Individual tours to the different cities in Madhya Pradesh can also be undertaken like the Tours to Amarkantak, Tours to Bandhavgarh, Tours to Ujjain, Tours to Shivpuri, Pench, Omkareshwar, Mandu, Kanha, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Chitrakoot, Burhanpur, Bhojpur, Bhedaghat, Baihar, Sanchi, Panchmarhi, Orchha, Maheshwar, Khajuraho, Indore, Dhar, Chanderi, Bhopal, and Tours to Bhimbetka.
Madhya Pradesh has numerous temples and sacred destinations. It is a significant pilgrimage centre with Omkareshwar and Ujjain having religious significance due to the presence of two of the twelve important Jyotirlingas, Mandleshwar and Maheshwar. Ujjain is also popular for the Kumbh Mela and Mahakaleshwar. Hence pilgrims from near and far visit these pilgrimage sites to have a taste of divinity.
The nature lovers can find a paradise in Amarkantak, Chitrakoot, Panchmarhi and Bhedaghat, surrounded as they are by valleys, hills, forests, waterfalls, cliffs and rocks.
The tour to Madhya Pradesh is incomplete without the wonderful experience of shopping there. Textile products are quite popular in the state with the exquisite Chanderi and Maheshwari sarees unique to the craftsmen of this place. Madhya Pradesh is also famous for its Zari work.
While shopping for the handicrafts of Madhya Pradesh you can check out on the following items: Zardozi embroidery on sarees and lehengas, beaded purses (batuas), folk paintings, durries and carpets, zari work, silver and brassware, cane, bamboo and wood works, jute crafts, stuffed velvet and leather toys, and metal crafts. The Madhya Pradesh state emporiums named Mriganayani have set up its chain of shops throughout the state. Besides shopping in the teeming chowks or galis in Madhya Pradesh is an experience by itself.
So with all these options of travel and shopping, what to do in Madhya Pradesh is a question which hardly stands a chance to enter your packed travel schedule in Madhya Pradesh.
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