REGIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE

The Science Centre is located at Vanganga Road, Shyamla Hills.The Centre gives knowledge about the basic laws of science and is very suitable place for those who is interested in science technologies. The Centre opens between 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM. It has many exhibition gallery which are open for general public and for students . The galleries are described below ---

• INVENTION GALLERY

This gallery gives information about various invention in the field of Science and Technology particularly about the mechanical system, travel and communication technology etc. These exhibits explain the fundamental scientific principles involved in inventing in a dramatic and easily understandable manner using interactive exhibits.

• FUN SCIENCE

A total of 51 exhibits in this gallery gives enough information that are memorable for the visitors. The exhibits placed in this gallery gives hands on experience to the students and general visitors to study various laws and principle of science in an enjoyable way. How the joints of our body move to enable smooth movements? Why we see infinite images of an object? and many more interesting questions which are related to our daily life can be solved by visiting these halls.

• THE ENERGY

Life on earth is driven by energy. Plants and animals harness energy from nature. Energy comes from different sources which are classified as renewable and non- renewable. Hall of energy is aim at educating the people about different forms of energy viz. mechanical, electrical, heat ,light, magnetic, sound and chemical. It also gives information about their production and practical applications.

• SCIENCE PARK
  

Full of interactive exhibits on principles of energy , mechanics and perception.The park offers perfect non-coercive and free choice learning environment away from boundaries of class room.

The Centre is also famous for its science shows like science film show, 3-D science show and Taramandal show.

BIRLA MANDIR

The Lakshmi Narayana Temple is located on the Arera Hills which is near about 6 km from the Bhopal railway station. The Temple is famously known as the Birla Temple because the Birlas, one of leading industrial families of India, have built it. The Temple is at high altitude and therefore it creates a magnificent view of Bhopal. The temple is built in honour of Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of Wealth, and her divine consort, Vishnu, the Preserver of the Universe, who is also known as Narayana.
Apart from idols of Goddess Lakshmi and Narayana, the temple also has a resplendent idol of reclining Shiva with his wife, Parvati. Attached to the temple is the Birla Museum that houses a collection of sculptures from the Mandsaur, Shahdol, Sehore and Raisen districts of Madhya Pradesh.

The collection dates back to the 12th century era of the Paramaras when art and culture flourished in the state.
The sandy-yellowish temple has an old-worldly charm about it, with a huge turret on one side of the building. You enter the temple through a magnificent archway, and the sprawling lawns that surround the complex lend it a picturesque appeal.

Taj - ul - Masjid

Shahjehan Begum became the ruler of Bhopal in 1868 and initiated the building of a great mosque "Taj-Ul-Masjid" along the patterns of the Juma Masjid in Delhi erected by the great mughal emperor Shahjehan. The Taj-Ul-Masjid is the biggest covered area mosque of Asia.

Elevated well above ground level the mosque is visible from a considerable distance as also from the palaces that surround the three lakes around which the development of Shahjehanabad was planned.

UPPER AND LOWER LAKE

Upper Lake is the most famous place of Bhopal.It is located near to the C.M bungalow. Sunset view of the lake is magnificent and most of the people of Bhopal enjoys their weekend holiday on the lake view.On Sunday people comes in huge amount and it seems their a some kind of Mela here, they all enjoy boating on the lake.The road on the side of the lake called VIP road is one of the most famous road of Bhopal and lighting used on the road makes it more beautiful.

BHOJPUR

Bhojpur is located 25 km from Bhopal on the bank of river Betwa and is one of the famous place of India,known for its incomplete Shiva temple called Bhojeshwar Temple. It was founded by the legendary parmar king of Dhar ,Raja Bhoj in 1010-1053.It is one of the best examples of temple architecture of the 11th-13th century.The temple houses the longest shiva lingam of India with a height of 2.3 meter and circumference of 5.5 meter and is crafted out a single rock.

Bhojpur also has an unfinished Jain temple containing a 6 meter-tall statue of Mahavir and two statues of Parshavanath .

Every year, on the occasion of Maha Shivratri big mela is organized in Bhojpur .

The town is also home to ruins of a Cyclopean dam constructed by King Bhoj. A vast lake once lay to the west of Bhojpur, but it was destroyed by Hoshang Shah of Malwa , who cut through the lesser dam.

BHIM BETIKA

Bhimbetka is a world heritage site located at 45 km south of Bhopal . Bhimbetka was first mentioned in Indian archeological records in 1888 as a Buddhist site.The earliest paintings on the cave walls are believed to be of the Mesolithic period. If one is interested to see the famous caves then he/she can go by Hoshangabad road, which takes only 30 minutes to reach there.

There are superimposition of paintings in the caves which shows that the same canvas was used by different people at different times. The drawing and paintings can be classified under seven different periods.

Period 1 - (Upper Paleolithic): These are linear representations, in green and dark red, of huge figures of animals such as bisons, tigers, and rhinoceroses.

Period II - (Mesolithic): Comparatively small in size the stylised figures in this group show linear decorations on the body.

In addition to animals there are human figures and hunting scenes, giving a clear picture of the weapons they used: barbed spears, pointed sticks, bows and arrows. The depiction of communal dances, birds, musical instruments, mother and child pregnant women, men carrying dead animal drinking and burials appear in rhythmic movement.

Period III - (Chaleolithic) Similar to the paintings of chaleolithic, these drawing reveal that during the period the cave dwellers of this area had come in contact with the agricultural communities of the Malwa plains and started and exchange of their requirements with each other.

Period IV & V - (Early historic): The figures of this group have a schematic and decorative style and are painted mainly in red white and yellow. The association is of riders, depiction of religious symbols, Tunic-like dresses and the existence of scripts of different periods. The religious beliefs are represented by figures of Yakshas , tree gods and magical sky chariots.

Period VI & VIl - (Medieval) : These paintings are geometric linear and more schematic, but they show degenerations and crudeness in their artistic style. The colours used by the cave dwellers were prepared combining manganese haematite soft red stone and wooden coal

SANCHI

Sanchi is a worldwide famous tourism spot of India ,it is located 46 km north- east of Bhopal .It takes only 40 minutes to reach SANCHI from BHOPAL by train or if one not wants to go by train then he can go by road also, NH-12 joins BHOPAL to Sanchi, it takes 0ne hour.

Sanchi is famous for its Great Stupa . It is the location of several Buddhists monuments dating from the third century BCE to the twelfth century CE. It is unique, not only for having the most perfect and well preserved stupas, but also for offering the visitor a chance to see, in one location, the genesis, flowering, and decay of Buddhist art and architecture during a period of about 1500 years -- almost covering the entire range of Indian Buddhism. This is surprising since Sanchi was not hallowed by any incident in Buddha's life nor was it the focus of any significant event in the history of Buddhism.

The foundation of this Great STUPA at Sanchi was laid by the Emperor Ashoka when he built a stupa and erected a monolithic pillar in third century BCE . Ashoka built a total of eight stupas on the hilltop of Sanchi including the Great Stupa. A great number of stupas and other religious structures were added over the succeeding centuries.
In a larger sense the stupa is also a cosmic symbol. Its hemispherical shape represents the world egg. Stupas commonly rest on a square pedestal and are carefully aligned with the four cardinal points of the compass. This is a recurrence of the symbolism of the dome whereby Earth supports Heaven and Heaven covers Earth. The axis of the world is always represented in the stupa, rising above its summit. The so-called "parasols," set one above the other along the shaft emerging from its uppermost region, represent a heavenly hierarchy. The cosmic symbolism is completed by a ritual circumambulatory path around the monument.

BEST HOTELS OF LAKE CITY

When anyone goes to a new city he/she wants a hotel to stay during his/her tour to that city .So when u come to BHOPAL you must have an idea about the good hotels and therefore i had mentioned some of the best hotels of BHOPAL, so you can choose any of the hotel listed below to stay during your tour to BHOPAL according to your convenience---


HOTEL RANJEET.

HOTEL LAKE VIEW.

JAHAAAN -E- NUMA PALACE.

HOTEL NURAT-E- SABAH.

HOTEL ASHOKA.

ABOUT BHOPAL

Bhopal is the heart of Madhya Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh is the heart if India.The climate of Bhopal is moderate.How to reach to Bhopal --

By Air

Bhopal is connected by regular Alliance Air flights to Mumbai , Indore, Delhi and Gwalior. Sahara Airlines connect Bhopal with Delhi, Guwahati, Goa, Indore and Lucknow. Airport is 15 km from the city center.

By Train

Bhopal is on one of the two main Delhi to Mumbai railway lines and also on the main line to the southern state capitals of Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Thiruvananthpuram. There are direct trains to Amritsar and Jammu Tawi and also to major towns in Madhya Pradesh.

By Road

There are extensive bus services (private and state) to cities within the region and interstate.


The following are the things of which one should have the knowledge to see Bhopal's beauty with no extra effort and extra money.



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MY VIEW

I m an engineering student in NIT Bhopal, a deemed university. It is the top most college of M.P and one of the best college in India. While living in Bhopal i see that it is a very beautiful city also known as CITY OF LAKES.I had went to each and every famous place in Bhopal and near to Bhopal.
At the first time when i came to Bhopal, i does not know anything about it . Initially i had searched so many sites for getting the proper information about the famous tourism spots in Bhopal but they does not help me a lot then by living here in Bhopal i came to know about its culture , its climate and tourism spots in Bhopal. So i realized that there is a need of complete description of the famous spots in Bhopal and how to reach them without wasting extra time and money that are wasted by a person who does not know anything about Bhopal or is misguided by some one. so here i had provided a complete guide to Bhopal by the help of which anybody can have the full knowledge about the famous tourism spots in Bhopal and how to reach them without wasting extra time and money.