JABALPUR Tourism, JABALPUR Travel Guide
About Jabalpur
Jabalpur is a beautiful city, famous among tourists for its marble rocks and water falls at Bedaghat. Jabalpur also provides access to splendid views of the Narmada River that flows around the city. There are also numerous places around Jabalpur which are perfect for day trips.
Tourists also use Jabalpur as the hub to visit travel attractions around Jabalpur like Pachmarhi, Amarkantak, Khajuraho (all within 250 km), Kanha, and Bandhavgarh. Jabalpur is an administrative and educational center and is the gateway to important wildlife sanctuaries like Kanha, Bandhavgarh, and Pench National Park.
Jabalpur - Tourist Attractions
| Historical Tourist Attractions | ||
| Madan Mahal Fort | Rani Durgavati Museum | |
| Religious Tourist Attractions | ||
| Tripur Sundari Temple | Chousat Yogini Temple | |
| Natural Tourist Attractions | ||
| Dhuandhar and Bhedaghat | ||
Jabalpur History
Jabalpur was known as Tripuri and was governed by Hayahaya rulers. The ancient Indian epic of Mahabharata has references to this city. Later Jabalpur became a part of the great Mauryan and the Gupta Empires. In AD 875, it was taken over by the Kalchuri dynasty who made Jabalpur their capital. The Gonds later seized Jabalpur city in the 13th century, and made it their capital. By the early 16th century, it had become the powerful kingdom of Gondwana.
From time to time, the Mughal rulers tried to overrun it. The legendary Gond Queen Rani Durgavati died fighting the Mughal forces led by the great Mughal Emperor Akbar. It finally fell to the Marathas in 1789 and was taken over by the British in 1817, when they defeated the Marathas. The British made Jabalpur the commission headquarters of the Narmada territories and established a cantonment here.