All the Five Pandavas Have Caves Named After Them at Pachmarhi

Pachmarhi is a beautiful location in the Queen Satpura hill range of Madhya Pradesh, situated at a height of 3555 feet, with wonderful water falls, panoramic picnic sites, large mountain range with greeneries and plantation, covering about 60 sq km area, inviting travelers particularly during summer times for Pachmarhi tour packages, which hill station was spotted out by a British Officer called Captain James Forsyth in the year 1862.

Pachmarhi packages take the travelers to exciting spots of tourist attraction which include

•Pandav Caves, having mythological importance, with the legends conveying that Pandavas were staying here while at exile, when Arjun in guise of an eunuch taught music to Nagpati at Nagdwari about 15 km from Pachmarhi, with individual caves for all the five Pandava brothers, a location the traveler should not miss during Pachmarhi packages.

•Bee Fall, showering from a height of about 150 ft called Jamuna Prabpat, being one of the spectacular water falls in Pachmarhi

•Dhoop-garh, the highest point in Pachmarhi, earlier known as Harvatsa Kot, wherefrom one can see sunrise and sunset, with an inexplicable feeling from such a height of 4425 ft above sea level, for the travelers taking Pachmarhi tour packages.

•Duch fall, another water falls, which can be reached closer, the visitor touching the flowing water

•Rajat Fall, the water falls dropping from a height of 350 feet, water drops giving an impression of pearls falling from the sky, giving wonderful sight to visitors of Pachmarhi tour packages.

•Jata Shankar, a cave with the mythological belief that it is here Lord Shiva shaded his matted lock , hiding Himself to escape from the bother of Bhasmasur and there are 108 Shivlingas are enshrined here, inviting large number of pilgrims particularly during the festival of Shivratri.

•Bada Mahadev, the cave which has mythological importance, believed to be the place where Lord Vishnu destroyed Bhasmasur in disguise as Mohini, with Idols of Vishnu, Brahma, Mahesh and Ganesh installed in this 60 ft long cave

•Gupt Mahadev, also a cave of 40 ft length, inside Bade Mahadev cave, with shrines for Ganesh, Shivji and Hanumanji at the entrance

The nearest airport to reach Pachmarhi is Bhopal’s Raja Bhoj Airport which is about 200 km and Jabalpur’s Dumna Airport which is about 250 km, while the nearest Railway Station is at Piparia Railway Station which is about 52 km away, the road transport connecting the major cities of Jabalpur, Bhopal, Nagpur and Chindwara all of them facilitating Pachmarhi packages.

Travel agents of repute and many tourism organizing agencies arrange for Pachmarhi Packages giving a comprehensive tour package, which can be availed by making bookings on line through their web portals.

Clark Lucy - About Author:
Clark Lucy is an author associate editor for tourism in India. we also provide information about Pachmarhi Tour Packages.

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