Yatrika

Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh


The cafe-restaurant at Malwa Retreat dishes out veg and nonveg Indian meals in a relatively flash contemporary premises with an open kitchen. It has wi-fi, but if you want a cold beer, you'll need to head to the sister property, the Malwa Resort.


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1. Shop of Gada Shah

0.13 MILES

Almost resembling a Gothic cathedral, this looks more like an emporium than a mere shop. It was a warehouse for saffron and musk, imported and sold at a…

2. Palace of Gada Shah

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This was the dwelling of a powerful merchant chieftain whose 'shop', on the main road outside the Royal Enclave, is even more impressive.

3. Ujala Baodi

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Unlike many of Mandu's step-wells, this one is open to the sky. With care you can walk down the steps to the water level and get a closer look at the fish.

4. Taveli Mahal

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These former stables now house a small Archaeological Museum with artefacts found at Mandu, including 11th- and 12th-century sculptures and 15th-century…

5. Royal Enclave

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The Royal Enclave is the largest group of monuments, with several beautiful buildings from the 15th- and 16th-century Ghuri and Khilji dynasties set near…

6. Jahaz Mahal

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Dating from the 15th century, this is the most famous building in Mandu. Built on a narrow strip of land between Munja and Kapoor tanks, with an upper…

7. Hindola Mahal

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Just north of Ghiyas’ stately pleasure dome is the Hindola Mahal, so-called because the slope of its walls sort of resembles that of the ropes of a swing…

8. Champa Baodi

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So-called because its water supposedly smelled as sweet as the champak flower, the Champa Baodi is a circular step-well with vaulted side-niches. It was…