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Ramtek
Ramtek has a number of picturesque 600 year old temples surmounting the
Hill of Rama. It is also famous as the place where the
Sanskrit poet Kalidasa composed his epic "Meghdoot". The old British
cantonment of Kemtee is nearby and a memorial to the dramatist Kalidasa
is just along the road from the MTDC holiday resort which has a spectacular
view of this town. The main attractions here are the Ram temple which is
more than 600 years old, as well as the Jain temple which has some beautiful
carvings and sculpture.
Pench National Park
70 km from Nagpur. This park shares its jungle sprawl with adjoining Madhya
Pradesh. It is built around the Pench Irrigation project.
Tadoba National Park
It is approx 100 Kms south of Nagpur and 45 km north of the nearest
town Tadoba. Minibuses are available for viewing. This has
120 sq km area of rich deciduous forest of teak, bamboo, gardenia, satinwood,
mahua and jamun. November to June is the best season for a visit. The wild
life consists of several troops of langur monkeys, chital, bison, sambar,
palm civets, gaur, jackal and wild boar. The lake at this park
has Water birds including cattle egrets, purple moorhens and jacanas. A
number of marsh crocodiles are also found in this lake.
Deeksha Bhoomi
Deeksha
Bhoomi is a holy monument for Buddhists where Buddhists receive Deeksha
every year on 'Ashok Vijaya Dashmi Day'. Every year a mass congregation
of all the followers of Lord Buddha and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar assemble
here from all parts of the country.
Sevagram
Mahatma Gandhi
established his Sevagram Ashram in 1933, where he spent 15 years. It is
believed that this place had the honour of being the headquarters of the
social service programmes that Gandhiji conducted. It gets its name thus.
Accommodation is available at Yatri Niwas, MTDC and also has a beautiful
resort at Wardha.
Khindsi
Famous mainly for its large and picturesque lake. Boating facilities are
also offered. Khindsi is very close to Ramtek, in fact you can combine the
two places in a single trip.
Markanda
This small parish is located on the left bank of Vainganga river.
The land gets its name from Sage Markandeya. A cluster of temples exist
here housing 'Shiva Linga' which Markandeya is believed to have worshipped. The
cluster has an approximate 24 temples and the architecture strongly resembles
that of the Khajuraho temples.