3rd February 2011, 23:31
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| ujjain to mandu day 7 ujjain badnawar badnagar nagda dhar mandu 120kms route totally unkwon to us lay in the hinterland of rural india. time taken 2.45 hours we took this route as passing through indore to dhar is considered cumbersome due to traffic. on our way out of ujjain we saw the vedhshala or obervatory which has a sundial and other instruments for celestial calculations. at the railway crossing we encountered two huge vehicle/silencer breakers which even goods trucks were struggling to conquer. we narrowly escaped by carefully driving the nhc which has a notorioreity fore belly scrapes. we took the nhc diagonally at 35 deg angle and it worked with only a small scrape. thereafter the road to badnawar was through some pristine rural landscapes. we came to badnagar and took left for nagda junction at nh79 this spanking stretch of lane separated road took us within no time to nagda where a unmarked right turn goes towards dhar. we missed this turn but within 100 meters due to a deteriorated road came back and found the dhar fata. the road to dhar was a nightmare and that took up most of the time this stretch of 20kms was broken and it was careful driving right upto dhar.the dhar bypass was also broken down so we entered the town and took left for mandu on sh31 it was a bumpy ride upto lunehra. lunehra is the village chowk marked by a petrol pump where we took right for mandu. in our earlier trip we had come to lunehra from nh3 from gujri.so when the petrol pump came into view everyone got excited as mandu was a few kms away.all along we could see the mandav plateau from a distance. road to badnawar   badnawar to badnagar  badnawar badnagar toll plaza  spanking nh79 lane separated tarmac a dream run till nagda     heavy traffic moving at high speed blocking both lanes  Last edited by pravdr : 3rd February 2011 at 23:41. |
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12th April 2011, 00:00
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| reached mandu in the afternoon we reached mandu in the afternoon and it was a pleasure driving through its gates.especially the alamgir agte interested me as it was built to welcome aurangzeb who never came here. recently a painting of jehangir was sold in worldwide auction. it was painted in mandu. its a shame indian government or the so called richie rich in india did nothing to retrieve this gem of a painting. the mpstdcs malwa retreat was a delight        we went down through the gates of mandu during sunset       |
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1st August 2011, 22:46
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| Mandu Monuments the magnificent jahaz mahal.one of most evocative buildings after tajmahal in terms of romance. its magnificence on a moonlit night, the beauty of jahaj mahal is undescribable. host to mughal emperors akbar jehangir and shahjehan.previously ruled by mughal fiefdoms. captured by bajirao peshwa 1 in his historic campaigns that took the maratha flag beyond attock in(now) pakistan a feat to bring all india under one flag a feat not possible even for mughal emperors.later ruled by the pawars who were peshwa sardars.           Last edited by pravdr : 1st August 2011 at 22:49. |
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2nd August 2011, 09:55
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10th August 2011, 23:17
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| Re: Deep Penetration Strike!!into The Very Heart Of Incredible India Quote:
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