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Bharat Bhavan
Architect Charles Correa designed cultural centre Bharat Bhavan to blend into the landscape - though this doesn't preclude multicoloured domes. Offering some of Bhopal's best lake views, the complex is a serene place to take in modern Indian art, tribal carvings and paintings, a library, and private contemporary art galleries. There is a café, and regular evening performances of poetry, music and theatre.
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Jama Masjid Mosque
The gold spikes crowning the squat minarets of the Jama Masjid Mosque, built in 1837 by Qudsia Begum, glint serenely above the skull caps and veils swirling through the bazaar below.
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Lakshmi Narayan Temple
Lakshmi Narayan Temple has a series of marble panels illustrating the central tenets of the Bhagavad Gita and views across the lakes to the minaret-dotted old city. An adjacent museum contains a small collection of local sculptures dating back to the 6th century. For those who don't make it to Bhimbetka, there's a reconstruction of one of the rock shelters.
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Moti Masjid Mosque
The Moti Masjid Mosque near Sadar Manzil was built by Qudsia Begum's daughter, Sikander Jahan Begum, in 1860. Similar in style to the Jama Masjid in Delhi, it's a smaller marble-faced mosque with two dark red minarets and gold-spiked cupolas.
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Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
The Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is the best way to learn about the life, culture and beliefs of India's 450-plus tribes without visiting an Adivasi village. It would be easy to lose track of a day in the sprawling complex, overlooking the forested hills of the Van Vihar National Park.
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Sculpture Museum
Adjacent to the Lakshmi Narayan Temple, this sculpture museum contains a small collection of local sculptures dating back to the 6th century.
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State Museum
The archaeological State Museum boasts 16 AC rooms stacked with sculptures, cave paintings, photographs and artefacts tracing local and national history; from 87 Jain bronzes unearthed by a surprised farmer in western MP to a letter in which Queen Elizabeth II takes over the administration of India.
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Taj-ul-Masjid Mosque
One of the largest mosques in India, Taj-ul-Masjid Mosque was built by Bhopal's third female ruler, Shah Jahan Begum (1868-1901). The building was incomplete at her death, as funds were diverted to her other projects including the city's waterworks, railways and postal system, and construction did not resume until 1971. Fortress-like terracotta walls surround three gleaming white onion domes and a pair of towering pink minarets with white domes.
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Van Vihar National Park
The best time to visit the 445-hectare safari park is at , when animals including two white tigers, an albino sloth bear and a lion pace the edges of their cages waiting to be fed. You may want to hire a rickshaw - it's 5km from the entrance to the basic interpretation centre at the end.
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