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Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh


Looking like it has fallen straight out of a twee little English village, Pachmarhi's beautiful Gothic-revival Protestant church was built back in 1875, entirely of sandstone, even up to the top of the steeple, where a tree now grows out of one window.


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Nearby Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh attractions

1. Jai Stambh

0.36 MILES

This concrete pillar, erected to commemorate Indian independence, stands in the middle of a seven-way junction in the southwestern part of town.

2. Pandav Caves

0.7 MILES

These five ancient rock dwellings are believed to have been carved by Buddhists as early as the 4th century. The foundations of a brick Buddhist stupa…

3. Jata Shankar

1.18 MILES

This cave temple is in a beautiful gorge 1km along a road that’s signed just north of the town limits. The small Shiva shrine is hidden under a huge…

4. Bee Falls

1.4 MILES

The pretty waterfall and pools at Bee Falls can almost be reached by bike (you have to walk the last quarter-kilometre or so).

5. Apsara Vihar

1.5 MILES

A pool underneath a small waterfall, above a canyon southeast of town, this is the best of Pachmarhi’s natural pools for swimming. It's a drive of about 1…

6. Rajat Prapat Viewpoint

1.69 MILES

A short distance downstream from the Apsara Vihar pools, the stream plunges off the cliff in central India's highest single-drop fall (107m), Rajat Prapat…

7. Handi Khoh

1.94 MILES

Also known as Suicide Point, Handi Khoh is a viewpoint on the lip of 100m-deep, densely forested canyon, with Chauragarh visible in the distance.

8. Reechgarh

2.11 MILES

Accessible by road 3.3km west of the Jai Stambh, this is a strange natural amphitheatre, reached through a cavelike passage between rocks.