Purkhauti Muktangan, Naya Raipur
Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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Nandan Van Zoo & Jungle Safari, Naya Raipur
Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh
India's largest man-made jungle safari — four drive-through zones of herbivores, tiger, lion, bear and leopard, plus a zoo and butterfly park in the new capital.
Mahadev Ghat & Hatkeshwar Temple, Raipur
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
The Kharun-river ghat on Raipur's edge — the old Hatkeshwar Mahadev temple, evening aartis, riverside fairs and a hanging bridge over the water.
Nagpura Jain & Chandkhuri (Ram Van Gaman)
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Chandkhuri — believed birthplace of Mata Kaushalya, Ram's mother, and the world's only Kaushalya temple — an island shrine in a lotus tank on the Ram Van Gaman trail.
Vivekananda Sarovar (Budhapara Lake)
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Raipur's central lake with a giant Vivekananda statue on an island, boating jetties, an evening promenade and musical-fountain nights.
Mahant Ghasidas Museum, Raipur
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
The state's premier museum — a 1875 collection of Sirpur bronzes, tribal art, coins and natural-history galleries in a colonial building of old Raipur.
Chhattisgarhi Cuisine Trail (Faraa to Chila)
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
The rice-belt table — chila and faraa dumplings, bore-baasi summer rice, aamat and the mahua-and-forest flavours of tribal kitchens, plus street-side petha and khurma.
Doodhadhari Monastery & Raipur Old City
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
A 17th-century monastery of the milk-fasting saint Balbhadra Das with painted Ramayana murals, beside old Raipur's temples, tanks and bustling bazaars.
Raut Nacha & Panthi Folk Dance
Raipur, Chhattisgarh
The state's living folk dances — the cowherds' Raut Nacha of Dev Uthni, the acrobatic Satnami Panthi and the tribal Karma and Sua of harvest season.
Arang (Bhand Deul & Temple Town)
Arang, Chhattisgarh
The 'town of temples' east of Raipur — the 11th-century Jain Bhand Deul, the Bhagwan Mahavir and Mahamaya temples and old tanks of a Kalachuri-era centre.
Champaran (Champajhar) Temple Town
Champaran, Chhattisgarh
The birthplace of saint Vallabhacharya, founder of the Pushtimarg sect — a riverside pilgrimage town of temples and a great annual fair south of Raipur.
Rajim (Kumbh & Triveni Sangam)
Rajim, Chhattisgarh
The 'Prayag of Chhattisgarh' — the Rajivlochan Vishnu temple at the Mahanadi-Pairi-Sondur confluence, host to the great Rajim Kumbh Kalp fair.
Kuleshwar Mahadev & Rajim Ghats
Rajim, Chhattisgarh
An island Shiva temple standing mid-river at the Rajim confluence — reached across the sands, marooned and beautiful when the monsoon fills the Mahanadi.