T h e Holy Tourist Place – Uj jain

Ujjain is all set to host Kumbh festival again. Ujjain becomes the favorite destination of devotees and saints at the time of Khumb. Thousands of devotees come here to take bath in the auspicious Kshipra River. It is believed that it is one of the river in which drop of mortality were fallen at the time of war between god and devil during the churning of sea . Thus devotees and saints come here in K u m b h M e l a Ujjain to take bath in this immortal river.

At the time of kumbh mela in Ujjain many business get benefits. The most benefited sector is hotel industry. At the time of kumbh it is very difficult to get even a single hotel in Ujjain. On e can only plan a trip to Ujjain if they have prior booking. Though there arelarge numbers of hotels in Ujjain but Ujjain hotels are full at the time of kumbh mela. Ujjain hotel accommodates thousand of devotees at this time. Beca use of the religious value of Ujjain and other monuments, large tourist comes to Ujjain. Travel & a m p ; tourism is also an efficient business in city like Ujjain. Ujjain tourism also gets equal benefit at the time of Kumbh. It has been serving all the visitors since many years and it is now all set for the next kumbh mela dates which are to be held next year.

If visitors are planning to visit Ujjain there are many places that one can visit. But some of the favorite destinations are:

1. Mah akales hwar: The M a h a k a l Temple is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga. It is said to be Swayam bhu. That is it is believed that Lord Shiva has himself settled here. The main thing about this temple is that this is the only south facing Jyotirlinga among all the twelve. It has great religious values and thousand of devotees visit it every year.

2. Jantar M a n t a r : Jantar Mantar or the observatory is still in working condition. It is rare place in India.  It contains many large instruments that were constructed many years ago . With them astronomers still calculates Indian years, climatic conditions, motion of planets and moon, earth rotation etc . It attracts large number of astronomy students and scientists. On e can easily find how people detected time and day in ancient period. It is a rare and good place to visit.

3. Kaliad eh Palace: It is a palace that displays the ancient architecture and known as K D Palace. Situated on the bank of Kshi pra River it also attracts many visitors. It also has beautiful sun temple.

4.There are many more temples which have religious beliefs attached to it . This includes Ch itam an Ga ne sh , Harsiddhi temple, Ba da Ganes h temple, Mangalnath temple, Gopal temple and many more.

5.Ujjain also has various Gurudwara and mosque that has big religious beliefs attached to it .

Other than in Ujjain one can also visit nearby places. On e can visit Ujjain toOmkareshwar. Also Indore to Ujjain distance is manageable for visitors. M a ny visitorsalso come from Indore to Ujjain .

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