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Tourism in Sehore District
Tourism in Sehore district provides an excellent opportunity to venture into the rich and valuable past of this district. There are several old temples of great importance as well as churches, mosques, gurudwara, etc.

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Tourism in Sehore DistrictTourism in Sehore district offers several options including a number of temples, churches, Gurudwara, mosques and many others. One of the most prominent temples in the district of Sehore in the state of Madhya Pradesh is a Ganesh Mandir known as the Sidhha Ganesha Mandir (Siddha Ganapati Temple). The temple was erected in the Gopalpur village in the North-West direction, about three kilometres from the district Headquarters. According to the legend, this temple dates back to Vikramaditya of Ujjain and later the Maratha Peshwa, Baji Rao I, renovated it. Every Wednesday, a large numbers of devotees throng this temple. The Ganesha Chaturthi festival is a popular festival celebrated in this temple in Sehore district.

The Hanuman Phatak is an emphatic temple dedicated to Lord Hanuman on a Garhi . It is placed on the bank of Seewan River in a far-flung corner, offers an aesthetic ambience as well as a prominent seat of devotion. The Navratri festival in Ashwin and Chaitra are among the most popular festivals celebrated in this temple. The Ramlala Mandir is also of great importance, which is located at a distance of one kilometre from Sehore in Badia Khedi. This temple is revered amongst eighty-four Hindu monasteries of India. Another temple of religious importance in the district of Sehore in Madhya Pradesh is the Salkanpur Durga Temple. This temple is situated on an eight hundred feet high hillock, in the village called Salkanpur. It is seventy kilometres from Bhopal. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Durga and the deity, Ma Durga Beejasan is held in great esteem by her followers and local people.

Tourism in Sehore District Apart from the Hindu temples, there are also places of religious importance for people of other faiths. The Gurudwara is in the Ganga Ashram at Sehore. Sikh Militarymen renovated the Gurudwara in the year 1936; it holds the Langer and Path of Guru Nanak Saheb. There is also a Jain Mandir in Sehore, which attracts pilgrims from various parts of the state. It is located in Kasba (Sehore). Two Tirthankara idols are there in the monasteries dated 1335 and 1548. The year between 1335 to 1584 is known as Vikram Samvat Era. The calendar made by the Indian Emperor Vikramaditya is called Vikram Samvat.

Cenotaphs and tombs of Kunwar Chain Singh are located in Dashahra wala Maidan on the bank of Lotia River on the Sehore-Indore Road. Jama Masjid was constructed by Mugis Uddin Shah in 732 Hijri and was renovated by Beghum Siknadar Jahan in 1281. This mosque is said to once posses a picturesque Bawadi or a water tank.

A British political leader who belonged to Scotland in the year 1838 erected the Sehore Church. The Church building is an exact replica of a church in Scotland and even the surrounding greenery, possessing mainly tall bamboo trees, was designed to match the original. To traverse the Sehore soil is to tread upon centuries of colourful history. The most convenient time to visit the Sehore district and its sprawling teak forests is in the month of November with its autumn ripeness and in the month of March with its spring finery.

Other attractions of the district of Sehore include the Saru-Maru caves, the Higher Secondary School at Sehore, etc. Caves, rock edicts and stupas on Hoshangabad District road belonging to the Saru-Maru caves is said to be visited by Ashoka, his son Mahendra and his daughter Sanghamitta. This place forms one of the most prominent tourist attractions in the Sehore district. There is a Higher Secondary School in Sehore and the building of which is very old. This is one of the four Vernacular schools opened by the British in this district. This school boasts up with alumni like Sir Hidayatullah and Justice Wanchoo. The Nizamat building where the Nizam of the erstwhile Bhopal state held court is also worth a visit for the visiting tourists.


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