Niwari, Madhya Pradesh
A Bundela capital frozen in the sixteenth century — palaces, riverside cenotaphs and a temple where Rama is worshipped as a reigning king.
Four days across the Bundela heartland, from the crowds at Orchha to a fort in Niwari that you will very likely have entirely to yourself. Deliberately routed so the last two days are the highest-scoring ones.
Sonagiri Jain TemplesDatia · Madhya PradeshSeventy-seven white Jain temples on a single hill, climbed barefoot, in near silence.75 ptsNiwari, Madhya Pradesh
A Bundela capital frozen in the sixteenth century — palaces, riverside cenotaphs and a temple where Rama is worshipped as a reigning king.
Niwari, Madhya Pradesh
A hill fort of the Khangar kings that is invisible until you are almost on top of it — and reportedly has an underground level nobody has fully mapped.
Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh
A hill town of Bundela and Malwa monuments that has been weaving the same silk-cotton saree for six hundred years.
© Jain cloud · CC BY-SA 3.0Datia, Madhya Pradesh
Seventy-seven white Jain temples on a single hill, climbed barefoot, in near silence.