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Bundelkhand Fort Trail© Yann (talk) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bundelkhand Fort Trail

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.

Duration
4 days
Distance
412 km
Check-in points
330 pts

The route

Stops, in order

  1. 1OrchhaNiwari · Madhya PradeshA Bundela capital frozen in the sixteenth century — palaces, riverside cenotaphs and a temple where Rama is worshipped as a reigning king.30 pts
  2. 2Garhkundar FortNiwari · Madhya PradeshA 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.150 pts
  3. 3ChanderiAshoknagar · Madhya PradeshA hill town of Bundela and Malwa monuments that has been weaving the same silk-cotton saree for six hundred years.75 pts
  4. 4Sonagiri Jain TemplesDatia · Madhya PradeshSeventy-seven white Jain temples on a single hill, climbed barefoot, in near silence.75 pts

Each stop in detail

Orchha© Yann (talk) · CC BY-SA 4.0
T2
30 pts

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.

10 hrs4.8(1980)EasyGets crowded
Garhkundar Fort© shivanshu kumar singh · CC BY-SA 3.0
T4
150 pts

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.

3 hrs4.7(58)ModerateRarely crowded
Chanderi© GymPediaWarrior · CC BY 4.0
T3
75 pts

Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh

A hill town of Bundela and Malwa monuments that has been weaving the same silk-cotton saree for six hundred years.

10 hrs4.6(280)ModerateRarely crowded
Sonagiri Jain Temples© Jain cloud · CC BY-SA 3.0
T3
75 pts

Datia, Madhya Pradesh

Seventy-seven white Jain temples on a single hill, climbed barefoot, in near silence.

4 hrs4.7(190)ModerateRarely crowded