Beautiful Places to Visit in Karauli, Rajasthan, India

Places to Visit in Karauli, Rajasthan, India

Karauli is a well known town and the administrative headquarters of Karauli District in Rajasthan in India. It is located about 158 km southeast of Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Karauli District occupies an area of 5530 km² and the town is placed 275 meters from the mean level of sea. Karauli lies between latitude 26.5° in the north and longitude 77.02° in the east. Karauli District is surrounded by full of hills and ravines.

Dhaulpur district touches the border of Karauli District in the east, Sawai Madhopur district to the west, Dausa district towards northwest, Bharatpur district in the northeast, Sheopur district and Morena district of Madhya Pradesh towards south and southeast respectively.

Madan Mohanji, Shri Anjani Mata Ji, Mehndipur Balaji and Kailadevi are the major temples located in Karauli District. Karauli is rich in mineral resources include iron ore and grade stone.

History of Karauli:

Maharaja Arjun Dev Yadav was the founder of Karauli Town and developed the town in the year 1348. Before the 11^th century, Karauli was the division of Matsya kingdom and after Rajput Kings conquered the land of Karauli and ruled until Indian Independence in the year 1947.

Culture, Food and Shopping in Karauli:

Karauli has a strong cultural background and famous for its temples and tourist destinations. Karauli has several famous monuments with the stories of soldiers and their lives. Also the town is famous for cultural activities like dance, music and the locals perform different style of dances during annual fair in cultural centres.

Higher majority of Karauli people are vegetarians and they highly like Rotis, Chapatis of Wheat and Jowar. Also the town has several South Indian and North Indian restaurants along with local food items centres.

Karauli is one of the fast developing towns in Rajasthan state houses numerous retail outlets, cotton centres, marriage halls, film theatres, vehicle showroom, handicraft shops, electronic and electronic showrooms.

Connectivity to Karauli:

Karauli has good connectivity with the nearby regions and major towns of the state through well developed road network and railway transport. It is very easy to board buses from Karauli Town because the town has plenty of bus stops all round. Karauli Town Bus Stand is the major bus stand of the town.

Karauli District houses numerous major railway stations namely Shri Mahabirji Railway Station, Hindaun City Railway Station and Sikroda Railway Station. Jaipur International Airport is the closest airport to Karauli situated at a distance of 161 km.

Places to see in Karauli:

City Palace:

City Palace is situated in centre of Karauli City and was built during the period of 14^th century. It is widely popular for its stone figures, beautiful pictures, lattice efforts and design. City Palace has a good designed hall, beautiful entrance and wall paintings of freedom fighters.

Bhanwar Vilas Palace:

Bhanwar Vilas Palace is a historical monument constructed by Maharaja Ganesh Pal Deo Bhadur in the year 1938. The inner side of the palace is decorated with majestic style furniture and the designs of the palace showcases the hard work of ancient architects. Bhanwar Vilas Palace is now been renovated into a high class hotel.

Timangarh Fort:

Timangarh Fort is located very nearer to Karauli and was constructed during 1100 AD and it was reconstructed in 1244 AD by Yaduvanshi Raja Timanpal after destroyed by Mohammad Gouri. It is famous for beautiful architecture.

Kaila Devi Temple:

Kaila Devi Temple is devoted to Shri Kaila Devi Ji and was constructed during the period of 1100 AD. It is situated about 22 km from Karauli Town. Fifteen days long festival of Kaila Devi Temple attracts pilgrims from all over Rajasthan and other nearby states including Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Kaila Devi Temple has near proximity with Bhairon Temple and Hanuman Temple.

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