Friday, September 16, 2011

MORE INFORMATION

11.Sports
Indore has 2 stadiums, Nehru Stadium and Holkar Cricket Stadium.[27]
12. Culture
Indore was included in the Guinness Book of World Records[28] for holding the largest tea party in the world.

Gurudwara LIG Circle[edit] Food
Indore has a wide variety of Namkeens, Poha & Jalebi, Chaats (snacks), Kachoris and Samosas, cuisines of various types in different restaurants, and Bengali, Muslim, Rajasthani, continental and confectionery sweets, as well as dishes such as Dal-Bafla, Nihari Gosht and Bafla-Gosht.

A. Main festivals
All national festivals like Holi, Rangpanchmi, Baisakhi, Raksha Bandhan, Navratri,Durga puja, Dussehra, Ganeshotsav, Deepavali, Ramzan, Gudi Padwa, Bhaubeej, Eid,[disambiguation needed] Christmas and other others like Nagpanchmi, Ahilya Utsav, are celebrated with equal enthusiasm.

B. Places of interest
Deoguradia - The monolithic rock temple built in 7th century. The original Shivalinga is 12 ft under water in a sunken temple above which the present temple is constructed.[29]
Bapna Statue - Sir Siremal Bapna's statue right opposite MY Hospital in Indore adjacent to Jaora Compound.
ISKCON - Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, Hare Krishna Movement in Nipaniya Village, MR 10, Devas Bypass Road.
Gomat Giri - A Jain temple with a 21 feet statue of Gomateshwara, a replica of the Bahubali statue of Shravanabelagola. Along with 24 marble temples with shikhars, for each Tirthankar.[30]
Lal Bagh Palace - A palace spread across 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land. It is now a museum with artefacts of the Holkar era.
Rajwada - A seven-storey palace built during the Holkar era.
The Indore museum houses a collection of Parmar sculptures from Hinglajgarh [31]
Venkatesh Temple - Famous temple of Lord Venkateshwara in Central India which abides Largest Chariot Ceremony ( Rathyatra ) of Cental India.
13. Gallery
Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, ISKCON Indore.
The Rajwada Palace of Indore
Bolia Maharaj Ki Chhatri
Krishnapura Chhatri.
Krishnapura Chhatri
Sculptures on Krishnapura Chhatri
Krishnapura Chhatri from inside
Carvings at Krishnapura Chhatri
Carved Pillars of Krishnapura Chhatri
Sculptures on Krishnapura Chhatri
Vijay Balla, signed by captain CK Naidu, Vijay Hazare and team after team victory over Australia.
Treasure Island Mall, First in Madhya Pradesh
Khan River. Krishnapura Chhatri in background
14. See also
Bijalpur
Rau
Mhow
Kshipra
Dewas
Ujjain
Rangwasa
Manpur, Indore
Betma
Burhanpur
Omkareshwar
Mandu
Maheshwar
Pithampur

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