Ujjain The City Of Temple

Ujjain is also called the city of temples where different devotees from across India and the world come and visit this great holly city. Traveling to Ujjain bring different kinds of experience that can we only be felt while traveling to Ujjain.

Whenever you travel to Ujjain you should make a plane so that you can be prepared to see different places in and around Ujjain. It boasts a wealth of cultural heritage etc. Many famous temples are situated in Ujjain. The most famous is the mahakal temple which is one of the most important 12 jyotirlingas that are found across India. The tropic of cancer passes through the temple as well well as another famous temple in Gujarat Somnath temple. This imaginary line is also said to pass through Ujjain’s temple of Mangalnath, considered in Hindu cosmogony to be the birthplace of Mangal (Mars) and the closest point from Earth to Mars.

Ujjain was a political and commercial hub of central India and the capital of the Avanti kingdom in 600 BC.

Ujjain is a very old and historic city which from the older time was the best in central India. The many temples give you glimpses of a glorious past. This is one city that will take you back to your childhood history books.

One of the most famous temples maha Maheshwar temple is situated in Ujjain and is a very important temple in Hindu society.

So many things about this town captivated me including the famous temple, historical places, religious legends, etc. Kala Bhairava Temple is a very famous temple where we don't offer the usual coconuts or flower but bottles of liquor.The Mahakaleshwar Temple is considered significant by the Hindus for another reason. It is among one of the seven “Mukti-Sthal” – the place that can liberate a human.

Right beside the Mahabaleshwar temple is the famous shakti peeth which is one of the 18 maha shakti peeth. The story goes as shiva was very angry that Sati Devi died that he had lost control and during that process, the body part of Sati Devi was scattered in all part of India and the different temple are made on top of the part. It has religious and cultural importance in our everyday life.

Each of the 51 Shakti Peethas has shrines for Shakti and Kalabhairava. The Upper Lip of Sati Devi is said to have fallen here and the Shakti is called as Mahakali. Ujjain has it's very own Jantar Mantar which is also known as vedh shala as it has all the science and astrology and was made in 1719 by Maharaja Jai Singh.

The primary purpose behind the construction of Jantar Mantar was to illustrate and compile the data collected by astronomical calculations, the results of which helped in the study of the movement of sun, planets and their moons.

The different temple-like Gopal Mandir , harshiddhi temple ,magalnath temple and Ram ghat are some of the places that are very famous in Ujjain. It was a great experience that I got while visiting the city and ate different food and visited the different temple and cultural site that were in offer while visiting Ujjain.