Travel Guide Orchha

Sites in the middle of the fort (near Raj Mahal).

• Raj Mahal  (palace, *****, Location)

• Jahangir Mahal  (palace, *****, Location)

• Rai Praveen Mahal  (palace, ****, Location)

• Sheesh Mahal  (palace; now a hotel, ***, Location)

• Kanteela Darwaja  (gate, *, Location)

• Tope Khana  (cannon foundry, *, Location)

• Shyam Daua Ki Kothi  (residence, **, Location)

• Rasaldhar Ki Kothi  (residence, **, Location)

• Ghudasal  (horse stable, *, Location)

• Pavilion With Painting  ( ****, Location)

• Elephant Stable  (*, Location)

• Ojha's House  (*, Location )

• Shahi Darwaja  (fort gate, *, Location)

• Hamam Khana  (royal baths, **, Location)

• Unth Khana  (camel stable, **, Location)

• Deviji Mandir  (temple, *, Location)

• Darwaja  (fort gate, *, Location)

Sites to the north (of Raj Mahal).

• Teen Dasiyon Ka Mahal  (residence, ***, Location)

• Shiva Mandir  (temple, ****, Location)

• Panch Mahadev Mandir  (temple, ***, Location)

• Siddh Baba Ki Gufa  (residence, **, Location)

• Unidentified structure near Siddh Baba Ki Gufa  (?, ?, Location)

• Yagyashala  (sacrificial hall, **, Location )

• Radhika Bihari Mandir  (temple, ***, Location)

• Unidentified structure near Radhika Bihari Mandir  (?, ?, Location)

• Vanvasi Mandir  (temple, ***, Location)

• Dharmashala  (resthouse ?, **,  Location)

• Unidentified structure beyond Dharmashala (?, ?, Location)

Sites to the south (of Raj Mahal).

• Bastion with well  (unique, ***, Location)

• Dauji Ki Kothi  (residence, ***, Location )

• Ruined Haveli (Himma Hammir Ki Haveli)  (residence, ***, Location)

• Tamirat Ki Kothi  (residence, **, Location)

• Barud Khana  (gunpowder storage, *, Location)

• Pracheen Haveli  (residence, *, Location)

• Vallabh Mandir (Pracheen Mandir)  (temple, **, Location)

• South Darwaja  (fort gate, **, Location)

• Bastion (Look out point)  (View point, **, Location)

• Bakas Rai Ki Haveli  (residence, **, Location)

• Chhatri Near Bakas Rai  (domed structure,  *, Location)

• Daroga Ki Kothi  (residence, *, Location )

• Kothi of Mukutmani Gaur  (residence, *, Location)

• Purshottam Das Ki Haveli  (residence, *, Location)

• Kothi Of Purohit  (residence, *, Location)

• Open Theatre of Indrijit Singh  (?, *, Location)

Sites just outside the fort.

• Athpula  (bridge, ***, Location)

• Old Stone Bridge  (***, Location)

These sites are on a island in the Betwa river close to the fort.

I could not go here. It involves crossing a stream by walking over rocks.

The route to this place starts at a fort gate near Bakas Rai Ki Kothi.

• Hanuman Mandir ? (temple, ?, location)

• Unidentified structure (quite large).

• Many small chhatris.

• Ram Raja Mandir  (temple, *****, Location)

• Chaturbhuj Mandir  (temple, *****, Location)

• Sawan Bhado  (unique pillars, ****, Location)

• Jujhar Singh Mahal (palace, **, Location)

• Dinman Hardol Mahal  (palace,**, Location)

• Palki Mahal  (palace, **, Location)

• Hardol Vatika (temple, **, Location)

• Chandan Katora  (large stone vessel, ***, Location)

• Phool Baug  (garden, **, Location)

• Taksal Bhavan  (mint, *, Location)

• Kowdi Shah Ki Haveli ?  (residence, *, Location behind Taksal Bhavan)

• Janki Ju Mandir  (temple, **, Location)

• Machli Darwaja  (entrance to Ram Raja Complex, **, Location)

• Gosain Math  (residence, **, Location )

• Unidentified structure across the road from Phool Baug  (?, ?, Location )

• Vaidhya Ki Haveli  (residence, **, Location)

• None Ju Ki Haveli  (residence, **, Location)

• Kalp Vraskh  (baobab tree, ***, Location )

• Pratham Pracheen  Darwaja  (fort gate, *, Location)

• Ganesh Darwaja  (gate to Orchha, *, Location )

• Katra (?) Darwaja  (second gate to Orchha, *, Location)

• Topchi Ki Haveli  (residence, **, Location )

• Laxminarayan Mandir  (temple, *****, Location)

• Sundar Shah Mahal  (palace & graveyard, ***, Location)

• Kalyanrai Mandir  (temple, **, Location)

• Radhika Raman Mandir (Santoshi Maa) (temple, ***, Location)

• Raghuvanshmani Mandir  (temple, ***, Location)

• Keshav Bhavan  (residence, *, Location)

• Narayan Das Khare Ki Kothi  (residence, **, Location)

• Narayan Das Khare Ki Baoli  (stepwell, *, Location 

• Kalp Vraskh  (baobab tree, ***, Location 

• Math (unidentified haveli)  (residence, **, Location)

• Gundrai Darwaja  (fort gate, *,  Location)

• Gundrai Ki Baoli  (stepwell, **, Location)

• Bhagwant Rai Ki Haveli (residence, **, Location)

• Deewan Mahal  (palace, *, Location)

• Sitamarhi Mahal  (palace, **, Location)

• Hathi Sav Mahal (Supari Sav)  (palace, **, Location)

• Chaupal  (?, ***, Location)

• Hanuman Mandirs  (temples, ?, Location, Location )

• Bateshwar Mandir  (temple, ?, Location)

• Royal Chhatris (Ticketed),  (cenotaphs, *****, Location, 2 pages )

• Royal Chhatris (Not Ticketed)  (cenotaphs, *****, Location adjacent to the ticketed chhatris, 2 pages)

• Old Bridge  (for sunset pics of the chhatris, ***, Location)

• New Bridge  (also good for sunset pics of the chhatris, ***, Location  next to the old bridge)

• Kriparam Gaur Ki Haveli  (residence, **, Location)

• Kanchan Ghat  (riverside, **, Location between the Chhatris and the river)

• Ghurai Bridge  (old bridge, ***, Location)

• Group of four chhatris  (cenotaphs, **, Location)

• Maqbara  (Muslim cemetery, **, Location)

• Chhatri near the river  (cenotaph, **, Location)

• Small Chhatris  (cenotaphs, **, many scattered around)