There are a lot of pre-historic and medieval age monuments, caves and relics in Madhya Prasdesh (MP) to make it one of the major parts of Incredible India!

MP has a lot of places of historic interest. Infact that reminds me; some days back I was flying Jet Airways and I saw an article on some very old Photographs of Nawabs of Bhopal. Some fantastic pictures i must say!

I have been staying in Bhopal for over a week now. Purpose of visit to Bhopal (viz. also called city of lakes!!) is obviously work but exploration comes with it. Some areas of great interest nearby Bhopal are: Sanchi - Stupas, Monasteries and Relics dating back to 3rd Century BC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanchi), Bheem Bhaitika - some 700 caves with pre-historic paintings , Bhojeshwar Temple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhojpur,_Madhya_Pradesh), Udaygiri caves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udaygiri), et al

Below are some of the photographs. Masters are shared on flickr here –> http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyphenen/sets/72157623495520044/

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It gives you an great feeling to be at a place like this. Some amazing stone carvings are a part of Sanchi and of all the Stupas and the Gates. Find more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanchi_Stupa

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These are some very recent pictures clicked in a zoo in Kolkata, West Bengal.

It was quite sad to look at these animals stuffed together in cages; not a vey good experience of visiting such a place!

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It was raining that day... and probably it was the first time i had come out to the streets of Kolkata to capture its essence. Thats when i came across these kids.

They had gotten all so excited about someone trying to take their pictures. Though one of them was a real smart kid. He came up to me and said "Aise kya photo leta hai? Paisa de humko! tu toh isko bech dega!". He meant - Why are you taking our pictures? We need money now as you are going to make money out of it too! Now that came as a shock to me as he wouldn't have been more than 5-6 years of age and he was too smart for his age!

After talking to all of them for sometime they got ready for letting me click them and the deal was i had to give them some money and chocolates which i didn't mind doing.

And Voila! I managed to get some real nice photographs that day.

This set is in B&W as probably Kolkata looks better that way! ... Well obviously not always!!

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What it is to be a child?
It is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul.
-- an English Poet

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