INTRODUCTION

When we talk about cenotaphs in Madhya Pradesh, we will get some limited sites option in which Orchha cenotaphs are most popular one. These cenotaphs are now heritage monuments, build on Betwa river bank.  Cenotaphs are nothing but a building built by Hindu rulers, on death of some popular active or past rulers, at a place where death rituals were carried out. These sites are mostly on the bank of some big or small river. Cenotaphs are mainly erected on cremation site of  ruler. Here we will find cenotaphs of both male and female rulers of central India. They are found in large numbers at different princely states, kingdoms but all are not made so grand thus we don't pay attention towards them. Being a tourists, we would like to see some grand structures which can be seen at those kingdoms which were more stable, powerfule and ruled over a long duration (for many generations) like Buldela rulers, Chandela rulers in Bundelkhand region, Holkar rule in Malwa region, Scindia dynasty in Gwalior region etc. Grandness of cenotaphs was also dependent on the availability of building material thus cenotaphs in Bundelkhand and Malwa region are more grand in compare to souther Madhya Pradesh which was ruled by Gond rulers, for many generations. These cenotaphs serves many purpose, in addition to memory. Its grandness reflects the greatness of that ruler, financial status of kingdom, stability of kingdom and cultural advancement. political stability of ruling dynasty.

CENOTAPHS

Here we have listed some of the popular cenotaphs (Chhatri) located in various regions of Madhya Pradesh state. All of them are popular tourist attractions.

MADHYA PRADESH POPULAR PALACES
Bundela rulers cenotaphs in Orchha	Scindia cenotaph at Shivpuri	Rani Laxmibia Cenotaph in Gwalior
Krishanpura Chatri in Indore	Malhar Rao Holkar cenotaph at Bhind	Raja Parikshat cenotaph at Datia

CLIMATE & WEATHER

Here we have arranged a temperature chart of Madhya Pradesh showing average temperature during each month of a year.

Months	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Minimum (°C)	06	12	18	24	30	27	24	23	22	21	20	11
Maximum(°C)	18	30	36	40	45	41	36	37	35	36	32	20

 

BEST TIME TO VISIT

All these cenotaphs, located in various parts of Madhya Pradesh state, can be visited all the days of week from sunrise to sunset. These cenotaphs are easily accessible throughout the season, even in rainy days. So one can visit these chhatris in all the days. Most of the visits have been registered from October to April which is a popular tourism season in Central India as many other destinations like national parks etc. are open in these days, so we can say Oct - Apr is the best time to visit these cenotaphs.