Jabalpur city is located at slightly central-east of Madhya Pradesh on the bank of India's oldest river called Narmada. Surrounded by hills from 3 sides, it is highly rich in natural beauty with geological treasures in the form of fossils, granite rocks, marble rocks, sand stones and basalt rock formations. In tourism world, this city is mostly seen as an arrival and departure point for tiger safari tours of Central India. Reason behind this reputation is that about all 5 popular tiger reserves of Madhya Pradesh state are in radius of 250 km and Jabalpur airport ensures good flight connectivity to these tiger reserves. In reality, this city is much more than a arrival and departure point. Being located on the most ancient river of India i.e. Narmada river, Jabalpur encapsulates the great history which revolves around dinosaur period to Mauryan dynasty period and from Kalchuri dynasty period to British India ruling era. Marks of historical names, events are still available in and around this great city. In Madhya Pradesh, this city is often named as the "Sanskardhani" which means most cultural city of Central where festivals are celebrated for 7 to 10 days period. In today's world when we all are in short of time, celebration of festivals for more than a week is beyond imagination but it is a fact.Jabalpur tourism is a timeline journey in which covers various era's from dinosaur period to Mauryan period of great Ashoka, from Mauryan period to Chedi dynasty, from Gond dynasty rule to British India. It is also a journey of city naming from Tripuri to Jaulipattan, Jabalipuram to Jubbulpore and from Jubbulpore to Jabalpur.
Their are many theories regarding the origin of name of city as Jabalpur. The most prevalent theory indicates that its name is derived from mythological hindu sage “Rishi Jabali”. Rishi Jabali spent many years of his life in Jabalpur region. Another theory says its name is derived from Arabic word “Jabal” which means boulders that are still present in middle height mountains surrounding to city. As one can find mountains all around Jabalpur city, so this possibility cannot be ruled out. If we are in short of time and want to know short description about history of Jabalpur city, then we can say that its prominent history revolves around Gondwana Kingdom rule and British India ruling period in which Jabalpur was pronounced as Jubbulpore and was part of Central Provinces. Its Cantonment area was important power center of this region and its marks can easily be seen during city tour of Jabalpur.
It is said that in ancient times, Jabalpur was known as Tripuri Kingdom. Tripuri Kingdom was ruled by Hayahya rulers. In ancient epic of Mahabharata, one can find the reference of Tripuri State. Later it became part of Mauryan and the Gupta Empires. In 875 AD, Kalchuri conquered the Jabalpur region and made it their capital. At the same time Gonds were also ruling adjoining areas of Jabalpur. Today if we go by historical evidences showcased in Rani Durgavati Museum in Jabalpur city, we can notice that Gonds have strong presence in Jabalpur city area like Madan Mahal hills, Garha region where if we proceed about 5kms to 10kms towards Bhedaghat (west) we can notice the strong evidences of Kalchuri rule like in Tripur Sundari Temple, Yogini temples etc. Later Gonds increased their strength by acquiring more areas of Jabalpur and established their capital in Garha, Jabalpur. Here they made Garha fort, Madan Mahal fort etc. Upon reaching 16th century, Gond kingdom was in his golden time. During that time, Gond Kingdom was ruled by Sangram Shah, Dalpat Shah, Vir Narayan (virtually ruled by Rani Durgavati). After war with Mughal forces, gonds loosed their fame and strength due to which area came under Mughal domination. In this time most of the temples, statues of Hindu God & Goddess were dismantled & destroyed which is evident when we visit Chousat Yogini Temple in Bhedaghat. Later in 17th century, Marathas conquered this region and ruled for some time. In 1798 the Maratha Peshwa granted the Narmada valley region to the Bhonsle princes of Nagpur, who continued to hold the district upto 1818. Britisher occupied it in 1818 after defeating the Marathas and it became part of Central Province.
At the beginning of 19th century, under British India rule Jabalpur become commission headquarter of Nerbudda territories. It was pronounced & recorded as Jubbulpore. Even today while visiting Jabalpur Cantonment area, we can find the same name written in British era buildings. During British era, Jubbulpore became the capital of Saugor (now a days Sagar district) and Nerbudda Territories. At that time these territories become infamous for Thuggee murders. Thuggee murders were actually carried out by tribal notorious groups called Thugs who use to kill pilgrim groups, passing through this area, by strangling them to death using their turbans and other means. In order to suppress the thugee practice in Central India, a separate Anti-thuggee department was created, led by Col. Wiliam Henery Sleeman. He was among few Britishers who are still reminded by Indian for their good social services in India. He placed in Jubbulpore (Today's Jabalpur). By his hard & consistent efforts he manage to curb this problem. About 70 kms distance from Jabalpur, small town called Sleemanabad is on the name of such a great British officer. Sleeman wrote many books of history of Central India, rulers of Central India etc. In year 1861, Saugor and Nerbudda territories became part of Central Provinces. If you want to understand the history of Jabalpur city and would like to confirm about the British India rule in Jabalpur region, we recommend you to visit "Bilhari Cemetery", located near Bilhari town, in Jabalpur Cantonment area. It is a huge Christian graveyard in well maintained & well documented condition. On visiting this graveyard, you will realize about the great history of Jubbulpore Cantonment as here we can find very old graves of Britishers who were living here and died in this city. You will wil surprised to know that their are certain graves of Britishers, who died about 200 to 300 kms away from Jabalpur but finally burried in Jabalpur cantonment graveyard. This indicates towards the fact that during Central Provinces, Jabalpur was important city. Every grave has some story, indicating about the past of this region. In addition to this, "Jewish Cemetery" is also located in Jabalpur city which is almost hidden from rest of the world, even local peoples of city are unaware of it. It is the only Jews cemetery in whole Madhya Pradesh. In later years, Jabalpur has also seen freedom struggle, visit of Mahatma Gandhi, Lokmanya Tilak. Tripuri Congress Session was held here in year 1939. After independence, Jabalpur became part of newly created Madhya Pradesh state.
Since last one decade, Jabalpur has emerged as popular tourist destination. Wildlife tourism in Central India has gain international popularity. Here Taj Group of Hotels ventured in to safari lodges and opened 04 luxury safari lodges in Panna, Bandhavgarh, Kanha and Pench Tiger reserves. With the improvement in infrastructural facilities and better promotion of tourism in Madhya Pradesh, huge number of tourists visiting Central India every year. Among them Tiger Safari is a most famous tourism activity here. Fortunately, 05 most popular tiger reserves are in 250 kms radius of Jabalpur and is most suitable place to launch wildlife expedition to these tiger reserves. In addition to this Khajuraho & Pachmarhi are also easily accessible from Jabalpur. Usually tourists use Jabalpur as a base to launch their wildlife & leisure tours. More than this, Jabalpur itself has tourist attractions like Bhedaghat, Chousat Yogini temple, Marble Rocks, Dumna Nature Reserve, Bargi Dam, Rani Durgavati Museum, Madan Mahal Fort, Kachnar City 74 Feet High Shiva Statue etc. One or two days sightseeing can easily be done in Jabalpur city. To cater accommodation requirements, Jabalpur city have hotels of all categories for visitors of different budget level. During Evening hours, best thing to do is to visit Gaurighat to attend evening Narmada Arti, performed on Narmada river ghat at 7:30 PM. It is a sacred & photogenic activity, recommended by us. Let us check in short, what we can visit during Jabalpur stay.
Here we are describing the best time to visit Jabalpur in terms of tourism. Jabalpur is in Madhya Pradesh State in Central India where winter prevails from November to February, summers from March to June and monsoon season from July to October. Jabalpur is mainly known as important arrival & departure point for wildlife and leisure tours. In Madhya Pradesh, all tiger reserves remain closed in monsoon i.e. from July to mid-October. During this time, tourist arrival is very low. Tourist arrival begins with opening of tiger reserves from October till June. During winters & beginning of summers i.e. from October to April, climate remains good and most of the inbound tourist visits this time and it is considered to be the best time to visit Jabalpur. With summers, domestic tourists visits more due to holidays in schools & colleges. Here festivals like Ganesh Mahotsav and Durga Puja are celebrated with high spirit. So if your interest is in cultural trip. then we recommend you to visit Jabalpur in September end or beginning of October month. Both the festivals are celebrated for 8-9 days in a sequence thus you have plenty of time to fix your travel date during these festival time and take evening visit to Jabalpur city to understand how deeply these festivals are submersed into the life of local people.
Jabalpur is counted among big and historical cities of Central India. Here we can find people from all religions like Hindus, Muslims, Sikh, Jains, Jews, Christians etc. Majority is of Hindu religion followers. Due to religious diversity among citizens, here we will notice that all popular festivals of different religions are celebrated in grand way and carnivals are organized. Majority of people are from service class or associated with some kind of business. As city is surrounded by large number of fertile land thus many citizens are involved in agricultural related works. Till last decade, military factories has major influence in economy of service sector employees in Jabalpur but now image in changing. Other business and service sector are registering their presence like Railways,Banks, Schools, Private factories, People from service sector are better educated than business sector people. Education level of city is very good as English medium schools were present since British India rule. In that period, British India officers, from England, were staying in this city with their family members thus for them, best missionary schools and colleges were established due to which its impact is still experienced. By nature local people in Jabalpur are submissive, religious and not much modernized as we feel in metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru etc. Large number of homes have joint family system which resembles that social life of local people is very good and they are rich in cultural values. During city tour, just like any other old established cities, here also we will notice the phased development and expansion of city in which central part is with old heritage houses, congested narrow lanes with wholesale market places where as outer circle of city have wide roads, modern housing pattern with showrooms.
Jabalpur is located in the Mahakoshal region in the geographic center of India. In map, city is in central-east part of Madhya Pradesh state. It is counted among the large cities of Central India region. The location of Jabalpur is 23º10' North latitude and 79º59' East longitude. City is on the bank of holy Narmada river and surrounded by low-height rocky Vindhyan ranges. Being a important army base since British India, it is well connected by all means of transport i.e. by flight, train and road. It lies on Mumbai-Howrah rail track and India's largest National-Highway-7 passes through Jabalpur city. Its nearby popular cities are Bhopal(in west), Gwalior(in north), Nagpur(in south). Similarly it is surrounded by 5 popular tiger reserves and total 7 tourist attractions.
By Air: Jabalpur city have its own airport facility thus it allows direct access to city, in same day journey from any city of India. Jabalpur airport (IATA code: JLR) is also referred as Dumna airport and it is about 15 km from main city area. is connected by flight from capital of India i.e. New Delhi. Here daily flight operates between Jabalpur - Delhi, Hyderabad-Delhi, Kolkata-Delhi, Mumbai-Delhi, Ahmedabad-Delhi. Being popular tourism hub, we can expect more better connectivity options in coming time. Let's check the distance chart of Jabalpur
| Route | Distance in Kms. |
| Jabalpur to Bandhavgarh | 180 |
| Jabalpur to Amarkantak | 250 |
| Jabalpur to Kanha National Park | 190 |
| Jabalpur to Pench National Park | 210 |
| Jabalpur to Pachmarhi | 250 |
| Jabalpur to Panna National Park | 230 |
| Jabalpur to Satpura National Park | 250 |
By Train: Jabalpur is a major railway station in Central India for railways. Divisional Regional Manager office of Central Railways is here in this city. In addition to presence of important military establishment, railway connectivity of Jabalpur railway station is very good with rest of the cities and tourist destinations of India like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Varanasi, Agra, Gwalior, Bhopal, Indore, Nagpur, Jammu, Raipur, Allahabad, Patna, Howarh, Guwahati, Jaipur etc. All important trains that pass through Jabalpur, stops here. It lies on Mumbai-Howrah rail track.
By Road: Jabalpur is well connected by road. National Highway-7 passes through Jabalpur that connects Varanasi to Kanyakumari. Nearby important cities connected to Jabalpur are Nagpur, Bhopal, Raipur, Khajuraho etc. By road, you can go to any place in India by road. It has direct bus connectivity with cities like Varanasi, Allahabad, Raipur, Bhopal, Chattarpur (for Khajuraho), Kanha National Park, Chindwara, Sagor etc.
It is an ancient city on the bank of India's oldest Narmada river and cantonment area which ensured sufficient water supply for local people. Here we can experience all major 3 seasons i.e. summers, winters and monsoon season. City is not so hot and not so cold thus offers moderate temperature which is good enough for survival of human beings. Here winters can ce experienced from December to Feb month. Summer season can be experienced from mid of March till mid of June month. From June end, we expects monsoon rain thus till mid of October, rainfall can be experienced. Here we will notice good difference between morning and afternoon temperature. This is because with sunrise, straight sunlight falls and raise the temperature and with sunset, temperature suddenly drops.
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Their are number of accommodation facilities available in Jabalpur city for tourists and visitors. Here luxury hotels are limited but standard and budget hotels are many. Hotel Narmada Jacksons & Vijan Mahal are good & only options for luxury accommodation. Among standard hotels, hotel Kalchuri Residency, Hotel Rishi Regency, Satya Ashoka are the available options in city center. Mostly hotels are available in & around Russel Square of city which is a busy place for commercial activities. Among budget hotel, one can go for Hotel Sidharth, Hotel Samrat, Krishna hotel etc. Location-wise Kalchuri residency, Delite Palladium, Polo hotel, Narmada Jacksons are located in peaceful place and close to railway station & airport.
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