Places To Visit In Raipur Sightseeing

The village is identified with Champaranya, the birth place of the Saint Vallabhacharya, the reformer and founder of the Vallabh Sect for whom this place has religious sanctity. A temple was constructed in honour of Guru Swamy Vallabhacharya. Near to this Temple, there is the temple of Champakeshwara Mahadeva.

Sirpur or Shripur the city of wealth has been mentioned in ancient epigraphic records and dates back to a periods ranging from between the Fifth and the Eighth century A.D. It was then the capital of the Sarbhapuriya and Somvanshi Kings of Dakshin Kosala or Chhattigarh.

The Forest village Turturiya Situated on the bank of a spring called Turturiya or Sursuri Ganga contains numerous buddhist remains of 8th Century A.D. and the Brahmanical remains of later period. There are numerous heaps of ruins all of bricks, picked with stone. The place is of a great archaeological and anthropological interest.

Situated on the right bank of the river Mahanadi was one of the important urban centres in the Mahakoshal region. It is famous for its fine group of temples. The main temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu known as Rajivalochana Temple. The twelve pillars of the temple have tall single figures sculptured on the face like Durga with eight arms.

Built by the 17th-century King Jaitsingh on the banks of the ancient Maharajbandh river, the Doodhadhari Monastery and Temple is dedicated to the Hindu god Lord Rama. One of the most important religious sites in Raipur, set in the south of the city near Burha Lake, it attracts tourists and devotees alike.

The five galleries of the Mahant Ghasidas Memorial Museum are broken into sections exploring local archeology, anthropology and natural history. It houses a fascinating collection of ancient inscriptions, weapons, coins, sculptures from the 12th-century kalachuri dynasty, carvings and Buddhist bronzes.

Beside the Burha Lake, set in the south of Raipur, sits a 37-foot statue of Swami Vivekanand, a Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century St. Ramakrishna. The statue has earned its place in the Indian Limca Book of Records for being the largest icon of its kind. Two miles from the lake is an ashram dedicated to the 19th-century disciple’s teachings,

Shadani Darbar set in 12 acres of grounds on Dhamtari Road, is dedicated to St. Shri Shadaramji Saheb. Wander through the buildings to admire the ornate engraved images of gods and brightly painted depictions of incarnations, as well as musical fountains.