 Orcha
is a city having its origin during the medieval times of 16th
Centaury built by Bundela rulers and has many old timed palaces and
temples reflecting grand old beauty, which existed in those times.
The City was built by a Rajput leader Rudra Pratap Singh. He chose
Orcha city as the capital, because it was on the Banks of Betwa
riverThe succeeding Ruler to
Rudra Pratap Singh Raja Bir Singh contributed to the splendor of the
city by constructing Jehangir Mahal. The palace is constructed in
tiers and at the top there are highly graceful umbrella like
structures. From the top of this Palace a view of all the temples
having long tapering structures and other landmarks of the city.can
be viewed with great mind satisfying scene
Matching with the exterior
craftsmanship, the interiors has exhibits of finest paintings of
those times. The Laxminarayan Temple has very rich colored paintings
on the wall reflecting art depiction of themes based on the religion
followed by the local people and other independent thoughts of the
medieval times. There are a number of memorial monuments constructed
for posterity and tell their own history of their presence and add
to the artistic beauty of the city
Paramour Memorial
those times a poetess and musician, Rai Praveen was
extremely beautiful paramour of Raja Indramani during the period
1672-76. She went to Delhi on the summons of Emperor Akbar, who also
deeply impressed by her. She impressed upon Emperor her love for
Indramani and the Emperor sent her back to Orcha. The Rai
Praveen Mahal palace built as a memorial in her name
Chaturbhuj Temple
It was constructed on a huge stone platform, from where there are
very high steps converging into the temple shape. The temple was
supposed to have Idol of lord Ram, which was later on left to the
wishes of Idol of Ram. The exterior are decorative symbols of lotus
and other religious symbols
Ram Raja Mandir It
is a palace-turned-temple has a very attractive story behind. King
Madhukar Shah had brought an idol of Lord Rama from Ayodhya to Orcha
being the realization of a dream he had and later on it was
installed in Chaturbhuj Temple. On attempting and having failed to
move the idol and felt that it is the wish of the deity to remain
where it is. Now there are high tapering structures built at the
temple site and it is one of the finest temples in India and Ram is
worshipped as a king
Laxminarayan
Temple
A flagstone path links the Laxminarayan Temple with the Ram Raja
Temple. The style here is a mix of fort and temple architecture. The
interiors contain the most exquisite of Orcha's Wall Paintings. On
the walls and ceilings of three halls, these murals are vibrant
compositions and cover a variety of spiritual and secular subjects
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