Pachmarhi
General Information about Pachmarhi hill station

Pachmarhi is a hill station in Madhya Pradesh state of central India, also known for the Pachmarhi Cantonment. It is widely known as "Satpura ki Rani" (Queen of Satpura), situated at a height of 1000 m in a valley of the Satpura Range in Hoshangabad district. The highest point in the central India region and the Vindhya and Satpura range; Dhupgarh at 1100 m is located here.

Tourism

Pachmarhi is a tourist retreat. During the Diwali and winters season many tourists visit this place, and there are reasonable facilities to accommodate them. Pachmarhi's elevation and the forests of the Satpuras, with their streams and waterfalls, are picturesque and home to much wildlife. Pachmarhi lies within the Pachmarhi Biosphere Preserve, created in 1999 to link two forest reserves and into a larger wildlife conservation area -- the highest point in Central India Pachmarhi also has a lot of cave paintings in the forests, some of which have been dated to be as much as 10000 years old. Shown in the picture is the garden at the base of a tourist attraction called Pandava caves, the caves are actually Buddhist in origin but the name persists. The place has rich timber reserves including teak, but being a part of a reserve no new construction/ felling of trees is allowed. Having rich and some rare flora as well as fauna, Pachmarhi needs a central and state government approval for any new construction outside the town area.

Some of the places of tourist interest here are:

 ■ Rajat Pratap (Big Fall)
 ■ Bee Fall
 ■ Pandav Caves
 ■ Bada Mahadev
 ■ Gupt Mahadev
 ■ Chauragarh (Shiv Devotees come here in huge numbers during Mahashivratri)
 ■ Dhupgarh (The highest peak of the Satpuras and Madhya Pradesh)
 ■ Handi Kho (Deep Valley)
 ■ Apsara Falls (Fairy Pool)
 ■ Jatashanker
 ■ Duchess Fall
 ■ Pachmarhi hill
 ■ Pansy Pool
 ■ Waters meet
 ■ Picadilly circus
 ■ Patharchatta
 ■ Crumps crag
 ■ Lady Robertson's view
 ■ Colletin Crag
 ■ Mount Rosa