Indore Tourism : Places near to Indore

Indore is one of the best place to live in for traveller. There are many monuments and natural places to go around. These nearby places will surely add up to your traveling experience. There are many places of interest near Indore, which are worth visiting. There are nice waterfalls in vicinity of indore and they are best for picnic and outing for natutal beauty. We will add up more places latter which are around 300 kms to indore.

Patal Pani
This is favorite weekend place in indore. It is situated at a distance of 36 km from Indore. Patal Pani is famous for its splendid waterfall. The waterfall descends from a height of 150 feet into a pond (kund). The depth of the kund is still unknown. According to popular belief, the bottom of this deep kund [trench] reaches Patal (the mythological world below Earth or the netherworld). This way the place got its name Patal Pani. It is a very famous picnic spot near Indore.

Mandu City
This is old historical city near by Indore. The history of this place is 1000 years old. Mandavgarh is situated at a distance of about 90 km from the Indore city of Madhya Pradesh. Popularly known as Mandu, the town is located amidst the Vindhya Ranges, at an elevation of 2000 feet above the sea level. It was originally founded in the 10th century by the Parmar rulers who made it their fort capital.

Omkareshwar Temples
This is another old religious place near to indore. This is very beautiful and natural palce to visit. Omkareshwar is a holy town situated at a distance of 77 km from Indore. It derives its name from the sacred Hindu symbol of Om. The place is a pilgrimage site, as there are a number of Hindu temples and Jain temples located here. It is basically an island, in the shape of Om, on the confluence of the rivers Narmada and Kaveri.

 

Ujjain

This city is known as one of the DHAM for hindus. This place has very nice connnectivity with Indore. This place is famous for delicious 'BATIS'. The Ujjain is situated at a distance of 56 km from Indore. The city of Ujjain is one of the ancient cities of the country. It is considered to be one of the seven sacred places to attain Moksha. The city attracts a great deal of pilgrims, as it is the abode of one of the Jyotirlingas. Ujjain city of India is located on the banks of River Shipra and exists from the early days of the Indian civilization.

Deoguradia

This place is very near to Indore, it is just 12 kms from Indore. It is famous for its monolithic rock temple built in 7th century and another one built in 18th century by Ahilya Bai Holkar. This place is popularly known as Garuda Tirth, as there is a water outlet there. It is in the shape of Gomukh, from where water flows out and falls on the Shivalinga almost as in Abhishek. The original Shivalinga is 12ft under water in a sunken temple. The present temple is constructed above the under water temple and is dedicated to Shri Gutkeshwar Mahadeo. Every Shivratri, a fair is organized here.

        

Sitala mata fall

This tourist attraction is famous for its Water Falls in Monsoon Season. It is very beautiful place for enjoying the weekend.

Choral Fall

Choral has the wonderful Water Falls in Monsoon Season. People go there specially in Mansoon Sesson for enjoying the weekend. Its situated on Khadwa Road, near Gram Simrol.

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Indore Development: Why Indore should be another IT Hub in India

Indore is located in central part of india and the western region of Madhya Pradesh.Indore has an average elevation of 553.00 meter above mean sea level.It is located on an elevated plain, with the Vindhyas range to the south. It is close to Bhopal, Ujjain and Gwalior city by Road and connected to all major city of india by Air. Inodre is having good railways connectivity with major indian city like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad etc.

Transport:
Local Transport:  It has very good local transport system. Atal Indore City Transport Services Ltd, a PPP scheme operates buses and radio taxis in the city. The buses – designated as City Bus today operate on 36 Routes, with around 170 bus stop stations. The buses are color coded according to their route. Some of these buses are also equipped with services like GPS and IVR (around 300) which are used to track the position of the bus with information displayed on LED displays installed on the bus stops. The Taxi service is good in this city.

Rail:
Indore is directly connected to the metro cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Lucknow and Jaipur. Indore is one of the several places in India with both meter gauge and broad gauge railways operational. Regular train services connect Indore to most parts of the country.

Air:
 Indore has a direct connectivity to major cities of India like Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Khajuraho, New Delhi, Pune, Rewa and Raipur.

Road:
This is the best part of india. It is in the center of india so Mumbai,Delhi, Pune, Hyderabad,  Ahemdabad, Jaipur cities are around 400-800 kms from Indor. e Indore is connected to other parts of India through national and state highways. The major national highways passing through the city are:
 National Highway No. 3 (NH3 – Agra Bombay)
 National Highway No. 59 (NH 59 – Indore Ahmedabad)
 National Highway No. 59A (Indore – Betul – Nagpur connecting NH 69 )

The Mumbai- Indore section of the National Highway No. 3 and the Ahmedabad – Indore section of the National Highway No. 59 are undergoing multi laning under the NHDP program. Other important regional highways are:
 State Highway No. 27 (Indore to Burhanpur)
 State Highway No. 34 (Indore to Jhansi)

Education:
   Indore is the only city of India that has both an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). These two premier education institutions are located in the city, not very far from the city center. Authorized Learning Centre of Sikkim Manipal University with its 1st V-SAT enabled centre offering various IT, Science, Commerce, Management, Arts & Humanities courses is also located at Gita Bhawan Square of Indore City. The leading technology service provider Devi Ahilya Center for Computer and Information Technology (DACCIT) catering IT Solutions for multinational companies is also situated at Indore city. Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, a unit of Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, engaged in R&D in non-nuclear front-line research areas of lasers, particle accelerators and related technologies

Indore is known as the education hub of the MP state. Home to a range of colleges and schools, Indore has a large student population. Most primary and secondary schools in Indore are affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE); however, a number of schools have affiliation with ICSE board, NIOS board and the state level M.P. Board.

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) offers courses in more than 20 fields which include law, pharmacy and management at both graduate and postgraduate level.

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College is one of the country's old & premier govt. medical college which offers courses in medical sciences & Institute of Engineering and Technology offers courses in engineering.

Food

Indore has a wide variety of Namkeens, Poha & Jalebi, Chaats (snacks), Kachoris and Samosas, cuisines of various types in different restaurants, and Bengali, Muslim, mugalp, Rajasthani, continental and confectionery sweets, as well as dishes such as Dal-Bafla. Most important place in Indore for Foodies is Sarafa Bazar, where a wide range of Indian Fast food is available. Chhappan Dukan is a major food junction in Indore, where the youth & family gathers on the road side shops for Indian Snacks. Generally, Namkeen is served on top of a variety of food items served in Indore.

The life in Indore starts early with chuskis of 'Chay' (tea) with 'garam garam poha & Jalebi' followed by delicious lunch which invariably includes popular 'besan preparations'. Later in the day one can easily find snacks like 'Khaman' , 'Kachori - aaloo kachori, dal kachori etc.' , 'samosa' , 'petis' , 'Baked Samosa' , 'Bhel puri' ,' Pani Puri', 'mathri' etc. Numerous Shops of Sweets have enjoyed nice business in Indore. Late nights another market comes alive at 11:00 PM in Sarafa (the heart of city) where one finds lot of delicacies to enjoy after a nice dinner like - 'Gajak','Bhutta kis', 'Gulab Jamoon' , 'garadu', 'Rabri', 'HOT BOILED MILK', 'aalo tikiya', 'Halua : - Gajar, Moong' , icecreams, 'shakes' etc. and finally tasty 'paan' to end your day.

INDORE SPECIALITIES NOT TO BE MISSED :

Sweets :Moong ka Halua, Gajar ka Halua, Rabri, Maalpua, Faluda kulfi, Gulab Jamoon, Ras-Malai, RasGulla, All Bengali Sweets available at Sarafa & 56 Shops at Palasia.

Namkeen : Sev with all its varieties, Mixure , Dhania-Chivda, Dal Moth,Papdi, Gathiya, Khaman, Kachori-Samosa ,Petis, Garadu,Aalo Tikiya, Pani-Puri, Bhel-Puri,Saboodana Khichadi,Dahi Bada , Pakoda , Bhutte ka Kis.

Sports
Indore has 2 stadiums, Nehru Stadium and Holkar Cricket Stadium.[29] Indore has many sports stadium and sports complexes Basketball complex, opposite Holkar cricket stadium, Table-Tennis Hall. Small stadium Near Nehru stadium, Khalsa school stadium, Maharaj school stadium and other

Culture
Indore has a cosmopolitan culture. Hindu, Muslim,Jains, Christians, Sikh, Parsi, Bahai's, Bohra and several other Culture are living peacefully in the city. Normally mixed culture is found across the city. Indore was included in the Guinness Book of World Records[30] for holding the largest tea party in the world.
to be continued..................

Indore Development : New terminal of Devi Ahilya Bai airport

Indore Airport preview :

     Indore is served by the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport. Indore airport is about 8 km from the city and currently handles only domestic traffic. It is a major airport in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The new international terminals are also working now, for many international direct and indirect flights. The airport has been operating services by Indian Airlines, Jet Airways Konnect, Jet Lite, IndiGo, SpiceJet. Indore has a direct connectivity to major cities of India like Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Khajuraho, New Delhi, Pune, Rewa and Raipur.

New Terminal at Airport:  
   To improve air connectivity across the state, all 50 districts will have airstrips in near future. This was announced by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan while addressing an inaugural ceremony of the new terminal building of Devi Ahilya Bai airport on Saturday.
Promising speedy development of infrastructure, Chouhan said that at present only 22 districts in the state had airstrips and the same would be developed in remaining districts as well. The CM also urged the centre to accord international status to Indore airport and start a cargo facility at Indore, so that industries and farmers of the state could be benefitted.

Civil Aviation minister Ajit Singh, who inaugurated the new terminal, said that the new integrated terminal building of Indore airport was equipped with all necessary amenities. International airport status would be granted to it shortly after completing some formalities, added Singh. The minister too favoured the idea of converting old terminal into a cargo terminal saying that the state had vast potential in textile, information technology and tourism. Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia termed the commencement of new terminal building as a historic achievement.
The new terminal, built at a cost of Rs135 crore, has a capacity to handle 700 air travellers and 12 aircraft at a time. The terminal is equipped with a sewage treatment plant facility for minimising consumption of water and state-of-the-art rain water harvesting facility. The terminal building has been built with loop glasses which help in utilising natural light to maximum. The complex has received 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certifications.

Indore IT : Infosys Indore IT Park

Indore has been business center for central part of India for many years and from few decades it is not developing in same pace to other bigger Indian cities like Pune, Ahemdabad, Hyderabad. Main reason for this was lack of political vision and marketing of the city. Another draw back for the city was Indore does not come in main train route between north India to south India. Now due to raising cost in other cities forced IT companies to think about Indore where cost of living is less, companies are getting good human resources. We are trying to provide you update on Infosys it park development here.

Infosys Planning to start office at Crystal IT Park

05-Sep-2012

Two officials of the IT major Infosys visited Crystal IT Park at Khandwa Road, here on Tuesday. Both the officials were impressed with the design and location. Kaushik, associate vice president (commercial) was one of the team members. The team, which checked into the site at around 10.30 am inspected it for more than one hour. The officials will now put up the matter before the managing board of the company to take a further call on the issue.

The company has already been provided land measuring 130 acre at Super Corridor area on the outskirts of the city. But it will take nearly one and half years from now for the company to set up its unit there.

SEZ STATUS TO INFOSYS PROJECT IN INDORE

 Indore : 04 Feb 2012 :

  Tata Consultancy Service Ltd's project in Indore was granted Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status by the union ministry of commerce on January 24, another IT major Infosys' project is likely to get the same status by the end of February or early March this year.

Sources said that non-availability of land was a major issue due to which Infosys could not apply for the SEZ status before January 24. Now that the land acquisition issues have been resolved and the company was going to sign memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state government on January 31, decks have been cleared for the IT major to enable it to get the special status.

"The next board of approval meeting for granting SEZ status will be held in February end or March first week and it is likely that Infosys will get SEZ status ", development commissioner, Madhya Pradesh, A K Rathore said.

The state government had approved the land allotment to the companies and the Cabinet decision was forwarded to the companies through e- mail along with a draft of MoU.These companies had returned the MoU with suggestions for changes which had been incorporated by the government.

 
 Infosys To Hire 13,000 For Indore Facility

Indore : 01- Feb -2012  Indore is developing as a major IT centre of the country with big IT players planning investment in the city. Infosys has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday where the IT major has agreed to invest Rs 6000 million in its proposed facility in the city.

The IT major eyes at creating over 13,000 jobs with this investment in Indore. The MoU was signed by Hari Ranjan Rao, secretary IT, government of Madhya Pradesh, and Chandraketu Jha, vice president, Infosys, in the presence of Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the chief minister of the state and Kailash Vijaywargiya, industries minister at the State Mantralaya, revealed the official source. Chouhan said that this MoU will encourage more investment in the state.

INFOSYS SIGNED MOU WITH MP GOVT.

Indore : 31- Jan -2012

MP government will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IT major Infosys for starting its unit on 130 acres of land around Super Corridor in Indore. “The MoU will be signed with Infosys at a ceremony in Bhopal on January 31,” Industries Minister Kailash Vijayvergiya told DNA. “The land acquisition process will be completed soon as the state government is committed to clearing all hurdles for Infosys to come to Indore,” he added.

The state cabinet had cleared acquisition of 100 acres of land for Infosys near Super Corridor sometime back. Around 91 acres were acquired and registered in the name of Indore Development Authority (IDA) - the nodal agency. The remaining nine acres were registered on Saturday, a senior official said. The state government had recently asked the IDA to check the viability of an additional 30 acres of land for Infosys. The local body had confirmed that the land could be acquired for the IT major.

The IDA board had also cleared the proposal for transferring the land to IT department so that it could be handed over to the company on a conditional lease of Rs 20 lakh per acre.

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Indore IT : TCS Indore IT Park

Feb 04, 2012

TCS Comes to Indore: TCS Software Park

 TCS is opening another center in Indore for IT and BPO hub. The plan is to hire around 15,000 people once the facility is build. TCS is known as IT gaint which hires thousands of local engineers. The reason for TCS coming to indore were
- Good human resources in Indore\Bhopal region [ iit, iim]
- Good Air connectivity from Indore
- Good Infrastruture
- Less rental expenses.
- Better medical facilities [ MGM Hospital]

 

                  Decks were cleared for Tata Consultancy Ltd to start its operations in Indore on Tuesday after the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status to the IT major was cleared at a Board of Approval (BoA) meeting held in New Delhi. The BoA accorded the status to TCS after the company had moved an application to start its unit on 100 acre land acquired by the state government for the firm near Super Corridor here. District collector Raghvendra Singh told DNA that the company would now be able to reap the tax benefits offered under the SEZ scheme. “We hope that the company will soon start operations,” he said. The arrival of TCS is expected to provide jobs to at least 10,000 local engineers – a condition set by the state government for providing land at subsidized rates to the IT giant. The project, expected to be operational by 2013, will employ more than 25,000 people directly and equal number indirectly. This project is the first and the biggest IT project of the state and would play a vital role in the development of Indore, Singh said.

TCS To Setup SEZ (Special Economic Zone) At Indore

The inter-ministerial Board of Approval for Special Economic Zones allowed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), an IT software major to set up IT/ITeS SEZ (Special Economic Zone) at Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Earlier, Videocon Realty & Infrastructure Ltd was also permitted to withdraw its proposal of 10 hectare – IT/ITeS SEZ at Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.

                        

The Board also agreed with the de-notification of the proposal of 11-hectare IT/ITeS SEZ of Larsen & Toubro Ltd’s at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Due to the imposition of Minimum Alternate Tax and Dividend Distribution Tax made investors lose interest in SEZs.

An agreement was made between TCS and the State Government that TCS should provide jobs to at least 10,000 local engineers for providing land at subsidized rates to the company. Planning has been made to make this project operational by 2013. Once it is done, it can provide employment to 25,000 people directly or indirectly.

Some fact about TCS:

Industry	IT services, IT consulting
Founded	1969
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Subramaniam Ramadorai (Vice Chairman) N. Chandrasekaran (CEO & MD)
Services	IT, business consulting and outsourcing services
Revenue	419.28 billion (US$8.36 billion) (2011)[1]
Profit	90.68 billion (US$1.81 billion) (2011)[1]
Total assets	250.37 billion (US$4.99 billion) (2011)[1]
Employees	226,751 (Q3 2011)[2]
Parent	Tata Group
Website	TCS.com