Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¼´Ê±¿ª½±

Saturday Haat

Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh


This colourful weekly haat (market), behind the Jama Masjid, is similar to ones held in many central Indian areas with a tribal population. Adivasis (tribal people) walk kilometres to buy and sell goods ranging from mountains of red chillies to dried mahua (a flower used to make a potent liquor of the same name).


Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¼´Ê±¿ª½±'s must-see attractions

Nearby Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh attractions

1. Village Group

0.04 MILES

This group, straddling the main road in the centre of the village, comprises three grand edifices constructed in the 15th-century by the Ghuri and Khilji…

2. Jama Masjid

0.05 MILES

Entered by a flight of steps leading to a 17m-high domed porch, this disused red-stone mosque dominates Mandu village centre. Hoshang Shah begun its…

3. Ashrafi Mahal

0.08 MILES

The Ashrafi Mahal was built as a madrasa (Islamic college) by Hoshang Shah between 1405 and 1422. It was a quadrangle with rows of cells and arcaded…

4. Hoshang Shah’s Tomb

0.09 MILES

Reputed to be India’s oldest marble mausoleum, this imposing tomb is crowned with a tiny crescent thought to have been imported from Persia or Mesopotamia…

5. Jain Temple

0.1 MILES

Entered through a kaleidoscopic potpourri of a gate, this complex is a splash of kitsch among the Islamic monuments. The temples feature marble, silver…

7. Lohani Caves

0.36 MILES

Local guides seem unsure just how old these rock-cut chambers are, but they may have been the residences of Shaivite sadhus in pre-Muslim times. Some…

8. Royal Enclave

0.52 MILES

The Royal Enclave is the largest group of monuments, with several beautiful buildings from the 15th- and 16th-century Ghuri and Khilji dynasties set near…