About Datia District :
Datia District (Hindi: दतिया जिला) is in Gwalior Division in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Datia is the district headquarters.
It is an ancient town, mentioned in the Mahabharata as Daityavakra. Datia had formerly been a state in the bundelkhand region. The ruling family were Rajputs of the Bundela clan; they descended from a younger son of a former raja of Orchha. The state was administered as part of the Bundelkhand agency of Central India. It lay in the extreme north-west of Bundelkhand, near Gwalior, and was surrounded on all sides by other princely states of Central India, except on the east where it bordered upon the United Provinces. It was second highest in the rank of all the Bundela states after Orchha, with a 15-gun salute, and its Maharajas bore the hereditary title of Second of the Princes of Bundelkhand. The land area of the state was 2130 mi² its population in 1901 was 173,759.
Datia, together with the rest of the Bundelkhand agency, became part of the new state of Vindhya Pradesh in 1950. In 1956, Vindhya Pradesh state was merged with certain other areas to form the state of Madhya Pradesh within the Union of India.
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Tourist Places :
| Peetambra Peeth |
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Peetambra Peeth” is located near the city. Peetambra Peeth is the famous “Sakti-Peeth” of the country. Sh. Golokwasi Swamiji Maharaj established “Bagla Mukhi Devi” and “Dhumawati Mai” at this place. Vankhandeshwar Temple at Peetambra-Peeth is one of the Mahabharat-Kaleen temple of Shiva. |
| Sonagir Temple |
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Sonagir is a famous pilgrimage of the Jains, who come in large numbers annually to worship at these beautiful temples. There are more than One Hundred temples and attract visitors and tourists from distant places. Sonagir is located at 15 Km. from Datia and is connected by Road and Train. |
| Beer Singh Deo Mahal |
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Beer Singh Deo Mahal is the seven- storeyed palace built entirely on stone by Raja Beer Singh Deo in 1614. |
| Rajgarh Palace |
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Rajgarh Palace is located near Peetambra Peeth. It was built by King Shatrujit Bundela. Palace is made of Bundeli Archetecture. Museum is also located at this place and it has collection of things of Geological & Cultural Importance. |
| Unao Balaji Temple |
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Unao is 17 km from Datia. Balaji Temple is very old temple and is said to exist from Pre-Historic times. People from very distant places flock to the Balaji Sun Temple on pilgrimage. There is a tank in the vinicity said to contain sacred water and is the popular belief that lepers who take a bath in these waters are cured of their terrible affliction. This is also known as Balaji-Dham. Unao is connected by road only. |
| Ratangarh mata Temple and Kunwar Baba Temple |
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Ratangarh mata mandir is located 5 Km from rampura village and 55 km from Datia, MP(India). This holy place is in dense forest and on bank of “Sindh” river, Every year thousands of devotee come to this temple to get blessing of Maa Ratangarh wali and Kunwar Maharaj, Every year on the day of bhai dooj (next day of diwali) hundreds of thousands devoties come here to get darshan of Mata and Kunwar Maharaj This holy place can be reached from Gwalior and Datia easily. Visitors can reach Datia by train (couple of trains stops here), This temple is located around 55 kms from Datia, Rent/drive vehicle to Seondha road from datia, after around 48 kms take exit at charokhra village (1 km before Bhagua Rampura village), drive around 4-5 Km on internal road toward Ratangarh. Go via bridge over sindh river. All vehicles can be reached till temple or need to be parked before that depend on permission by local authority based on number of visitors. |
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