Best Location for a Stunning Orchha Sunset
The best location for a stunning Orchha sunset.
Orchha Fort
Orchha Fort is a huge complex containing a large number of monuments including palaces, gateways and temples, accessed from the town by an arched causeway. The entrance ticket for the fort is valid for all other monuments in Orchha, so it pays to get here early in the morning so you have time to visit some of the other sites later in the day.
The Chhatris of Orchha
In total there are 15 chhatris of Bundela kings and their families, located on the banks of the river Betwa just 800m south of the Chaturbhuj Temple in the center of the village. My first visit to the chhatris was at sunrise to catch the golden light cast on these monuments from Kanchana Ghat, on the banks of the river Betwa.
Chaturbhuj Temple – Orchha
The Chaturbhuj Temple right in the heart of Orchha dominates the village quite unlike any other temple I have visited in India. It’s a magnificent, huge, tall, skyscraper-like structure, the impressive towering shikaras in the shape of pine cones almost seem to reach out to the sky.
Lakshmi Narayan Temple – Orchha
Crowning a rocky hilltop 1km west of Orchha village, the solitary Lakshmi Narayan Mandir will certainly be one of the highlights of Orchha for anyone who makes the effort to visit this temple.
Kevin Standage 
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