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Amravati is a city in the Vidarbha region of eastern Maharashtra, India, famous for its historic Ambadevi Temple and as the gateway to the Melghat Tiger Reserve and the hill station of Chikhaldara. It is the second largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and the headquarters of Amravati district and Amravati division, set near the cotton-growing lands of the Purna and Wardha basins.
In the heart of the city stands the Ambadevi Temple, which is said to have given Amravati its name. To the north rise the Satpura hills, where Chikhaldara, the only hill station in Vidarbha and the only coffee-growing area in Maharashtra, looks over deep valleys, and the ruined Gawilghur Fort recalls the British assault of 1803.
Melghat, among the first tiger reserves in India, protects teak forests in Gugamal National Park and around the jungle camp at Semadoh on the Sipna River. Pilgrims visit the Jain hill shrines of Muktagiri, the old Khandeshwar Temple and Kaundanyapur on the Wardha River, while the Upper Wardha and Shahanoor dams hold wide reservoirs. October to March is the best time to visit.
Ambadevi Temple stands in the heart of Amravati and is one of the oldest shrines in the city, which is said to take its name from it. The goddess Amba is revered as the family deity of Vidarbha, and legend holds that Krishna carried Rukmini away from here. Its two spires were built in 1896.
Khandeshwar Temple in Nandgaon Khandeshwar, a town in Amravati district, is the oldest and best-known landmark of the town that shares its name. The temple of Khandeshwar was built in the Hemadpanti style, and the fair held here on Maha Shivaratri is a big event for the people of the town.
Muktagiri, also called Mendhagiri, is a Jain pilgrimage centre 14 km from Paratwada in Amravati district, just across the border in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh. Some 600 steps climb past its 52 Jain temples, each crowned with a dome and the oldest of them a cave, beside a waterfall.
Narnala Fort is a hill fortress at the southern tip of the Satpura Range in Akola district, west of Amravati, on a site that dates back to the 10th century. Held by many dynasties over the centuries, it has the Mahakali Gate, innermost of its three gateways, a Rani Mahal and nineteen water tanks.
Melghat Tiger Reserve covers about 2,768 square kilometres of the Satpura hills in northern Amravati district and was among the first nine tiger reserves of India, notified in 1973. Its teak forests and deep valleys shelter tigers, leopards, sloth bears and gaur, as well as the rare forest owlet.
Chikhaldara is the only hill station in the Vidarbha region, at 1,118 metres in the Satpura hills about 80 km from Amravati. Legend says Bhima of the Mahabharata killed Keechaka here, and it is the only coffee-growing area in Maharashtra, with lakes, waterfalls, old forts and viewpoints.
Gawilghur Fort is a ruined mountain stronghold near Chikhaldara, north of Amravati, perched on cliffs of the Satpura range. Once a key Maratha fortress, it was stormed by Arthur Wellesley's troops on 15 December 1803, and its gates, walls and old buildings still overlook wooded valleys.
Semadoh is a village deep in the Melghat Tiger Reserve, in the Chikhaldara taluka of Amravati district. Near the village, on the banks of the Sipna River, a forest jungle camp offers four dormitories and ten cottages, with a small museum beside its cafeteria, and is a base for exploring Melghat.
Shahanoor Dam is an earthfill dam on the Shahanur River in Amravati district, about 8 km from the town of Anjangaon Surji. Built for irrigation and water supply, it rises 57.81 m and runs 828 m long. The river rises in the Satpura hills on the Madhya Pradesh border and flows south to the Purna.
Upper Wardha Dam is a dam on the Wardha River near Simbhora village in Morshi taluka, about 56 km from Amravati, and is also known as Nala Damayanti Sagar after the lovers of the Hindu epic. It provides irrigation, drinking water and flood control and is seen as the lifeline of Amravati city.
Gugamal National Park lies in the Chikhaldara and Dharni tehsils of Amravati district and is one of seven protected areas in the Melghat Tiger Reserve. Set up in 1974, it guards dry teak and bamboo forest home to tigers, leopards, sloth bears and gaur, and crocodiles were reintroduced to its rivers.
Bhimkund is a beauty spot near Chikhaldara in Amravati district, among the sights of the only hill station in Vidarbha. It takes its name from Bhima of the Mahabharata, who is said to have washed his hands here of the blood of Keechaka, whom he killed in a fight in these Satpura hills.
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