Satna
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About Satna
Satna is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of Satna district. It is the state's 7th largest city and 8th most populous city. The city is 500 km east of the state capital Bhopal. The city is distributed over a land area of 111.9 square kilometers.
Satna has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.
Kothi State was a princely state of the British Raj. It belonged to the Bagelkhand Agency of Central India. Its capital was at Kothi, in modern Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. It was a state of about 438 km2 with a population of 19,112 inhabitants in 1901. The state's territory divided neighbouring Sohawal State in two parts. Kothi State was founded in the mid of 17th century by Jagat Rai Singh Baghel, Baghel Rajput ruler who expelled the former Bharr ruler of the area.
Thakur Ranmat Singh Baghel, a sardar (commander) in the service of Maharaja of Rewa led a group of 2,000 rebels, besieging Willoughby Osborne's bungalow abd later engaging in multiple battles across areas like Nagod...
Satna travel guide
Getting there
By train Satna is very well connected by rail. Probably it is the best way to reach there.
1 Satna Junction railway station. (updated Jan 2022)
By bus There are daily buses from Satna to Khajuraho. Although suggested mode of transportation is taxis.
By plane Although there is a small airstrip, there are no regular flight services. The nearest airport in Khajuraho (HJR IATA), about 115 km (71 mi) away, has regular flights to and from Delhi and Varanasi.
See
Chitrakoot. The place where Ramcharitra Manas was written. Very nice place to visit for greenery and to see ancient caves where Lord Ram spent around 12 years with his wife Sita and brother Lakshman. Here you can see River Mandakini Ramghat, Tulsi Mandir, Bharat Milap, Bharat Koop, H Dhara Mountain, Kamadgiri mountain etc. Very nice place for pilgrims. On Amavasya and Purnima you'll get heavy crowd in Chitrakoot. Maihar. Sharda Mata temple. Dharkundi. Not many people know, but it is a wonderful place with greenery all around and a peaceful meditative atmosphere. Ramban, 15 km from Satna on Rewa Road. Ancient remains of temples and Hanumanji Mandir
Eat
Lotan kee Mungaudi Near Railway Station, Sardaar Jee kee Chaat aur Dahi Bade in Prem Nagar, Kishori kee Lassi, Poha-Jalebi in Panni Lal Chowk, and jhalla ke samose
Indian Coffee House, Semariya Chowk. (updated May 2015)
Go next
Khajuraho — a very famous ancient temple town, 110 km away Bandhavgarh National Park — tiger reserve 160 km away
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.