Ujjain

These caves near the Gadkalika temple are where the great scholar poet Bhartrihari, who is said to have been the step-brother of Vikramaditya, lived and medicated after renouncing the worldly life. His famous works, ... [full story]

The city has many shrines dedicated to the worship of Bhairav, a fierce manifestation of Shiva, and Shakti, the female principle, primal cosmic energy which has to be propitiated with scarifies.In the temple of ... [full story]