Bhopal

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivers the keynote address at the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission event held in Bhopal, India, on March 17th, 2010. (www.dalailama.com)

Madhya Pradesh·river · boats

Search parties set out in life jackets to scour the waters for survivors. In an attempt to float a large Ganesh idol, these people got into serious trouble...

Madhya Pradesh·bus · highway

That was Kamla Park back in 1996. Paliwal Hospital as can be seen in the footage is now a multispeciality unit called Paliwal Hospital Multiple Super Speciality Unit. This hospital is situated near the New Inter-State Bus Terminal, Bhopal.

Madhya Pradesh·railway

Madhya Pradesh officials inspect the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train. The ceiling of the coach is destroyed by the eruption. See the dog squad at near the train.

Madhya Pradesh·sport

Hockey test series between India and Pakistan. The second match is played between the teams today in Bhopal. In the first match, Indian team played well but in the last moments of the match, India lost the game by 4-3.

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Madhya Pradesh·bus

Bhopal bus stand is bustling with the commuters and transport announcements. Buses from Sagar to Indore are waiting for boarding before they move from the bus stand.

Madhya Pradesh·river · lake

A dead body of tortoise has been found in the Lower Lake, Bhopal. According to Bhopal municipal corporation officials, the tortoise was dead atleast 5-6 days ago and it weighed more than 100 kg.

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A clip from His Holiness's keynote address "Human Rights Through Universal Responsibility" in Bhopal, India on March 17th, 2010, where he talks about his commitment to promote inner values.

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The view shows the old preserved pages of a multilingual dictionary written in six language by Her Highness Begum of Bhopal Sultan Shahjahan Begum. This book is around 130 year old and is maintained by Hazrat Shah Public Library.

Madhya Pradesh·lake · river

Known as the city of lakes for its natural and artificial lakes. Ruled by the wives of Nawabs for over a hundred years, Nawabs of Bhopal. The Bhojtal or Bada Talab is the largest man-made lake in India.

Madhya Pradesh·railway

Parcels being loaded and unloaded at Bhopal railway station. Labourers load and unload parcels from a train and stack them in an orderly fashion at the platform of Bhopal railway station.

Madhya Pradesh·hills · architecture

Vallabh Bhawan is the State Secretariat of Madhya Pradesh, located atop the Arera Hill in Bhopal.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets with the press on his arrival in Bhopal, India, on March 18th, 2010. (www.dalailama.com)

Madhya Pradesh·dance

Thousands of people gather to take part in Navratri celebrations as they dance Garba in Bhopal. Garba originated in the state of Gujarat in India. Traditionally, it is performed during the Navaratri.

Madhya Pradesh·forest · wildlife

A tiger, aged about 3 years, was captured by a forest department team near Ghunsi village in Shajapur district.

Madhya Pradesh·river · lake

Dhebar Lake (also known as Jaisamand Lake) is Asia's second-largest artificial lake (is considered largest now, since the Upper lake in Bhopal, India is the largest artificial lake in Asia, but is almost dried up due to lack of rainfall).

Madhya Pradesh·river · bazaar

Darul Uloom Tajul Masajid in Bhopal the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated by the lake referred to as the Motia Talab. The masjid was built between the years 1868 and 1901, started by Sultan Shah Jehan Begum of Bhopal.

Madhya Pradesh·lake · river

Bhojtal, formerly known as Upper Lake is a large lake which lies on the Western side of the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal.