Vast Blue Skies

We were planning a holiday and looking for a new destination.  We were anyway planning on visiting St. Jude’s Shrine in Jhansi. While looking for hotels, I came across some lovely resorts in Orchha.  Researching on this new place opened up quite a few interesting facts and snippets of history. I got to know that Orchha is a town in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. The town was established by Maharaja Rudra Pratap Singh in 1501, , who became the first King of Orchha. Orchha was the seat of an eponymous former princely state of central India, in the Bundelkhand region. Orchha lies on the Betwa River, 80 km from Tikamgarh & 15 km from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh. The medieval city of Orchha seems to have frozen in time, its palaces and temples still retaining their original grandeur. HERITAGE  -  A visit to this ancient capital of Bundelkhand, with its 16th and 17th century palaces and temples situated on the banks of the Betwa river, will give you a glimps