Dabra, Gwalior

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Dabra is a town and a municipality in Gwalior district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India located near NH-75 national highway.

Overview

It was also known as Padmapawaya in ancient times. Great poet Bhavabhuti Bhavabhuti had received his education at Dabra (ancient time Padmapawaya). Dabra has a sugar producing factory and is almost equidistant from New Delhi and Bhopal. It isconnected to New Delhi, Mumbai, Bhopal, Agra, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Haridwar, Chhapra and Bhubaneshwar through rail network. Gwalior and Jhansi are the two big cities located 42&nbsp;km and 52&nbsp;km away from Dabra respectively. It is the biggest municipality in Madhya Pradesh as of now and naturally very beautiful. Sind river is just 5&nbsp;km away from Dabra. Sonagir, a famous jain pilgrimage is located 15&nbsp;km from Dabra. Datia, another famous tourist place is 30&nbsp;km away from Dabra. Other famous sites are Bamrouli Hanuman Temple (5&nbsp;km from Dabra towards Jhansi), Jaurasi Hanuman Temple (25&nbsp;km from Dabra towards Gwalior), Dhumeshwar Mahadev Temple (30&nbsp;km from Dabra towards Narwar), tomb of peer baba at Tekanpur and One of the Nince Jewels of Akbar Abdul Fazal (on the behest of Jehangir By Bir Singh Deo Maharaja of Orcha) was killed and has a tomb near Aantri village (30&nbsp;km from Dabra towards Gwalior), Van Khandeshwar Mahadev Temple...
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