India- Ujjain (Beautiful Kshipra River & Ramghat) Part 36

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Ujjain:Population 615,215
The City of Temples
Ujjain is the largest city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative center of Ujjain district and Ujjain division.
An ancient city situated on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River, Ujjain was the most prominent city on the Malwa plateau of central India for much of its history. It emerged as the political centre of central India around 600 BCE. It was the capital of the ancient Avanti kingdom, one of the sixteen mahajanapadas. It remained an important political, commercial and cultural centre of central India until early 19th century, when the British administrators decided to develop Indore as an alternative to it. Ujjain continues to be an important place of pilgrimage for Shaivites, Vaishnavites and followers of Shakta.Ujjain 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.
Geography
Ujjain is located in the west-central part of India, and is north of the upper limit of the Vindhya mountain ranges. Located on the Malwa plateau, it is higher than the north Indian plains and the land rises towards the Vindhya Range to the south. Ujjain's coordinate are 23°10′N 75°46′E with average elevation of 494m metres (1620 ft).Region is an extension of the Deccan Traps, formed between 60 and 68 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period. The city is on the river bank of Shipra which falls into nearby flowing Chambal.
Railway
Ujjain Junction is the main railway station of Ujjain, and it is directly or indirectly well-connected to all the major railway stations in India. It lies on the Ratlam–Bhopal, Indore–Nagda and Guna–Khandwa route. To the west it is connected to Ratlam Junction, to the north it is connected with Nagda Junction, to the east it is connected with Maksi Junction, Bhopal Junction, and to the south it is connected to Indore Junction BG, Dewas Junction.
There are 5 railway stations in the Ujjain city and its suburbs:
Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple
Mahakaleshwar of Ujjayan is known among the twelve celebrated Jyotirlingas in India. the glory of Mahakaleshwar Temple has been vividly described in various Puranas Starting with Kalidas, many Snaskrit poets have tradition of Mahakala in the minds of the people is eternal. Ujjain used to be the centre-point for the calculation of Indian time and Mahakala was considered as the distinctive presiding deity of Ujjain. This Temple has been timeously renovated through successive historical epochs-Shung, Kushna, Satavahana, Gupta, Parihar, Paramara nad comparatively modern period of Marathas. Reconstruction of the present temple structure was done at the intance of Ramchandra Baba Shenvi, a Subedar of Malwa under Ranoji Scindia. Renovation and carving better facilities in the temple have regularly been looked after in the contemporary period also. The idol of Mahakaleshwar is known to be dakshina-murti or south faced. The unique distinction of dakshina-murti worship, upnel in the tantric tradition is realised only in Mahakaleshwar among the twelve Jyotirling of India. Like the Mahakala Shrine installed in the upper sanctum of Omkareshwar Temple, the idol of Omkareshwar Shiva is consecrated in the upper sanctum of this temple. Nagachandreshwar image on the this storey is opened for darshan on Nagpanchmi day only. Mahakala worship by Vikramaditya and Bhoja is well-known buth the temple has continued to receive Royal grants for its puja-expenses even in the Mougal period. Presently this temple is under the management of Mahakala Mandir Samiti