Raipur Tourism: Hotels, Reviews, Packages, Photos, Maps, Experience, Itinerary

About Raipur ,Raipur is the capital of the newly formed state of Chattisgarh and is also the commercial centre of the state. The city, believed to be founded in the 14th century AD by the Kalchuri King Ram Chandra, is right at the middle of Chattisgarh. Raipur is the biggest city of the region and a fast developing important industrial centre. It serves as a regional trading center for local agricultural products, particularly rice, and is sometimes referred to as the ?rice bowl of India? as hundreds of varieties of rice are grown in the fertile plains there. It was formerly an important city of Madhya Pradesh, before the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out of it. Raipur is also the seat of the famous Ravishankar Shukla University, one of the leading institutes for higher education in the area. The city lying on the Mumbai - Nagpur - Howrah mainline is