Rawatbhata: Do You Know About This Hidden Oasis Of Rajasthan

Rawatbhata is a small town on the banks of river Chambal, some 50 kms from the erstwhile Industrial town and now a city famous for its coaching classes, Kota. Though I needn't give the town's introduction like this because Rawatbhata, itself, is popular for being the largest site in India which owns maximum number of operating units of Nuclear Power plants at a single location.

I have spent my whole childhood in this small place where I believe never can I get enough of it. This place never stops mesmerizing me. Below are some of the photos taken by Anant Bhat which paves a strong foundation for the fact that this lovely place is indeed an Oasis in Rajasthan. Travel Tip: This heaven blossoms to another level during the monsoons, hence would suggest you to book your travel during monsoons months to take the best of pleasure out of it.

1. Chuliya Falls

Photo of Did you know about this hidden Oasis of Rajasthan- Rawatbhata? 1/7 by Yogesh Chauhan — Chuliya Falls : A series of waterfalls on a amazingly weird landscape taking the shapes of Chudiyan (like bangles, Chuliya is over the age a distorted name) otherwise the riverbed which has surfaced because of the barrier to the water provided by the construction of RPS DAM on river chambal

2. Baroli Temples

Photo of Did you know about this hidden Oasis of Rajasthan- Rawatbhata? 2/7 by Yogesh Chauhan — Dated back to the 10th century AD, Gurjar Pratihara Empire built this temple complex. According to wiki: A carved stone image of the god Nataraja was stolen from the Baroli temple complex in 1998. It has been traced to a private collector in London. However, the statue has not been recovered so far.

3. Rana Pratap Sagar Dam

Photo of Did you know about this hidden Oasis of Rajasthan- Rawatbhata? 3/7 by Yogesh Chauhan — Rana Pratap sagar dam is an Adda for the local boys when ever they want to escape their work life and want to feel relaxed looking at the vastness of river chambal. Build as a part of the Chambal River Valley development, this is a second in the series of Dams constructed on the river.

Photo of Did you know about this hidden Oasis of Rajasthan- Rawatbhata? 4/7 by Yogesh Chauhan — A view of the huge Reservoir from the Chetak - Maharana Pratap statue in Township

Photo of Did you know about this hidden Oasis of Rajasthan- Rawatbhata? 5/7 by Yogesh Chauhan — Submersible Bridge

4. Padajhar Waterfall

Photo of Did you know about this hidden Oasis of Rajasthan- Rawatbhata? 6/7 by Yogesh Chauhan — A beautiful waterfall spot near the Padajhar Village which is in full glory during the monsoons attracts a lot of people from the region during the mahashivratri as it also houses a Mahadev cave temple. One has to literally crawl under the cave full of bats to witness the Mahadev idol.

Besides, All this which is just within 15 kms of radius from rawatbhata, the Place also boasts of another Waterfall which makes its way into a deep gorge valley, named as Geparnath Mahadev, but that is a spot which lies in Kota region and is 30 kms from Rawatbhata, where if you go further you would be astonished by the Steep turn taken by the might River Chambal forming a place called as Garadiya Mahadev as shown in this blog written by a friend.