Banswara

Best Places to Visit in Banswara

Name: Hotel Relax Inn
Address: Shyam Colony, Udaipur Road, Banswara, Rajasthan, 327001, IN
Telephone: +91 63678 02495
Price range: ₹1200–₹5000 (+GST)

Banswara is called the city of a hundred islands — the Mahi river backwaters form them every summer. Around that sit Shakti Peeth temples, eleventh-century ruins, and a memorial to one of the least-known massacres in India's freedom struggle.

Every place below has its own page with timings, entry fees, the best season to go, and how far it is from the hotel. Distances are measured from Udaipur Road, Banswara.

Nature

Kagdi Pick Up Weir

Gardens, fountains and water channels three kilometres from the hotel — the easiest outing in Banswara.

3 km from hotel

Temple

Madareshwar Shiva Temple

A Shiva shrine set into a hillside cave, reached on foot — close to town but a genuine climb.

7 km from hotel (approx.)

Heritage

Singpura

A quiet village site close to Banswara, of local historical interest and almost never on a tourist itinerary.

10 km from hotel (approx.)

Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam near Banswara, holding back the Mahi river

Lake & Dam

Mahi Dam

The dam that made Banswara the city of a hundred islands — and the single sight most visitors come here for.

16 km from hotel

Nature

Chacha Kota

The view across the Mahi backwaters where the hundred islands are actually visible — the photograph people come to Banswara for.

20 km from hotel (approx.)

Temple

Tripura Sundari Temple

One of the Shakti Peeths, known locally as Tartai Mata, with a black stone idol of the goddess riding a tiger.

20 km from hotel

Temple

Paraheda Shiv Temple

A twelfth-century Shiva temple built by King Mandalik, 25 kilometres out of Banswara and largely untouched by visitors.

25 km from hotel

Nature

Kalpa Vriksha

An old and locally revered tree, named after the wish-granting tree of Hindu tradition.

30 km from hotel (approx.)

Temple

Andeshwar Parshwanathji Jain Temple

A Jain temple dedicated to Parshwanath, and a place of pilgrimage for the Jain community of this region.

40 km from hotel (approx.)

Nature

Jua Waterfall

A monsoon waterfall — spectacular in August, and completely dry by spring. Timing is the whole trip.

45 km from hotel (approx.)

Ruined temple stonework at Arthuna, dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries

Heritage

Arthuna Nilakantha Mahadeva Temple

A scattered complex of ruined Hindu and Jain temples from the 11th and 12th centuries — the most archaeologically important site in the district.

55 km from hotel (approx.)

Memorial

Mangarh Dham

The hill where thousands of Bhil freedom fighters were killed in 1913 — called the Jallianwala Bagh of Rajasthan, and a national monument since 2022.

80 km from hotel (approx.)

Staying the night

Most of this is a day trip from the hotel

Kagdi Weir is three kilometres away. Mahi Dam is sixteen. Nearly everything on this list is comfortably reachable and back in a day from Udaipur Road.

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