Orcha : Orcha is a city having its origin during the medieval times of 16th Centaury built by Bundela rulers and has many old timed palaces and temples reflecting grand old beauty, which existed in those times. The City was built by a Rajput leader Rudra Pratap Singh. He chose Orcha city as the capital, because it was on the Banks of Betwa river
The succeeding Ruler to Rudra Pratap Singh Raja Bir Singh contributed to the splendor of the city by constructing Jehangir Mahal. The palace is constructed in tiers and at the top there are highly graceful umbrella like structures. From the top of this Palace a view of all the temples having long tapering structures and other landmarks of the city.can be viewed with great mind satisfying scene
Matching with the exterior craftsmanship, the interiors has exhibits of finest paintings of those times. The Laxminarayan Temple has very rich colored paintings on the wall reflecting art depiction of themes based on the religion followed by the local people and other independent thoughts of the medieval times. There are a number of memorial monuments constructed for posterity and tell their own history of their presence and add to the artistic beauty of the city
