Bharatpur is popular for wildlife national park, along with forts and historic monuments. Few most attractive places are named below. Keoladeo National Park – its often known as Keoladeo Ghana National Park, formally known as the “Bharatpur Bird Sanctuaryâ€this park is main attraction for tourist, due to arrival of birds, more the 230 species in this sanctuary in summer season. It is world heritage site and it is declared as a protected sanctuary in 1971 by government. The 29km reserve is locally known as Ghana, and it is covered with dry glasslands, woodlands, woodland swamps and waterlands. In this national park, one can see 366 bird species, 379 floral species, 50 species of fish, 13 species of snakes, 5 species of lizards, 7 amphibian species, 7 turtle species and a variety of other invertebrates. Lohagarh Fort, Government Museum – this is second oldest museum in India, it was built in 1851, and commonly known as Madras Museum. It is one of the largest museums in South Asia. It has a largest collection of roman antiquities outside Europe. Golbagh Palace, Moti mahal, Shri Rajesndra Suri Kirti Mandir, Kishori Mehal, Laxmi Vilas Palace, Jawahar Burj, Fateh Burj, Ganga Mandir, Laxman Mandir, Vishwapriya Shastri Park, Bankebihari Temple, Nehru Park.
Apart from these points of attraction inside the city, there arev many tourist attraction nearby the city, like- Deeg Palace, Kaman(Kamyavan) Palace, Gopal Bhavan, Laxmi Mandir, Bayana fort, Kalidevi Temple, Temples of Kaman, Fatehpur Sikri, Taj Mahal. Apart from these attraction point and historic places, Bharatpur also famous for fairs and festival, like- Gaurav Mahamna- Brij mahostav held in the month of February - March, Jaswant Exhibition – exhibition held in the month of September – October during Dussehra, Gangaur- this festival held in March- April, Teej- this festival held on July – August, and Bharatpur Sthapana Diwas- this Sthapana diwas held in the month of February 17, 18 and 19 every year..
BHARATPUR
It is also known as an “Eastern Gateway to Rajasthanâ€. Bharatpur was founded in the yaer 1733 AD by Maharaja Suraj Mal. It is located in the Brij region. Bharatpur could be considering as an impregnable city, and that time it was the capital of Jat Kingdom. This city situated 55km from Agra and 35 km drive away from Mathura. Bharatpur is also known as lohagarh and it is famous for Keoladeo National Park. Meroj part of the population of Bharatpur belong s from Jats Cast, Yaduvanshi Rajput Brahmins, Jatav, Jats, Kayastha and Gujars were some dominant castes in Bharatpur district.