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Bhopal in 3D — a low-poly virtual city

Built from real OpenStreetMap data — actual buildings, roads and lakes. Explore below — drag to orbit, scroll to zoom, or pick “Walk / Fly”, click the city and move with WASD. Its day/night toggle is separate from the site theme.

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Bhopal Quest — travel the city, answer questions at each landmark, earn stars.

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Building footprints, roads and lakes from © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); heights and landmarks are stylised approximations. A lighter, hand-stylised version is also available — the stylised 3D map.

Landmarks of Bhopal — a timeline

Oldest to newest — the same order the 3D map numbers its markers (#1 is oldest). Open any landmark in 3D or read its guide.

  1. 1 c. 1010
    Upper Lake (Bhojtal)

    Upper Lake (Bhojtal)

    Bhopal's 11th-century heart — an earthen dam built by Raja Bhoj.

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  2. 2 1715
    Islamnagar Fort

    Islamnagar Fort

    Dost Mohammad Khan's first capital, north of the city.

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  3. 3 1794
    Lower Lake (Chhota Talab)

    Lower Lake (Chhota Talab)

    Built in 1794 by Chhote Khan, ringed by the old city.

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  4. 4 1820
    Gohar Mahal

    Gohar Mahal

    Qudsia Begum's lakeside palace of jharokhas.

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  5. 5 1860
    Moti Masjid

    Moti Masjid

    The 'Pearl Mosque' built by Sikander Begum.

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  6. 6 1877–1985
    Taj-ul-Masajid

    Taj-ul-Masajid

    India's largest mosque — begun 1877, finished 1985.

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  7. 7 c. 1949
    Gufa Mandir

    Gufa Mandir

    A cave temple at Lalghati founded mid-century.

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  8. 8 c. 1956

    New Market

    TT Nagar's shopping heart, grew with the new capital.

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  9. 9 1960–64
    Birla Mandir

    Birla Mandir

    Hilltop Lakshmi Narayan temple on Arera Hills.

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  10. 10 1977
    Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS)

    Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS)

    India's open-air museum of humankind on Shyamla Hills.

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  11. 11 1979
    Van Vihar National Park

    Van Vihar National Park

    A safari-style national park along the Upper Lake.

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  12. 12 1982

    Bharat Bhavan

    Charles Correa's terraced arts centre by the lake.

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  13. 13 1996

    Vidhan Sabha

    Correa's circular state assembly on Arera Hills.

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  14. 14 2013
    Tribal Museum

    Tribal Museum

    Living galleries of Madhya Pradesh's tribes.

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  15. 15 2021

    Rani Kamalapati Station

    India's first world-class railway station.

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Founding years from authentic sources (MP Tourism / ASI / Wikipedia); those marked “c.” are best estimates.