dholpur Tourismdholpur is a city in eastern most parts of the Rajasthan state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of dholpur District. dholpur was a part of Bharatpur district. dholpur according to the Epics was initially known as Dhawalgiri and later on Dhaulagir, and now as dholpur. Before the battle of Mahabharat this whole area was under the Yadavs. Whose different branches were spread over the entire area extending from the south of the river Chambal. Col. James Todd in his book Annals and Antiquities of Rajputana has mentioned that the area was submerged under sea during the Ramayan period. The key to the ancient history of dholpur is the ruins of strength fort which is situated on the bank of river Chambal. 
During the second phase of ancient history, the ruins of Mahabharat period could be seen and around the temple of Muchukund ji. According to the Shastras Muchukund was a very illustrious king before Krishna. During the war between Devtas and Danavas, King Muchukund sided with the devtas and was instrumental in their victory. Indra was so pleased was that he asked Muchukund to have a boon. Muchukund was so tired that he asked Indra to allow him to sleep peacefully and if anyone should wake him up, Muchukund's angry gaze would burn him to ashes. Mahabharat reveals that during one of the battles with the demons Krishna came to the spot where Muchukund was sleeping. He put his pitamber on the sleeping Muchukund. The demon thinking him to be Krishna woke him up, and thus the demon was burnt to ashes, and thus the life of Krishna was saved. The event took place, in a spot very near to the Muchukund Ji's temple, where the ruins of old palaces still exist. The appearance of these, however does not seem to be that old. |
