Mahoba is a historic city of 95,000 people (2011) in the Northern Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is known for the 9th-century granite Sun temple built in Pratihara style, and for the 24 rock-cut Jain tirthankara images on Gokhar hill.

Get in

Mahoba is a 3½-hour drive east of Jhansi and a 2-hour journey on the road from Khajuraho.

• 1 Mahoba Junction railway station. (updated Apr 2024)

See

Kakramath

• Kakramath. A Shiva temple made from granite and built in a Khajuraho-like architectural style. (updated Jul 2021)
• Kirat Sagar. An artificial lake made by the Chandela kings in the 11th century. (updated Jul 2021)

Eat

Mahoba is famous for its paan (flavoured betel leaf), commonly eaten as an after mint.

Go next

It is close to Lavkushnagar and other historic places like Kulpahar, Charkhari, Kalinjar, Orchha, and Jhansi.