Bhimbetka

The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central that spans the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 30,000+ years old archaeological World Heritage site in Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Also known as: “Auditorium cave”, “Bhimbetka rock shelters”, “Bhonrawali shelters”, “Jhondra Pahari”, “Lakha Juar”, “Muni Babaki Pahari”, “Pre – historic rock shelters”, “Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka”, and “Vinayaka Pahari”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barkhera railway station.

Railway station
is a railway station of Bhopal–Nagpur section under Bhopal railway division of West Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. The station is situated beside National Highway 69 at Barkhera in Raisen district of Indian state of . is situated 4½ km southeast of Bhimbetka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barkheda.

Village
Photo: Utcursch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the block of the Raisen District of , India. Alternative English spellings of its name include Bharkada and Barkhera. is situated 5 km southeast of Bhimbetka.

Bhimbetka

Latitude
22.9384° or 22° 56′ 18″ north
Longitude
77.6133° or 77° 36′ 48″ east
Open location code
7JJVWJQ7+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1109069325
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q331603
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bhimbetka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ملاجئ بيمبتكا الصخرية”
  • Assamese: “ভীমবেটকা প্ৰস্তৰক্ষেত্ৰ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bhimbetka qaya sığınacaqları”
  • Basque: “Bhimbetkako harkaitz aterpeak”
  • Bengali: “ভীমবেটকা প্রস্তর ক্ষেত্র”
  • Bengali: “ভীমবেটকা প্রস্তরক্ষেত্র”
  • Bengali: “ভীমবেটকা”
  • Catalan: “abrics rupestres de Bhimbetka”
  • Catalan: “Abrics rupestres de Bhimbetka”
  • Chechen: “Бхимбеткера тархийн гӀишлош”
  • Chinese: “比莫贝卡特石窟”
  • Chinese: “比莫贝特卡石窟”
  • Croatian: “Bhimbetka”
  • Czech: “Bhimbetka”
  • Danish: “Bhimbetka”
  • Danish: “Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka”
  • Dutch: “Rotsschuilplaatsen van Bhimbetka”
  • Dutch: “Rotsschuilplaatsen van Bhimbetkar”
  • Esperanto: “Bhimbetka”
  • Esperanto: “Bimbetko”
  • Finnish: “Bhimbetka”
  • French: “Abris sous-roche du Bhimbetka”
  • French: “Bhimbetka”
  • Georgian: “ბჰიმბეტკა”
  • German: “Bhimbetka”
  • Gujarati: “ભીમ બેટકાની ગુફાઓ”
  • Hebrew: “מערות בימבטקה”
  • Hebrew: “מקלטי הסלע בבהימבטקה”
  • Hindi: “भीम बैठका”
  • Hindi: “भीमबटेका”
  • Hindi: “भीमबेटका पाषाण आश्रय”
  • Hindi: “भीमबेटका शैलाश्रय”
  • Hindi: “भीमबेटका”
  • Hindi: “भीमबैठिका”
  • Hungarian: “bhimbetkai sziklamenedékhelyek”
  • Indonesian: “Situs Bhimbetka”
  • Italian: “Bhimbetka”
  • Japanese: “ビームベートカーの岩陰遺跡”
  • Kannada: “ಭೀಮ್‌ಬೇಟ್ಕಾದ ಶಿಲಾಶ್ರಯಗಳು”
  • Kannada: “ಭೀಮ್ಬೇಟ್ಕಾದ ಶಿಲಾಶ್ರಯಗಳು”
  • Korean: “빔베트카 바위 은신처”
  • Lithuanian: “Bhimbetkos olų būstai”
  • Lithuanian: “Bimbetkos olų būstai”
  • Maithili: “भिमबेटका चट्टान आश्रय”
  • Malay: “Bhimbetka”
  • Malay: “Pelindung batuan Bhimbetka”
  • Malayalam: “Bhimbetka rock shelters”
  • Malayalam: “Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka”
  • Malayalam: “ഭീംബട്ക ശിലാഗൃഹങ്ങൾ”
  • Malayalam: “ഭീംബട്ക”
  • Maltese: “Blat Imkenni ta‘ Bhimbetka”
  • Maltese: “Blat Imkenni ta’ Bhimbetka”
  • Marathi: “भीमबेटका”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჰიმბეტკა”
  • Nepali: “भिमबेटका चट्टान आश्रय”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bhimbetka”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bhimbetka”
  • Norwegian: “Bhimbetka”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bhimbetka”
  • Oriya: “ଭୀମବେଟ୍‍କା ଶୈଳାଶ୍ରୟ”
  • Persian: “بهیم بتکا”
  • Persian: “پناهگاه های صخره ای بهیمبتکا”
  • Persian: “پناهگاه‌های صخره‌ای بهیمبتکا”
  • Polish: “Bhimbetka”
  • Portuguese: “Abrigos na Rocha de Bhimbetka”
  • Portuguese: “Bhimbetka”
  • Portuguese: “Refúgios rupestres de Bhimbetka”
  • Russian: “Бхимбетка”
  • Russian: “Скальные жилища Бхимбетка”
  • Russian: “Скальные укрытия в Бхимбетка”
  • Sanskrit: “अजन्तागुहाः”
  • Sanskrit: “भीमबेट्का-शिलाश्रयाः”
  • Sanskrit: “भीमबेट्कायाः शिलाश्रयाः”
  • Serbian: “Бимбетка”
  • Slovak: “Bhímbétka”
  • Slovenian: “Skalna zavetišča Bhimbetka”
  • Spanish: “Abrigos rupestres de Bhimbetka”
  • Spanish: “Bhimbetka”
  • Spanish: “Refugios rocosos de Bhimbetka”
  • Swedish: “Bhimbetka”
  • Swedish: “Klippformationerna i Bhimbetka”
  • Tamil: “பிம்பெட்கா பாறை வாழிடங்கள்”
  • Tamil: “பீம்பெட்கா பாறை வாழிடங்கள்”
  • Tamil: “பீம்பேட்கா பாறை வாழிடங்கள்”
  • Telugu: “భీమ్‌బేట్కా శిలా గుహలు”
  • Thai: “เพิงหินภีมเพฏกา”
  • Turkish: “Bhimbetka kaya barınakları”
  • Ukrainian: “Скельні укриття в Бгімбетці”
  • Ukrainian: “Скельні укриття в Бхімбетці”
  • Urdu: “بھیم بیتکا میں پتھروں کی پناہ گاہیں”
  • Vietnamese: “Các khu cư trú trong núi đá Bhimbetka”

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