At sunset
Best places in Ujjain at sunset
Ujjain is a different city after five. The corridor lights come on, the sandstone turns orange, and the day closes with lamps on the Shipra. Do these in order.
4 places · 19 photos
Corridor
Shri Mahakal Lok
1 hr · Beside the temple
Nine hundred metres of carved stone that changed how India walks to its temples.
- OpenAll day · best in the evening
- EntryFree
Holy Ghat
Ram Ghat
1 hr · Old city
Where the day ends: lamps on the Shipra, conch, and a city that stops to watch.
- Best timeSunrise & the evening aarti
- Don't missShipra Maha Aarti
Temple
ISKCON Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan Mandir
45 min · Ujjain
White marble, a gold altar and evening kirtan — the calmest darshan in the city.
- DeitiesSri Sri Radha Madan Mohan
- EntryFree
Temple
Ashtvinayak Mandir
40 min · Ujjain
All eight forms of Ganesha under one roof, carved in red sandstone.
- Dedicated toAshtavinayak — 8 forms of Ganesha
- ArchitectureCarved red sandstone
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