Dabra, Madhya Pradesh

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Dabra
Town
Dabra Railway Station
Map of Dabra tehsil and CD block
Dabra Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 25°53′N 78°20′E / 25.89°N 78.33°E / 25.89; 78.33
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Government
• Body	Dabra Municipal
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	475110
Telephone code	07524
Vehicle registration	MP-07

Dabra is a town and municipality in Gwalior district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India located near NH-44 national highway. It serves the headquarters for both a tehsil and a coterminous community development block.^[1]

Dabra (Hindi: डबरा) was also known as Padmapawaya in ancient times. Great poet Bhavabhuti^[2] had received his education there. Dabra has a sugar-producing factory and is almost equidistant from New Delhi and Bhopal.

It is the biggest municipality in Madhya Pradesh as of now and naturally very beautiful. Sind river is just 5 km (3 mi) away from Dabra. Sonagir, a famous jain pilgrimage and Datia another famous tourist place are located 15 km (9 mi) and 30 km (19 mi) from Dabra respectively. Other famous sites are Bamrouli Hanuman Temple (5 km (3 mi) from Dabra towards Jhansi), Jaurasi Hanuman Temple 25 km (16 mi) from Dabra towards Gwalior), Dhumeshwar Mahadev Temple (30 km (19 mi) from Dabra towards Bhitarwar ), tomb of peer baba at Tekanpur and Shri Dev temple located at Pichhore just 10 km (6 mi) away from Dabra (one of the ancient 300-year-old temple located in the vicinity of Dabra). One of the nine jewels of Akbar Abdul Fazal (on the behest of Jahangir by Vir Singh Deo, the raja of Orchha) was killed and has a tomb near Aantri village (30 km (19 mi) from Dabra towards Gwalior). Van Khandeshwar Mahadev Temple (2 km (1 mi) from Dabra towards Gwalior), Kale Baba Temple, Gayatri Temple, and Thakur Baba Temple are other famous temples in or nearby Dabra. The annual fair held at Thakur Baba temple is very famous locally. Dabra city is also known for cascading landscape; in addition to its massive production of 'Dhaan' (Rice grain with chaff). Unity in diversity is one of the unique character of this town. Discrimination based on religion, region, language, caste, gender, and education is rarely found in Dabra. In any festival, natives of Dabra participate in such a harmonious way, it can even be showcased as an example of national integration. New temple built name as Lakshmi Narayan mandir near sugar mile.