Tourism Development of Vindhyanchal, Mirzapur, U.P. India

Vindhyanchal is a very famous tourist place in the west of Mirzapur city of Uttar Pradesh State, India. The name of the City Mirzapur finds its origin as Girija pur [Girija is another name of Parvati, wife of Lord Shiva] (Mishra, 1888). In the Hindu mythology, it is believed that the primordial creative forces of the GOD and the power of the GODDESS form superimposing triangles opposite each other as hexagram at a point/node (Point/node (Bindu) + located (Vasini) or Vindhyavasini, located in a point/node) in Vindhyanchal. The place is blessed with many important tourist and historical places such as; Vindhyan triangle {Religious circumnavigation triangle formed by Lakshmi (Goddess of wealth which originated from Sea; Mir+Za = origin from Sea), Kali (destroyer form of Girija or Parvati) and Saraswati (Goddess of Knowledge)}, Rameshvar temple, Tarkeshvar temple, Naag Kund, Ojhla Bridge, Kantit Shariff (mausoleum of Khwaja Janab Ismail Chisti Rehematulla, nephew of most famous sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti ‘Garib Nawaj’ of Ajmer). There are many beautiful natural sites for recreation, i.e, Tanda Fall, Vindham Fall, Khajuri Dam, Sidhnath ki Dari, Lakhania Dari, etc. The tourist city of Varanasi is 50 km in east and Allahabad is 90 km in west. There are many thousands of tourists visiting to these two cities but don’t prefer to visit Vindhyanchal. It fails to attract good number of tourists. In the present research paper, the reason behind falling number of tourists are examined and proper recommendations are given to improve the place as important centre of tourism.