The Ancient City of Ujjain

Ujjain is a lesser known ancient city of India. Like Varanasi it is one of the oldest cities in India. It is mentioned in the Mahabharata as the city where Lord Krishna and Balarama came to study under their guru. It was also an important capital in King Ashoka's Mauriyan Empire. It houses one of the oldest astronomical observatory built by King Raj Singh in the 1700's yet despite its rich history it is seldom a destination of the international tourist throngs. It's tourists are mainly pilgrims who come from all over India to imbibe in the many ancient temples and history of this town. There is only one website on this important city to Hinduism  www.ujjain.nic.in put up by the its government which is very unassuming but does the job good enough to plan a trip to this ancient city.