🐅 Madhya Pradesh: Jungle Book in Real Life

If India were a movie set, Madhya Pradesh would be the wild jungle scene—with tigers, caves, and temples that raised more eyebrows than Instagram influencers.

9/1/20251 min read

green mountains under white sky during daytime
green mountains under white sky during daytime

Lesser-Known Fun Facts

  • Mowgli’s Homeland: Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book was inspired by Kanha forest. Yep, Mowgli was technically from MP.

  • Ancient Cave Art: Bhimbetka rock shelters have paintings that are 30,000+ years old. Cavemen: the original street artists.

  • Khajuraho’s Bold Carvings: The temples here prove ancient architects were… extremely comfortable with PDA.

  • Tiger Capital: MP has the largest population of tigers in India. Basically, the real-life “Tiger King” without Netflix drama.

Funny Thought 💭

Madhya Pradesh is where cavemen, Mowgli, and poets could all hang out—and it would somehow make sense.