Introduction
Balance Stone is popular place to visit during Jabalpur city tour. While doing local sightseeing of Jabalpur, tourists can easily visit this point. It is located with city on hills of Madan Mahal area, close to Rani Durgawati fort. It is a popular selfie or photography point thus we recommend to visit this place. As the name suggests, balance stone means a large piece of rock is naturally placed over another rock in such a way that it touches lower rock at very small space. It is a very delicate balance, maintained naturally and this connection between two rocks is the amazing thing to see. Despite of strong earthquake on 1995 in Jabalpur city, this balance remained maintained till now. It is mainly due to gravitational pull.
When to visit
Balance stone is open for visitors, from sunrise to sunset in all the days. It means, we can visit this spot in all seasons, in all days of week, from sunrise to sunset. Their is no entry fee or visitor fee to be paid to anyone. It can be accessed at free of cost. Here bench is placed for visitors to do their photography and enjoy the site. Visiting after sunset is of no use so avoid visiting this place, after sunset.
How much time required
Balance stone is located at Madan Mahal region of Jabalpur city thus counted as part of city. It can easily be reached while you are doing city tour. Its sightseeing duration ranges from 10 minutes to 20 minutes, depending upon your interest on rocks, location and photography.
Who can visit
It is important point to check if any particular sightseeing point is really accessible for all type of tourists. Many times certain sightseeing points demand good physical fitness thus visiting them could be problematic for small children, senior citizen tourists. Good about Balance Stone site is that it is easily accessible by car thus, tourist of any age group can visit this site. Here no need to pass through any steps thus good physical fitness not required. It can be visited by all age group visitors.
How to reach
If you have your own car, two-wheeler or taxi cab, then you can easily reach this spot, using GPS system. If you don't have your own vehicle and trying to visit this spot by city bus service then it is little bit challenging for you as site is approx. 1 kms inside from main road, where bus will drop you. This site is close to Takshila college so you need to take drop at this bus stop and then walk further or hire e-rickshaw service.
Nearby Balance Stone
After visiting Balance stone point, visitors have option to explore Rani Durgawati fort whose entry point is just close to Balance stone point. Rani Durgawati fort is the name given to military watch tower of Gondwana dynasty. It is not a grand fort but a garisson with historical importance. As it is on hill top so you need to be physically fit to go through stairs. If you are not interested to visit this place, you may visit to Jain temples of Pisanhari hills, about 2.5 kms away from this site.
