--- title: "Vindhyachal – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Vindhyachal, India: Vindhyachal is a city in Mirzapur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Nearby: Allahabad Observatory, Mirzapur Clock Tower.…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vindhyachal" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vindhyachal.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Inside_Vindhyachal_Temple_enterance.JPG/1920px-Inside_Vindhyachal_Temple_enterance.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- City in Uttar Pradesh, India # Vindhyachal Vindhyachal is a city in Mirzapur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ![Vindhyachal](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Inside_Vindhyachal_Temple_enterance.JPG/1920px-Inside_Vindhyachal_Temple_enterance.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Vindhyachal · Ramshankaryadav The place Vindhyachal is a city in Mirzapur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city is a Hindu pilgrimage site having the temple of Vindhyavasini, who according to Markandeya Purana, had incarnated to kill the demon Mahishasura. A detailed description has been given in the 'Durga Saptashati' chapter of the Markandeya Purana. The river Ganga flows through this city. The Indian Standard Time (IST) line passes through the Vindhyachal railway station. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindhyachal), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Vindhyachal 2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Allahabad Observatory The Allahabad Observatory, located in Jhusi, a suburb of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, is the centre responsible for maintaining the Indian Standard Time. The observatory is located at 82.5°E longitude, which translates to an exact time difference of 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time i.e. 1.9 km · Observatory in Uttar Pradesh, India · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad_Observatory) 2. Mirzapur Clock Tower Mirzapur Clock Tower is a heritage architecture situated at Mirzapur, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is adorned with fine carvings, clock with 1000 kg alloy metal bell and 20 feet long pendulum hangs on top of the tower. 7.3 km · Clock tower in Uttar Pradesh · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirzapur_Clock_Tower) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Vindhyachal **Airports:** Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 48 km · Chaudhary Charan Singh (LKO), 239 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 275 km\ **Stations:** Mirzapur railway station, 7.9 km · Vindhyachal railway station, 700 m\ - Varanasi → Vindhyachal Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/varanasi-to-vindhyachal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Varanasi&to=Vindhyachal) - Lucknow → Vindhyachal Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/lucknow-to-vindhyachal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lucknow&to=Vindhyachal) - Bhopal → Vindhyachal Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bhopal-to-vindhyachal) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bhopal&to=Vindhyachal) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Vindhyachal) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Vindhyachal Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Vindhyachal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around Cycle rickshaw is the best mode of transport inside the city. - Get around Autorickshaw is available for Vindhyachal temple. From [Wikivoyage: Mirzapur](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mirzapur), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Ghandruk](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ghandruk) NP 8 ways of moving, 32 sources 380 km 2. [Munsiyari](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/munsiyari) IN 8 ways of moving, 25 sources 589 km 3. [Sagar Island and Gangasagar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sagar-island) IN 11 ways of moving, 15 sources 690 km 4. [Chitkul](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chitkul) IN 7 ways of moving, 20 sources 794 km 5. [Tirthan Valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tirthan-valley) IN 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 874 km If you know how people move in Vindhyachal – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cvindhyachal&title=Vindhyachal&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fvindhyachal), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Vindhyachal Vindhyachal is 54 km from [Varanasi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/varanasi), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mirzapur-cum-vindhyachal) human settlement 7 km - [Mirzapur district](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mirzapur-district) district of Uttar Pradesh, India 6.8 km - [Birohi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/birohi) village in Uttar Pradesh, India 7.4 km - [Khulua](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/khulua) village in Uttar Pradesh, India 8.3 km - [Sirsibaghel](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sirsibaghel) village in Uttar Pradesh, India 10 km - [Sadar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sadar) town in Uttar Pradesh, India 4.9 km [The place page for Vindhyachal](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/vindhyachal) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on India](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-IN) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vindhyachal, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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