Ujjain (ind)

Ujjain

Ujjain ranks 3,922nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Guédiawaye, Nouméa, and Cortona. Memorable people born in Ujjain include Mahinda, Sanghamitta, and Vikramaditya. Memorable people who died in Ujjain include Varāhamihira, Brahmagupta, and Bhāskara II. Ujjain has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many mathematicians, and astronomers. Ujjain is located in India.

Ujjain or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative as well as religious centre of Ujjain district and Ujjain division. It is one of the Hindu pilgrimage centres of Sapta Puri famous for the Kumbh Mela (Simhastha) held there every 12 years. The ancient and world famous temple of Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is located in the center of the city. The city has been one of the most prominent trade and political centres of the Indian Subcontinent from the time of the ancient Mahājanapadas until the British colonisation of India. Read more on Wikipedia