Another prominent Lake in Raipur is the Kho-kho lake. The lake is an example of formation art.

It takes just an hour from Raipur to reach Sirpur. It is situated on the banks of river Mahanadi. In the ancient times it was known as Shripur and was the capital of South Kosala. Built in the 7th century, Laxman Temple is one of the finest brick temples in India. It is characterized by carvings that are exquisite and construction that is very precise. At the top of the entrance, you would find Sheshnaag acting as umbrella to Lord Shiva. The temple has incarnations of Lord Vishnu, Krishna Leela ornamental carvings. The sides of the temple have numerous erotic carvings. This is a Panchrath type of temple and engraved on its pillars are the religious segments of a temple such as Vatayan, Chitya Gawakhsa, Aja, Bharwahagana, Kirtimukh and Karna Amalak.

The inside of the temple has the Mandap (shelter), Antraal (passage) and Garbha Griha (the main house). In the temple premises, a museum housing a collection of rare statues and relics has been established by ASI (Archeological Survey of India). These relics have great significance to the Vaishnava, Shaiva, Jain and Buddhist faiths.

Then there is the Gandheswar Temple which is situated on the banks of the Mahanadi River. This temple dedicated to lord Shiva was built using the architectural remains of the ancient vihars and temples. At the top of the entrance you would find a number of pictures of Shiva-Leela. Inside the temple, you would find a statue of Buddha touching the earth and a number of statues of Shiva, Varah, Natraj, Garud, Mahisasur Mardini and Narayan.

This sanctuary is located in the Kabirdham district at about a distance of 140 km from Raipur and is named after the famous Bhoramdeo temples. These 7th to 11th century A.D. rock temples are situated deep in the forests of the Maikal hills, and are often called the Khajuraho of Chattisgarh.

The Shiva temple is the most significant of them all, while there are several smaller shrines with intricate carvings, many of them erotic. Raipur is the capital of the newly formed state of Chattisgarh and is also the commercial centre of the state. The city, believed to be founded in the 14th century AD by the Kalchuri King Ram Chandra, is right at the middle of Chattisgarh. Raipur is the biggest city of the region and a fast developing important industrial centre. It serves as a regional trading center for local agricultural products, particularly rice, and is sometimes referred to as the ?rice bowl of India? as hundreds of varieties of rice are grown in the fertile plains there. It was formerly an important city of Madhya Pradesh, before the state of Chhattisgarh was carved out of it. Raipur is also the seat of the famous Ravishankar Shukla University, one of the leading institutes for higher education in the area. The city lying on the Mumbai - Nagpur - Howrah mainline is well connected by air and rail and is a good base to visit the tourist centers of the region.

This place which was earlier known as Champajhar is the birth place of Saint Vallabhacharya, who founded the Vallabh Sect. that is why this place has some religious significance. This place also has a temple constructed in his honor. Then there is also the temple of Champakeshwara Mahadeva. To stay in, you would get two large well furnished dharamsalas. In between January and February, an annual fair is held here. Followers of Saint Vallabhacharya celebrate his birth anniversary every year.

It is an important place of tourist interest for those who seek spiritual enlightenment and is a branch of the mission inaugurated by Swami Vivekananda in the year 1897. The organization works on the principles of ideologies that are based on renunciation and self-emancipation and attempts to achieve the overall well being of the world.

This temple established in 1860, located at Sadar Bazar is the first  Jagannath Temple of Chattisgarh. The temple has many legends attached to it. The main festival held here is the 'Rathyatra' also known as Lord Jagannath's Rathyatra involves a procession wherein idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balbhadra and Devi Subhadra are taken in chariots or 'raths'. On full moon day the 'Rathyatra' goes back to the Jagannath temple. It is believed that those who get a glimpse of the deities Lord Jagannath, Lord Balbhadra and Devi Subhadra during the Rathyatra attain salvation 'moksha'. Due to this popular belief, the rathyatra is witnessed by people not only from Raipur but also from nearby places.