Beautiful and bright temple RAM Raya is a real decoration of the city of Orchha, located in the Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the only one in the entire country, the temple is a Palace dedicated to Lord Rama.

It was originally designed as a Palace for the king of Orchha Madhukar Shah and his wife. As the legend goes, the king worshipped the God Krishna, while the Queen prayed to the Frame. Madhukar Shah often made fun of because of it over his wife and was trying to convince her that she's wrong. But the Queen was adamant and even ordered near the Palace to build a temple in honor of the Frame.

One day the Queen decided to make a pilgrimage to the city of Ayodhya (birthplace of Rama). There happened a miracle himself appeared to her Frame, she was asked to follow along with it Orchha to prove her husband's innocence. Rama agreed, but on condition that he would become the ruler of Orchha instead of Madhukar Shah. The Queen gave her consent. Then Rama followed her to town in the form of a little boy. And when they returned to the Palace, he turned into a statue. It wanted to move to a new Church, but to people's surprise no one was even slightly move it. Therefore, the statue was left in the Palace, which later became the temple. He was named RAM Raya (Raja), which means "ruler of Rama" - thus, Rama was a real "king" of the city, as promised to him by the wife of Madhukar Shah.

RAM Raya is a rectangular striking structure, with a huge, paved with marble courtyard, a lot of huge halls, long corridors and high colonnades. It attracts huge number of tourists who want to live to see this legendary temple-Palace.