other animals, many of which can be seen at closer quarters than in other reserves, because Panna has fewer visitors. There are jungle lodges and hotels near the reserve, it can also be reached from Khajuraho. Raneh fall, Pandav fall, brahspati kund and lakhanpur rain fall are also sites tourists visit during monsoon. Panna is also famous for its temples. Temples include Shree jugal Kishore ji, pran nath ji, Jagannath swami ji, ram Mandir and Govind dev ji temple. Diamond mining A large group of diamond deposits extends North-East on a branch of the Vindhya Range for or so, and is known as the Panna group. They do not cover an area of more than . Great pits, in diameter and, perhaps, in depth, are dug for the sake of reaching the diamond conglomerate, which, in many cases, was only a very thin layer. According to Valentine Ball, who edited the 1676 'Travels in India' of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Tieffenthaler was the first European to visit the mines in 1765 and claimed that the Panna diamonds could not compare in hardness and fire with other locations in India. No really large diamonds have come from this area. The most productive mines were in the 1860s and were found in Sakaria, around from Panna. Four classifications were given to the Panna diamonds: first, Motichul, clear and brilliant; 2nd, Manik, with a faint orange tint; 3rd, Panna, verging in tint towards green; 4th, Bunsput, sepia coloured. Mines is situated in the interior of Panna district. Diamond mines in Panna are managed under the Diamond Mining Project of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC Ltd) of Government of India. In other mines the land is leased to prospective miners every year by the government agency. The diamonds unearthed are all collected by the district magistrate of Panna and are auctioned in the month of January. Auctions are open to the public and require a Rs. 5000 deposit. Upwards of 100 diamonds of different carat and shade are offered for auction. Panna State Bundela Rajput Raja Chhatrasal (4 May 1649 – 20 December 1731) Raja Harde Sah (1731–1739) Raja Sabha Singh (1739–1752) Raja Aman Singh (1752–1758) Raja Hindupat Singh (1758–1778) Raja Anirudh Singh (1778–1779) interregnum (1779–1785) Raja Dhokal Singh (1785–1798) Raja Kishor Singh (1798–1834) Raja Harbans Rai (1834–1849) Maharaja Mahendra Nirpat Singh (1849–1870) Maharaja Rudra Pratap Singh (1870–1893) born 1848. Maharaja Mahendra Lokpal Singh (1893–1898) Maharaja