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Tag Archives: gwalior

Temples in Morena District, near Gwalior, Part 6: Padhavali

Posted on January 22, 2016 by varunshiv

Padhavali is a small 18th c AD fort or garhi built around a 10th c AD temple, close to the Bateshwar (or Batesar) group of temples. All that is left of the temple is the plinth and a portion of the entrance structure. It looks like the fort was built to take advantage of the high plinth that the temple was built on. Continue reading →

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Temples in Morena District, near Gwalior, Part 5: Kakanmath Temple in Sihoniya

Posted on January 21, 2016 by varunshiv

On a previous visit to Gwalior I had visited a host of temples in Morena district, but had missed out on a couple of them, including the Kakanmath temple in Sihoniya village a little to the north of the other monument sites. Continue reading →

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In and Around Gwalior’s Jami Masjid

Posted on January 16, 2015 by varunshiv

Gwalior’s Jami Masjid is a Mughal-era structure built in the 1660s, soon after Shah Jahan was deposed by Aurangzeb, making it an early late-Mughal structure. Continue reading →

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Tombs of Muhammad Ghaus and Tansen in Gwalior

Posted on January 16, 2015 by varunshiv

Muhammad Ghaus (or Ghawth) was a 16th c Sufi saint and teacher of the Mughal emperor Humayun as well as Tansen, the famous musician in Akbar’s court. Continue reading →

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The Fate of Rocky Hills/Outcrops All Over India

Posted on January 15, 2015 by varunshiv

The hill of the Chausath Yogini temple at Mitaoli overlooks an adjacent rocky hill, or what’s left of it. This adjacent hill has been almost entirely excavated and quarried for its stone, to be used in India’s booming construction industry. Continue reading →

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Temples in Morena District, near Gwalior, Part 4: Bateshwar

Posted on January 15, 2015 by varunshiv

If the group of temples at nearby Nareshwar get their drama and spectacle from the ravine they are situated in, the temples at Bateshwar get it from the atmospherics created by their sheer number, and elements such as the two stepped tanks at the heart of the group. Continue reading →

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Temples in Morena District, near Gwalior, Part 3: Mitaoli

Posted on January 14, 2015 by varunshiv

The unusual 14th c Chausath Yogini temple in Mitaoli (or Mitavali) is among only a handful of such circular temples in India dedicated (originally, in this case) to a cult goddess. Continue reading →

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Temples in Morena District, near Gwalior, Part 2: Aiti

Posted on January 14, 2015 by varunshiv

Aiti is a village situated at the base of another rock outcrop, in fact on another side of the same outcrop on which lies the Bateshwar group of temples. Continue reading →

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Temples in Morena District, near Gwalior, Part 1: Nareshwar

Posted on January 13, 2015 by varunshiv

This is the first in a series of four posts about temples located in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, but which lie close to and are easily accessible from Gwalior. Continue reading →

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Near Jami Masjid, Gwalior

Posted on January 10, 2015 by varunshiv

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