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Tag Archives: temples

Hampi Hopping, Royal Center: Around Lotus Mahal Enclosure

Posted on October 20, 2018 by varunshiv

To the immediate south and east of the Lotus Mahal enclosure and elephant stables are a scattering of interesting smaller structures. These lie on a road that started from the front of Hazara Rama Temple at the center of the Royal Center and led out of the center via a gateway to the east. Continue reading →

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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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Kali ka Tibba

Posted on January 19, 2015 by varunshiv

And now for something completely different. On a trip to Chail, Himachal Pradesh, I took a detour to Kali ka Tibba, about 7km away from Chail. Continue reading →

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Gwalior Fort, Part 3: Saas-Bahu Temples

Posted on January 18, 2015 by varunshiv

Saas-Bahu (mother-in-law, daughter-in-law) are two adjacent temples, one larger (saas) and one smaller (bahu), built in the late-11th c by the Kachchhapagatha kings who took over Gwalior from the Pratiharas in the 10th c. Continue reading →

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Gwalior Fort, Part 2: Teli ka Mandir

Posted on January 17, 2015 by varunshiv

Teli ka Mandir is an 8th c Pratihara-era temple, 25m high with a rectangular sanctum and “khakhara deul” spire with a vaulted top. 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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