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
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
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
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
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
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
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
