Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Facade of Man Mandir Palace, Gwalior

The Man Mandir Palace in Gwaior inside the Gwalior Fort was built by Raja Man Singh of the Tomar dynasty between 1486 and 1516 has magnificent facade.



The walls of the southern facade are covered in blue, yellow and green tiles applied in friezes of geometric patterns or various animals.



On the solid part of the parapet are further friezes of elephants, peacocks and trees.



There are brilliant freezes depicting parrots, rows of ducks, banana trees and crocodiles holding lotus buds, decorating the palace's facade.

14 comments:

  1. Anonymous01:03

    beautiful :)

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  2. A long time ago someone was an amazing artist and architect for sure. Lovely photos now.

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  3. Truly marvelous! So nicely shown Rajesh

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  4. Wow - just gorgeous!

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  5. Very interesting and unique decoration with tiles for the walls! Beautiful capture

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  6. Amazing! I'm glad it's so well taken care of. Still beautiful after all those years!

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  7. Absolutely stunning, there's nothing like that in my entire country.

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  8. I love all the blue in those old walls, accentuated by shadows.

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  9. Incomprehensible beauty you've captured for our pleasure.

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  10. Awesome building structures especially those detailed ones.

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