Monday, August 27, 2012

Gwalior, City of Music

From Bhopal the capital of Madhya Pradesh state we left by train in the afternoon to Gwalior. Next day morning we visited Mitavali and two other near by villages before proceeding with local site seeing.



The city has come into existence much before 6th century and has been ruled by dynasties such ad Hunas, Guptas, Tomars and Mughals. The city is known for Hindustani classical music. The city is the final resting place of Tansen, the musical genius and one of the nine gems of Emperor Akbar’s court. For all these reasons the city is known as 'City of Music'.

There are several important tourist places here both new as well as heritage:

There are several interesting places in the the Fort such as
  1. Man Mandir Palace (1, 2)
  2. Sahastrabahu Temple
  3. Teli-Ka Mandir
  4. Gujari Mahal
Nearby places that we visited are:

45 comments:

  1. Music is my favorite art form so I'm sure I'd love this city. Nice shots!

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  2. The pavilion...not sure what to really call it...is so lovely. I can see it being used for outdoor gatherings and to ward off the hot sun. You travel so much!

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  3. Beautiful structures! You are so lucky oget to travel and visit beautiful places such as these!

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  4. Marvelous pictures.....thank you very much for sharing.

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  5. nice pics & information about gwalior good keep on postings

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  6. Very informative post...

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  7. Amazing structures.

    My blues are here and here.

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  8. Wonderful collage. I'll bet you could spend weeks visiting this city and adjacent sights. So interesting!

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  9. Thanks for sharing your blues.
    I look forward to your visit and comment.

    Happy Blue Monday, Rajesh.

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  10. Such a beautiful places to visit. Great shots as always..

    Visiting from Blue Monday- hope you can stop by..

    http://www.cassandrasminicorner.com/2012/08/mommy-and-daddys-kindergartner.html

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  11. That’s great collage on the marvelous structures! First time knowing Gwalior is called as City of Music.

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  12. Such a beautiful city and what a lovely name!

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  13. Another grand tour!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  14. What a beautiful city, Rajesh, and so much history! Wonderful captures as always! Have a great week!

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  15. So much history! I would love to visit these places with my camera. Nice colletion of pictures.

    Hope you have a happy week:-)

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  16. Cool photos of the fort. Thanks for sharing your world.

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  17. Rajesh....What a wonderful collection of places you have shared this week. The second group of shots make me think of the castles of England and the Roman Collseum. Your pictures are just magical for people like me who will never get to visit your beautiful part of the world. Hope you have a nice week. genie

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  18. This ancient architecture still standing is amazing, Rajesh. I like the sun hitting the stone in your first mosaic.

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  19. Great shots of those buildings.

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  20. Great shots!
    I have to be there some time.

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  21. Anonymous09:36

    What gorgeous shots!

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  22. So glad that you liked my city. It is beautiful. Isn't it? But one thing I'd like to correct, Gwalior is not the capital of M.P. It's Bhopal.

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  23. Nice article. Would love to visit the place sometime.

    http://rajniranjandas.blogspot.in/

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  24. Shrivastava: Thank you, I have made the correction.

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  25. Delicious photos, lovely mosaic monuments. Greetings.

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  26. Beautiful structures. Happy RT2.

    Mine's here.

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  27. what a nice tour .. hope to visit them one day! Visiting you from
    Ruby Tuesday 2

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  28. nifty shots
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  29. How lovely to be known as the City of Music.
    Beautiful monuments and buildings.

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  30. Such lovely photos and the history is so interesting. Thak you for this trip.

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  31. Beautiful place -- I love how so many of your Cities have themes! I'm not familiar with the music, but would like to be.

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  32. This looks like a fascinating city to visit. I really like your collage.

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  33. A place I have never been. Looks beautiful.

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  34. India is so full of such gorgeous architecture! Some beautiful structures!

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  35. This city has so much to see! I like the nickname "city of music"

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  36. I wonder if any country in the world has a wider range of buildings than India?

    Cheers - Stewart M - Australia

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  37. A City of Music is a place where I would love to visit. The pictures looks awesome.
    Ann

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  39. Beautiful! A wonderful share, thank you!Mine is here
    Have you a FANTABULOUS WEEK!!!
    hugs
    shakira

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  40. Thanks for freevirtual tour. Your world is amazing.

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  41. Thank you all for appreciating this beautiful city.

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  42. Thank you for the information. Never knew that Gwalior was called the 'city of music'.

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  43. Never knew about so much musical history of Gwalior...

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