Kalinjar Fort, Uttar Pradesh, India (info)


Kalinjar is a fortress-city in UP, near the temple-city and World Heritage Site of Khajuraho in MP. The fortress is strategically located on an isolated rocky hill at the end the Vindhya Range, at an elevation of 1,203 feet (367 m) and overlooks the plains of Bundelkhand. It served several of Bundelkhand's ruling dynasties, including the Chandela dynasty of Rajputs in the 10th century, and the Solankis of Rewa. The fortress contains several temples dating as far back as the Gupta dynasty of the 3rd-5th centuries. —Wikipedia, Feb 2018.

Fort from a distance

Closer view of the walls

A settlement below

View of Neelkanth temple

Stairs down to the temple

Neelkanth Temple

Neelkanth Temple

Neelkanth Temple

One of the priests

Temple entrance

Old carvings

A cave dwelling

Temple pillars

Shiva sculpture

Village below the fort

Kalinjar Fort Info

Not just a tank (more)

Small temple to Shiva

Raja Aman Singh Palace

Moti Mahal / Rang Mahal

Moti Mahal / Rang Mahal

Moti Mahal / Rang Mahal

Moti Mahal / Rang Mahal
(more)

Moti Mahal / Rang Mahal

Islam Shah Mosque

Venkat Bihari Temple (info)

Inside the temple

Rani Mahal

Rani Mahal

Rani Mahal

Rani Mahal

Rani Mahal

Chaube Mahal (info)

Inside Chaube Mahal

Ramparts

View from the ramparts

Signpost

Visitor with a local

Rang Mahal window

On the ramparts

 

Check out this Doordarshan documentary on Kalinjar Fort and read more about it here.

 

 



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