{"id":3239,"date":"2015-10-02T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T04:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2015-10-02T10:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T04:30:40","slug":"man-mandir-fort-gwalior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/man-mandir-fort-gwalior\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Mandir , Fort Gwalior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gwalior Fort built in 8 th Centenary<\/strong> over a sand stone steep rock hill , the earlier records mention 525 AD King Mihirkul<\/strong> and Teli Ka Mandir<\/strong> of 875 AD structures in this area but fort came in existence during the Pal Dynasty of Kachwaha Rajput<\/strong> his 86 generations ruled over 989 years.\u00a0Pratihar Dynasty<\/strong> ruled for Seven generations<\/strong>, then in 1196 AD there was Turk ruler Qutub ud Din Aibek and Iltumish<\/strong> had a control at this fort , it was taken under control from them by \u00a0Narasingh Rao<\/strong> \u00a0.
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Man Mandir, Gwalior Fort<\/p><\/div>
\nTomar Rajputs took over in 1398 AD<\/strong> and held it till 1576 AD<\/strong> , in between Ibrahim Lodhi , Babur , Humayun , Sher Shah Suri and Adil Shah Suri <\/strong>for some time had control . It was Hemu ( Hem Chandra Vikrmaditya ) attacked Adil Shah Suri from here .<\/strong>
\nMughal rulers made it a prison for the political prisoners and carried \u00a0assassination of many Mughal \u00a0family members .
\nJats from Gohad<\/strong> ruled \u00a0here from 1740 to 1783<\/strong> , Maratha leader Maha Ji Shinde in 1844 AD<\/strong> finally got it from the British East India Company<\/strong> .
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Blue Paint , Man Mandir , Gwalior Fort<\/p><\/div>
\nThe main decoration and additions were done during the Raja Man Singh Tomar’s period 1486 AD-1516 AD<\/strong> , Man Mandir<\/strong> and Gujri Mahal<\/strong> were added ,\u00a0the Jahangir Mahal<\/strong> and the Shah Jahan Mahal<\/strong> were also added to commemorate the visit of Mogul Kings, \u00a0wonderful architecture,and beautiful art work done on its front as well as some interior walls.\u00a0Surrounded by concrete walls of sandstone, the Gwalior Fort encloses three temples, 6 palaces and several water tanks<\/strong>.\u00a0The Fort also contains many other marvels of medieval architecture. The Gujari Mahal<\/strong> is one such structure whose outer covering has survived the many battles the Fort has encountered. The main attraction is the Blue Tiles used and rows of yellow ducks, Banana Trees , Tiger and Elephants\u00a0at outer walls and many other places , which is is actually a paint on the wall with different layers .\u00a0<\/strong>
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Plate representing Aura of Sun , Man Mandir Gwalior fort<\/p><\/div>
\nGujari Mahal<\/strong> was built by Raja Man Singh<\/strong> for his wife Mrignayani who was a Gurjar Girl<\/strong> from a nearby village , she demanded a independent Palace and water for daily use \u00a0from Rai River<\/strong> near her village as a marriage condition .
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Royal Private Chambers, Man Mandir , Gwalior Fort<\/p><\/div>
\nThe Jauhar Kund<\/strong>, which marks the spot where the women of the harem burnt themselves to death after the defeat of the King of Gwalior in 1232.
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Royal Chambers decorated Ceiling, Man Mandir , Gwalior Fort<\/p><\/div>
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Gwalior Fort built in 8 th Centenary over a sand stone steep rock hill , the earlier records mention 525 AD King Mihirkul and Teli Ka Mandir of 875 AD structures in this area but fort came in existence during the Pal Dynasty of Kachwaha Rajput his 86 generations ruled over 989 years.\u00a0Pratihar Dynasty ruled … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12,13,16,1],"tags":[63,209,355,389,784,913,924,956,957,1014,1028,1081,1090,1095,1151,1181,1183,1225,1388,1696,1758,1894,1985,2093,2180,2216,2227,2513,2540,2819,2913],"class_list":["post-3239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-history","category-humanity","category-monuments","category-uncategorized","tag-adil-shah-suri","tag-babur","tag-blue-tiles","tag-british-east-india-company","tag-fort-gwalior","tag-gujri-mahal","tag-gurjar-girl","tag-gwalior","tag-gwalior-fort","tag-hem-chandra-vikramaditya","tag-hemu","tag-humayun","tag-ibrahim-lodhi","tag-iltumish","tag-jahangir-mahal","tag-jats-from-gohad","tag-jauhar-kund","tag-kachwaha-rajput","tag-king-mihirkul","tag-maha-ji-shinde","tag-man-mandir","tag-mrignayani","tag-narsingh-rao","tag-pal-daynasty","tag-pratihar-dynasty","tag-rai-river","tag-raja-man-singh-tomar","tag-shah-jahan-mahal","tag-sher-shah-suri","tag-teli-ka-mandir","tag-tomar-rajput"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}