Gwalior Fort – Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior Fort – Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior Fort in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, stands on an isolated rock, overlooking the Gwalior town, and contains a number of historic buildings. It was built in the 8th century. The fort provides a panoramic view of the old Gwalior town. Gwalior Fort also occupies a unique place in the human civilization as the place which has the first ever recorded use of zero.

Daly College – Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Daly College – Indore, Madhya Pradesh

The Daly College, located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, was founded by General Sir Henry Daly of the Imperial Indian Army during the colonial India’s British Raj. It was established in 1881, and is one of the oldest co-educational boarding school in the world. The school has graduated many dignitaries and is a co-educational, residential public school. Daly College is affiliated to CBSE

Lakshmi Narayan Temple – Orchha, Madhya Pradesh

Lakshmi Narayan Temple – Orchha, Madhya Pradesh

Vir Singh Deo ordered the construction of the Lakshmi Narayan Temple around 1622, but due to inadequate maintenance over the years the temple soon began to fall apart. The temple is worth seeing because it has been built using a mixture of temple and fort architecture. Built for Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, inner chambers were built for pilgrims to offer sacrifices to the Goddess.

Maheshwar Temple – Madhya Pradesh

Maheshwar Temple – Madhya Pradesh

Maheshwar is built on the site of the ancient city of Mahesvari, and was the capital of king Kartavirya Arjuna, who is mentioned in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. Maheshwar was known as Mahissati (Mahishamati in Sanskrit) in ancient times and was the capital of Southern Avanti.