The spire of the Temple, crowned with gold Kalash, dominates the City. A corridor leads into a partially-covered yard built around the temple tank. In this covered space there are small shrines. The first one is dedicated to Ram, Sita & Lak...

Suraj Kund is the original pond within the Gwalior Fort walls, where Suraj Sen, the founder of the Gwalior city, was cured by Saint Gwalipa. Built in the 15th century, it is believed that Suraj Sen, who was a patient of leprosy, was cured in 425 A...

The palace is a magnificent structure of forbidding walls relieved by soaring towers and cupolas and glistening yellow, blue and green ceramic tiles depicting ducks, and banana trees. A long flight of steps leads from the ground to the open courts...

Contrasting with the predominant North Indian style of architecture is the Teli-ka-Mandir. This temple, built in the ninth century and Dravidian in form, is believed to be the oldest in the fort. The sculptures are distinctly North Indian. A more ...

Bhartrihari caves, situated just above the bank of the River Shipra in Ujjain, is the spot where Bhartrihari lived and meditated after renouncing worldly life. Bhartrihari was a great scholar, poet and the step brother of King Vikrama...

This sacred pond is the outcome of conjunction of all the sacred rivers from all the pilgrim centers across India. All these Sacred rivers had been invited by Lord Krishna h...

Chaubis Khamba Temple was, in fact, the majestic main gate to the Mahakala Vana or the entient Ujjaini, built in Parmar style in the ninth or tenth century A.D., compr...

Gopal Mandir, a 19th century temple, was built by Queen Bayajibai Shinde in the middle of the big market square in Ujjain. The main tourist attraction of the temple is a sanctum inlaid with marble and silver plated doors that stand as a beautiful ...

The marvelous and eye catching shrine, Ram Janardhan Mandir, built in the 17th century by Mirza Raja Jaisingh is a perfect example of the elegant and fabulous architectural structural style of the Maratha period. The imposing and classic Maratha p...

A unique temple dedicated to the Planets of Our Solar system, Navgraha Mandir in Ujjain indicates that the planets need to be propitiated to avoid a negative influence. In India, Astronomy and Astrology adorned a pivotal role in the life of people...