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City of Gwalior located in the state of Madhya Pradesh, reminds the tourist of the great poets, kings, saints and singers of that place. It is one of the India's well-developed cities and famous for tourist attractions. City of Gwalior got its name after the Saint Gwalipa.
Some major tourist places in Gwalior are Gwalior Fort, Man Mandir Palace, Gujari Mahal, Surya Mandir, Scindia Museum, Kala Vithika, Telika Mandir, Sas-Bahu Temple and many more tourist places on out skirts of Gwalior like Datia, Sonagiri, Tigra Dam, Pawaya and Dhoomeshwar Mahadeo Temple.
Gwalior Fort is an outstanding attraction among the tourist places in Gwalior. One of the greatest Tomar kings, Raja Man Singh built Gwalior Fort in the 15th century. Gwalior Fort is located on steep rock and the outer wall of the fort is about 2 miles in length and 35 meters in height. Mughal Emperor Babur described the Gwalior fort as "the pearl in the necklace of the forts of Hind". The fort is a blend of Hindu and Muslim architecture. Every powerful ruler had a dream of possessing this fort. The fort was handed from the Tomars to Mughals, Mughals to Scindias and so on. When India became independent the fort was in hands of Scindias. The way that winds up to the fort is very steep.
Six palaces, three complexes, temples and many water tanks are enclosed in the Gwalior Fort. The excellent examples of architecture within the fort are temples like Talika Mandir and Sas Bahu ka Mandir and palaces like Vikramaditya Mahal, the Man Mandir Palace, the Jahangir Mahal, the Shah Jahan Mahal, Karan Mandir or Kirti Mandir Palace and the Gujari Mahal. The Fort also has historic Gurudwara Data Bandhi Chhod, which was built in the memory of Guru Hargobind Singh. Gurudwara is made up of white marble and color glasses having gold cupolas on domes.
Gwalior Fort has two main entrances, one on the north-east and other on the south-west. Urbai Gate is the southwest entrance. There are statues of Jain Thirthankars on either sides of the road leading to Urbai gate. Some statues are even 20 meters tall in height. The classification of these statues is done in to main five groups.
The worn out steps cut in to the rock, lead you to the northeastern entrance of the fort that has six gates. These six gates include Alamgiri or Gwalior gate, which was named after emperor Aurangzeb. The second gate, Hindola Gate or Badalgarh was named after Raja Badal Sigh Tomar. The third was Bhairon, which no longer exists. The fourth gate is Ganesh, which has Kabuthar Khana and a shrine of Saint Gwalipa. Fifth gate is Laxman Gate, which has Vishnu Chaturbhuja Temple and the last gate is Hatia Paur or elephant gate, which is the entrance to the Man Mandir Palace.
There is also sound and light show organized at Gwalior Fort. The Son-et-Lumiere is held every evening at Man Mandir Palace. The beautifully lit Man Mandir Palace brings the legend to life.
So overall, the Gwalior Fort is a very interesting place to visit.
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