Introduction
Gwalior is located at the northern part of Madhya Pradesh. It is the largest and historical city of northern region of state. Due to presence of well connected airport facility and great history of Scindia dynasty, presence of historcal monuments, large number of tourist arrivals took place in this city thus it has great importance in tour plans.
Why to visit Gwalior ?
Lets checkout some of the important reasons to understand why to visit Gwalior city and plan accordingly.
- Gwalior fort presence in city area, makes it special. It is not a small for but spread over a vast area at hill top which makes it counted among invincible forts of India. Mughal emperor Babur once described it as "the pearl among fortresses in India" which emphasizes the greatness of this fort complex. Good thing is that it is still well preserved and photogenic spot for visitors.
- Number Zero: Here 9th century Chaturbhuj temple is carved directly in the fort's rock face which houses the world's oldest written inscription of the number zero.
- Here we can find Teli ka mandir inside the Gwalior fort complex. Its height is more than our natural imagination and carving work done on its wall makes it special. It was developed in Dravidian and Indore-Aryan architecture.
- Carving work done at Sas-Bahu temple is great and better than our natural imagination. Its presence in Gwalior fort complex, makes it special.
- Here presence of Jai Vilas palace museum is great sightseeing attraction. Palace is a grand complex and museum showcases great historical background of Scindia dynasty.
- Tansen legacy associated with this city makes it special. Here one can visit the Tansen tomb to give our respect to one of the world's greatest musician.
- Gwalior city is surrounded by many popular tourism sites which are easily accessible by road, as an excursion trip. Nearby attractions like Mitawali, Padawali, Bateshwar temple, Kakanmath temple are some of the highly popular sites which can be visited while staying at hotel in Gwalior city.
- Presence of Gopachal parvat site, within Gwalior fort complex makes city tour great. It is one of the best sightseeing spot to witness the great sculpture art in which whole rocks are caved to showcase some masterpieces of rock carving arts. Finely carved statues are large in number, grand in size and present on both sides of road. Visiting Gopachal Parvat will be an achievement for tourists.
- From toursim point of view, Gwalior can be easily adjusted in tour plan because it is close to some very popular tourism destinations like Agra city, Mathura city, Orchha, Kuno national park, Khajuraho etc. Thus adding Gwalior city in tour plan, while visiting these destinations, will be a good decision. It will make traveling worth and convenient.
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