http://www.tourismgwalior.org Tourismgwalior.org provides Tourism In Gwalior, Gwalior Tourism Guide, Gwalior Travel Tourism Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:18:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.tourismgwalior.org/2010/01/history-of-gujari-mahal/ http://www.tourismgwalior.org/2010/01/history-of-gujari-mahal/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:09:49 +0000 admin http://www.tourismgwalior.org/?p=114 The Gujari Mahal seems to have survived the passage of Time and has a well preserved and ornate exterior. The interior houses an archeological museum that has an extensive collection of Jain and Hindu sculptures, archeological pieces from 1st and the 2nd century B.C, copies of Bagh cave frescoes and Terracotta items.
Legend has it that Raja Man Singh while on a Hunt, chanced upon Mrignayani, a Gujar tribal separating two buffaloes locked in combat. The captivated king won her consent to becoming his ninth queen after fulfilling her two demands ? that he build her a separate palace, and have a canal dug to bring the water of her village Rai, for her everyday use.

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Within the fort are some marvels of medieval architecture. The 15th century Gujari Mahal is a monument to the love of Raja Mansingh Tomar for his intrepid Gujar Queen, Mrignayani. The outer structure of Gujari Mahal has survived in an almost total state of preservation; the interior has been converted into Archaeological Museum housing rare antiquities,some of them dating back to the 1st century A.D. ]]> http://www.tourismgwalior.org/2009/12/gujari-mahal/feed/ 3