Madan Mahal - Watch Tower of the Past @ Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, INDIA

Madan Mahal Fort was built around 11 A.D and was the pleasure palace for Madan Singh, the tenth Gond King and son of Rani Durgawati. During her reign, the fort was used as a watchtower.
On way to Madan Mahal, one comes across the Balancing rock that rests on another rock with a very narrow nexus. This rock has survived severe earthquakes when everything around it fell.

Posted by Vibha Malhotra : Madan Mahal - Watch Tower of the Past : The Balancing Rock - Seems like Magic
The Balancing Rock - Seems like Magic

Posted by Vibha Malhotra : Madan Mahal - Watch Tower of the Past : The First View of the Madan Mahal Fort
The First View of the Madan Mahal Fort

Posted by Vibha Malhotra : Madan Mahal - Watch Tower of the Past : Front View of the Fort - Notice the Solid Rock at Bottom-Left
Front View of the Fort - Notice the Solid Rock at Bottom-Left
Posted by Vibha Malhotra : Madan Mahal - Watch Tower of the Past : View of the Ruins from the top of Madan Mahal
View of the Ruins from the top of Madan Mahal

Posted by Vibha Malhotra : Madan Mahal - Watch Tower of the Past : Beautiful Arches in the Ancient ArchitectureBeautiful Arches in the Ancient Architecture

Posted by Vibha Malhotra : Madan Mahal - Watch Tower of the Past : Simple but Stable Construction in Black Ignous Rocks
Simple but Stable Construction in Black Ignous Rocks
Posted by Vibha Malhotra : Madan Mahal - Watch Tower of the Past : A View of the Fort Through one of the Arches A View of the Fort Through one of the Arches

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Comments

Travellingcamera said…
Vibha,

Wonderful Pics with nice description !!!

It looks like a small fort... Is it??
January 12, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Vibha said…
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January 12, 2009 at 3:10 PM
Vibha said…
Thanks VJ,

Yes this is a very small fort...
January 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Akshaya Saxena said…
Nice pics.

This is in Jabalpur, right?
January 16, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Vibha said…
Thanks Akshaya,

That's Jabalpur alright!!
January 20, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Akash said…
Reminiscence!!!.. we used to wander a lot in this forts in my childhood days. Valiant Rani Durgawati, mysterious hidden tunnels and lot many fairy tales.
During those times we used to thought why the hell Rani would live in this desolated fort.

Thanks Vibha
April 4, 2009 at 12:51 PM
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