Hi everyone😊
This post is my entry for #CCH Photography Contest Round 9, theme of this round is sharing the place in your city that you want to promote. I am going to share about city Gwalior, that is around 30 km away from out location. Gwalior is a historical city and full of many tourist places visited by thousands of visitors everyday.
I have already shared some of the best places that I visited in Gwalior, for now I am going to share Teli La Mandir (Oilman's temple) located in Gwalior fort.
(Front view of the temple)
Teli is a Hindi term for Oil dealer, and this temple is called oilman's temple as it was built with the grant collected by oilman's at the time of King Mihirbhoja of Pratihara dynasty.
It is the loftiest building among all the buildings in the Fort, with a height of around 30m.
(Beautiful carvings on the entrance to the Grabgriha of the temple. Grabgriha is the center place of the temple where idols are kept for worshipping.)
Historians are not confirmed about the exact time when it was built. But according to it's building style it was assigned that it built somewhere in between 7th and 9th century AD.
The temple was badly damaged after being attacked by various Muslim rulers along with the other temples in this place.The temple was restored by the Hindus later. Major repairs to the temple was initiated by Major Keith between 1881 and 1883.
(Main entrance of the temple. Entrance is very beautiful with nice carvings and patterns on the pillars)
This is considered a to be connecting both the North Indian and South Indian cultures as it's roof is designed in Dravidian style which is the style of South India while it's decorative details are similar to the Indo-Aryan type of North India style. Thus it is a beautiful amalgamation of North and South India architectural styles.
The temple has four entrances at the four directions.
(This sculpture outside of the temple,seems to be belonging to Jain tirthankars)
Some of the sculptures outside. The man at the entrance told us weddings used to happen in this temple.
Sunlight falling from this direction make the building shine like Gold.
(In Some of the carvings there are people with musical instruments in their hands.)
(These carvings seems like representing Hindu deities)
That's all about this magnificent building. So I will recommend all of you to visit this place if ever you come to Gwalior. There are many historical places inside Gwalior fort that will enchant you with their beautiful architecture.
Some of the technical information about the temple I have taken from Wikipedia
While all images belongs to me only.
Thank you @visionaer3003 @baycan and whole #cch team for this opportunity. I would like to invite @otuyanancy and @kemmyb to take part in the contest
Thank you everyone!
Prayers and Regards
@preets
Amazing pictures i have never visited there But now i am willing to visit there
Thank you bhaiya.. Yes sure you must visit there whenever you get some time to do so. 😊
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Thank you @bhattg for your kind support and encouragement. I appreciate that. Thank you 😊
Hey dear Preets! What an enlightening post on Teli La Mandir (Oilman's temple). I remember some of the posts you have made on the city of Gwalior and its a lovely place. This temple is even more so.
Lovely pictures! I especially like the one of the sun shining down on the temple and giving it the colour of gold. I can't imagine the resources that went into building this temple and how many years it took to finish it.
Thanks a lot for the invite. I wish you good luck in the contest. 😊
Thank you so much dear @kemmyb for your nice and encouraging feedback. Yes it a very beautiful building, I don't understand in those times how they managed to build these amazing pieces of architecture. I love historical places that's why I keep visiting this kind of places. I want to know more and more about the ancient people. 😄
Thank you for giving your precious time for my posts. I really appreciate that. 😊
Have a nice time ahead dear.!
What a nice ancient building you have in your City. The buildings are really lovely
Thanks for the invite ☺️
Thank you for your kind appreciation dear. Hope you will be posting your entry soon. Thanks
I have already done that 😉
@preets It seems to me a beautiful place, full of stories and a lot of mysticism, this publication motivated me to investigate more about that place and I discovered that it has around 12 centuries of history, it is fantastic that today you can continue to enjoy its impeccable architecture and beautiful carved.
Thank you @iscrak for stopping by and taking time to appreciate the beautiful structure 😊
How well you explained the historical places, I liked it very much, the pictures are wonderful in your article. In this competition, really beautiful articles and pictures are shared that you will have a hard time choosing. thank you for your sharing 🤗🙏
Thank you so much @baycan for your kind appreciation. Yes indeed everyone has shared the best places. I have visited a few of them, remaining few going to visit soon 😊
Thank you 😊
Yay! 🤗
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