The Gwalior fort

It was dark, when we reached the city; the legendary city with a very interesting and colourful past of more than thousand years. The contributions of the glamorous and legendary personalities associated with the place has inspiring and motivating stories and that made me eagerly wait for the next morning.

Gwalior fort

From the Tansen`s tomb, the prepossessing beauty of a mighty fort on a hill top with deep blue frieze, gravitated attention. The landscape of an upright sand stone fort sprawled on a hill against the backdrop of stainless sky was like a coloured page of history. Our car started to ascend and I set my imagination free, to inhale the rich flavour of cultural aroma and feel the invisible inscriptions of history, in its high altitude, in the ambient where the time has suddenly stopped. The stories of love and hatred that left the impression on the fort through the ages, where the kings, poets, singers, saints and patriots enriched the pages of Indian History through their legendary contributions. The history related to the Pratihars, Mughals, Tomars, Britishers, Marathas, the surrounding once reverberated with the magical voice of Tansen, where the evergreen stories of Man Singh and his beloved wife Mrignayani could be felt in the stones, the stories of “Gangajali,” the hidden royal treasury was like a page of Arabian nights, where the frightening darkness in the underground dungeon reminded that, the Mughal prince Murad was executed here and the frightening height from where embattled Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi, escaped on a horseback, was none other than the story of the Gwalior fort of Madhya Pradesh.

The dazzling colours of the impressive stone works still remaining on the wall were the symbol of the days of glorious past. The huge area of the fort, with numerous stories of myth, belief, courage, dedication, conspiracy, sacrifice, love were spread in every inch, like varied colours of life yet different and we proceeded behind the stories of the fort guide. The sun was slowly going to set, afar down in the horizon.

In the darkness we were in the premises of the Gwalior fort,waiting for a special programme to begin. It was through the “light and sound,” once again the fort will return to its youthful past and we were waiting to experience the journey of the fort through the ages and witness history in enliven picture.