Kalinjar Fort : कालिंजर का किला - बाँदा बुंदेलखंड

The capital of Bundelkhand;
the medieval history wonder of chandels invites you!

Kalinjar occupies a place of pride not only in the history of Banda also in the history of India. Many decisive battles were fought for the possession of this strategically located fort in ancient, medieval and modern times, but military aspect alone does not exhaust the importance of Kalinjar. The place is also a symbol of cultural and religious glory. This panorama of Kalinjar is marked by the famous temple of ageless Neelkantha, the tallest 'Kala Bhairava' image and number of high class sculptures in and around, and artistic friezes strewn throughout the length and breadth of the site and ranging from the Gupta period of the time of Chadellas. Kalinjar can further boast the of a vast wealth of epigraphic material as also possibly of even pre-gupta structures and cultural assemblage embedded under the collapsed debris of the western escarpment of the mountain where the famous Neelkantha temple stands.

Click Here for Kalinjar Fort Research Website.
कालिंजर किले रिसर्च की वेबसाइट

• Kalinjar Fort Photo Album

• Antiquities kept in Aman Singh’s Palace, Kalinjar Fort
  by: Shri Vijay Kumar, Indian Journal of Archaeology (IJARCH)

• Kālañjar : An Important Gupta Art Centre of Bundelkhand
  by: Dr. Rajendra Yadav, Archaeological Survey of India.

• Research Paper on Nilkantha Temple at Kāliñjara
  by: Shri Vijay Kumar, Indian Journal of Archaeology (IJARCH)

• An Enigmatic Figure from Kālañjara
  by: Hans Bakker, University of Groningen

• Fort Of Kalinjar And Its Medieval Structures
  by : Mohd Salim Zaweed, Senior Research Fellow, Department of History, AMU.

• Kalinjar Fort History
  by: Sir Alexander Cunningham

• Administrative Setup of Kalanjara Fort
  by: Prof B. N. Roy, Bundelkhand University

• Rare rock cut Sculptures of Water carriers on Vihanagika
  by: Dr. S. K. Sullerey, Professor and Head of Department of Ancient Indian History
  Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.)

• Forts of India Documentary : Kalinjar Fort Video

• (Research) कालिंजर का सांस्कृतिक एवं ऐतिहासिक महत्व तथा पर्यटन की सम्भावनाएं

• Kalinjar Fort Tourist Guide

• Major Tourist Attractions:

  • Nilkantha Temple - Millennia Old Siva Linga temple.

  • Raja Aman Singh Palace

  • Koti tirth (Kot-Tirth)

  • Mrigdhara

  • Rang Mahal

  • Moti Mahal 

  • Hanuman Darwaza

  • Sita Kund

  • Budhi Budha talab

  • Islam Shah mosque

  • Rani Mahal

  • Venkat Bihari Mahal

  • Chaube Mahal

  • Pani-ka-aman

  • Bhagwan-Sej

  • Siddh-ki-gupha

  • Patal Ganga

  • Sita Sez

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Personalities Related to Kalinjar Fort:

Sher Shah Suri, Durgawati, Kirat Singh, Akbar, Bundelas, Chhatrasal, Chandellas, Mahmud Ghazni, Yashovarman, Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Islam Shah, Karam Ilahi, Mandhata Chaube, Ali Bahadur, Colonel Martindale.