This is a beautiful monument made on top of a 100ft high hillock, perfectly circular in shape with a huge rotunda inside. It seems to be a place for meditation and worship for priests/monks for it has 84 small niches all around the periphery of the structure with a little Shiva Linga inside each of the niche. These niches reminded me of the meditation cells made in Buddhist caves at Ajanta, Elllora.
In the center is a simple Shiva temple and a big circular courtyard. Outside of this structure has a plain circular wall, unlike most of the Hindu temples it has no ornamental carvings. It’s the form of the structure which makes the impact. This monument was made around 8th-10th Century and is around 40 km from present day Gwalior.
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