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Gwalior

India

Watercolour of Gwalior, India. Centered on the impregnable cliff-top Gwalior Fort (the "Pearl of Indian Forts") and the Man Mandir Palace, with Man Mandir Palace and Urwahi Gate.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Man Mandir Palace; Urwahi Gate; Sas-Bahu Temples; North Indian; Jai Vilas Palace; Tomb of Tansen; lush central Indian dry deciduous flora; Tomar Rajput
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking up from the city or eastern approach toward the towering cliff face of Gwalior Fort and Man Mandir Palace, showing neem and tamarind branches in the foreground, the winding stone ramp, colossal sandstone cliff walls, and rock carvings in the middle-ground, and the circular palace towers with turquoise tile bands crowning the plateau against the soft sky in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick canopies of neem, banyan, and tamarind trees at the base of the fort and surrounding gardens.
Guarded against
Not Jaipur, Jodhpur, or Agra
Population1,054,420
Coordinates26.23°N, 78.17°E
Time zoneAsia/KolkataUTC+5:30
Solar noon12:17clock runs 0.3 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Gwalior and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hanga Roa, Chile — 761 km from the exact antipodal point.

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JaipurIN249 km
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KotaIN261 km
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New DelhiIN282 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Gwalior inside this atlas.

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