Madhya Pradesh
Datia district
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Datia Palace
“17th-century palace in Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India”
Datia Palace, also known as Bir Singh Palace or Bir Singh Dev Palace, is situated nearly 75 km from Gwalior city in Madhya Pradesh. The specialty of the palace is that it has 7 floors and no member of the royal family lived in the palace. The founder of the Datia State in Bundelkhand - Maharaj Birsingh Deo Build many such 52 monuments all around the country. Datia Palace is also known as Satkhanda Palace, Datia Mahal, and Purana Mahal or the "Old Palace". Historian Abdul Hamid Lahori came to this city with Shah Jahan on 19 November 1635.
Unao Balaji Sun Temple
“Surya temple in Madhya Pradesh, India”
Unao Balaji Sun Temple, a famous and rare sun temple with its own unique architecture, is situated in a small town of Unao in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh. The Balaji temple was built in the pre-historic time by the king of Datia. Unnao Balaji Maharaj is worshiped by person of Kushwaha Kshatriya caste. Kachhi Kushwaha Kshatriya is the main priest of there.
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Photo credits
- Datia Palace: Jonathan Freundlich · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons