these temples are at batesar/bateshwar near gwalior. this site was supposed to be a school for teaching temple architecture. there are many small temples there are almost the same. found the concept very interesting, never heard of such a school before!

the dear old radio, the only source of connection to the outside world. one of the guards took the radio and sat on this charpoy which was on the highest dilapidated part of the building which they have made their home. he probably slept with the radio too. was strange to listen to film songs in this remote place!

this is the amazing temple at mitavali, near gwalior. its called the "chausath yogini temple", according to mythology the 64 yoginis would ask a king 64 riddles, and if he answered them all satisfactorily, then he was pronounced a "chakravarty" by them. the yoginis are devotees of shiva, so the shrine in the middle is that of shiva, and those around it, are 64 small shrines of the yoginis. its said that the architect of the parliament house (lutyens?) visited this temple and got inspired by its design and used it in delhi. it is eerily similar to the basic layout of the parliament house.