Mitavali & Padhavali Temples

Mitvali & Padhavali group of temples are off gwalior on the gwalior-bhind state highway. To get there you need to head off from gwalior on the state highway towards Bhind/Itawa. Then move off the highway at Malanpur Industrial Area.

The Chaunsat Yogini temple at Mitavali

 The Mitavali temple is atop a hill which gives a good view of the area all around. The temple is deserted and seems more or less abandoned. It was a chaunsat yogini temple with 64 (i think) small temples in the circular structure which housed (once upon a time) shiv lings. Apparently this was a place of tantric significance.

Inside the Chaunsat Yogini Temple at Mitavali

Egyptian Vultures spotted atop the Mitwali Temple

Inside the Bateswhar Temple at Padavali

Padavali

 

Padavali

Renovated temple at Padavali

 Around 2-3 Km from Mitvali is Garhi Padavali which used to be a palace with a temple sometime ago. The caretakers here told us that these are from around 800 AD to 1400 AD. The temple inside the palace has some exquisite carvings which has earned the sobriquet of 'Khajuraho of Gwalior'.
Another km from here are the Batesar group of temples which are still being excavated. This is a beautiful picnic spot. The temples are still being excavated and it looks like a great jigsaw puzzle that the people from ASI are setting up.

Renovated Temples

The renovated temples at Padavali

The caretaker at Padavali

We credit the discovery of these temples to our friends Anurag & Ragi.