Kalinjar

Kalinjar, a hill-fortress and hill-shrine in the North-western Provinces of India, stands on an isolated rock (1230 feet high), the termination of a spur of the Vindhya Mountains, overlooking the plains of Bundelkhand. The records of the place go back to a period of great antiquity, the name Kalinjar occurring in the Mahābhārata as that of a city even at that time famous. The whole rock is thickly studded with ruins of ancient Hindu edifices and other works, including gateways, temples, tanks, caves, statues, inscriptions, &c., the most celebrated of all being the remains of the superb temple of Nil Kantha Mahadeo.