Gwalior : kingdom & its capital ruled by the Sindhias from 1771 up to 1947. Legend has a prince named Suraj Sen of Kachwāha clan who, losing his way 0while hunting in the forest, reached a hill where he met sage Gwālipa. The sage took him to a nearby pond & on drinking the water of the pond, the deadly leprosy disease from which Suraj Sen was suffering was completely cured. Overjoyed, Suraj Sen desired to give something to the sage in return as a token of appreciation. The sage accepted his offer & asked him to fortify the hill in order to protect other sages from the wild animals. Suraj Sen established a fort that was named Gwalior in the memory of sage Gwālipa. His capital in the plains below was therefore named Gwalior…. The Kachwāha Rajputs were defeated by Toramāna (q.v.) the Huna (q.v.). In the 9th century, Gwalior belonged to the Gurjara-Pratihāra king Bhōja (q.v.) of Kanauj; followed by the Tughlaq, the Slav, the Tomār, & last the Tanwar Rajputs who held it from 1398 to 1518. The most famous Tanwar king was Raja Mann Singh (ruled 1486-1517) who built its magnificent palace with its great gate. Under the patronage of his queen Mriga-naini (fawn-eyed) Gwalior grew & still is a preeminent centre of Classical music; among its early exponents was the famous Tānsen. Gwalior gained new dimensions from poets, musicians, & saints who contributed to making it renowned throughout the country. In 1731 Bājirao I ousted the Mughal intruders who had snatched Gwalior in 1528. Rāṇoji Sindhia (1726-50), Bājirao’s trusted general, made Gwalior his headquarters after Bājirao acquired parts of Mālwā. Rāṇoji’s descendent Mādhava (Madhoji) Sindhia made the city the capital of his kingdom in 1771. Gwalior state was roughly divided into the Gwalior or Northern section, & the Mālwā section. Gwalior was then bounded on the north, northeast, & northwest by the Chambal River, which separated it from the native states of Dholpur, Karauli, & Jaipur in the Rājputāna Agency; on the east by the British districts of Jalaun & Jhansi in the United Provinces, & by Saugor District in the Central Provinces; on the south by the states of Bhopal, Khilchipur, & Rājgarh, & by the Sironj Pargānā of Tonk State; & on the west by the states of Jhālāwar, Tonk, & Kotāh in the Rājputāna Agency. In 1857, Rāṇi Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi sought shelter at Gwalior fort. Not willing to lose his kingdom, Jayājirao Sindhia remained loyal to British (see Scindia where Jayājirao mentions this incident to Sayājirao) but let his army led by Tātyā Tope fight the British army [see The Mutiny].
... Vishnu". 5 "This was accomplished by the time the Bhagavadgītā was composed, and henceforth the Vāsudeva cult or Bhagavata religion was known also as Vaishnava dharma." 6 "A Besnagar (old Gwalior State) inscription of the last quarter of the second century B.C. refers to a garuda-dhvaja (column surmounted by the figure of Garuda [Eagle] conceived as the emblem or vahana of Vishnu) raised... where he is called "Toramāna-Shāhi-Jau(bla)". For the length of his Eran-period we must turn to the epigraphs of Mihirakula and Yaśodharman. Majumdar 4 informs us: "...there is an inscription at Gwalior dated in the 15th regnal year of Mihirakula... The name of the father is mentioned, but only the first two letters 'Tora' can be read, the rest being utterly lost. It has been restored as Toramāna... mentions a King Salavahana as the father of the then reigning King Somavarman" - and there is, too, "a Rohtāsgarh inscription of A.D. 1631, which mentions a Tomara prince Sālivāhana who flourished at Gwalior in or just before that year; see Kielhorn's Northern List, No. 318." The first of these two epigraphs dating to c. 1050 A.D., is contemporary with the earliest reference - 1059 A.D. - we possess in ...
... own account, starting with prāṇāyāma as explained to him by a friend, a disciple of Brahmananda. Afterwards faced with difficulties, he took the help of Lele who was called for the purpose from Gwalior by Barindra—this was after the Surat Congress in 1908. There was no difference of opinion [ with the College authorities ]; the resignation was because of the Bande Mataram case, so as not ...
... yogi, Vishnu Bhaskar Lele by name, and had been impressed by him. It had been a brief meeting but Barin remembered the occasion and now, with Sri Aurobindo's consent, he sent a telegram to Lele at Gwalior to come to Baroda. It is said that when Lele received the telegram he felt that a great soul needed his help in yoga and so he left at once for Baroda. It was at Khaserao Jadhav's house that Lele ...
... or of the Tantric Yogini, Bhairavi. Sri Aurobindo expressed his wish to consult a Yogi to Barin, his younger brother. Barin pro- cured the address of Yogi Vishnu Bhaskar Leie113 and wired to him at Gwalior to come to Baroda and see Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo came to Baroda from Surat. Barin says in his autobiography that the Principal of the Baroda College had asked the students not to meet Sri Aurobindo ...
... why he was searching for some guidance —a guru. "I asked Barin if he knew anyone who could help me in Yoga. This was in Surat where I had attended the Surat Congress. Barin knew of Lele who was in Gwalior. He wired to him and asked him to meet us at Baroda____ Now Lele took me to a quiet room upstairs in Khaserao Jadhav's house. I told him that I wanted 1. Kamananda: transmutation ...
... in Mr Drewett's garden at Manchester and not at all well. It was at Sardar Majumdar's place that he first met Yogi Lele and got some help from him in spiritual Sadhana. No. Lele came from Gwalior in answer to a wire from Barin and met Sri Aurobindo at the Jadhavs' house; Lele took him to Majumdar's house for meditation on the top floor. Shri Arvind Ghosh ... joined Baroda State Service ...
... got rid of sometimes by an experience in trance, but more usually it must be done by persistent endeavour in waking sadhana. You have our full approval for your project about Kanpur and Gwalior, etc.; our blessings will go with you and your success cannot fail to be a great help to us. With love and blessings * December 9, 1949 I don’t think there is much either ...
... there and was quite disillusioned. Aurobindo, from his side, wanted to take up yoga again and asked Barin to invite the yogi Vishnu Bhaskar Lele, whom Barin had met in September and who was then in Gwalior, to come and meet him in Baroda. Barin sent Lele a telegram and he readily complied. Suddenly Aurobindo disappeared for ten days from the hustle and din, social and political, that surrounded him; ...
... British India. Pande achieved a certain kind of immortality and the 34th Native Infantry were regarded as martyrs. This event became the signal for a more widespread movement. Soon, Kanpur, Gwalior, Meerut and Delhi were involved in the uprising. Some of the leading figures in this movement were Nana Saheb and Tatya Tope. In Meerut a few weeks later, 85 troopers of the 3rd Light Cavalry refused ...
... fell dangerously ill! I was on the point of death. I asked Barin if he knew anyone who could help me in Yoga. This was in Surat where I had attended the Surat Congress. Barin knew of Lele who was in Gwalior. He wired to him and asked him to meet us at Baroda. Pranayama had given me good health, a lot of poetry and various experiences. Now Lele took me to a quiet room upstairs in Khaserao Jadhav's house ...
... arrange a meeting with someone who would help him in his sadhana. One of the disciples of Vishnu Bhaskar Lele was at Baroda. Barin had come to know about him and learnt that Lele was at that time in Gwalior. A wire was sent to Lele asking him to come to Baroda. So, when Sri Aurobindo went to Baroda after the breakup of the Congress, Lele had already arrived there. Lele told the author in 1916 that when ...
... systematically than he had hitherto done. It was suggested that Vishnu Bhasker Lele, another Maharashtrian Yogi, might be able to help Sri Aurobindo, and so Barindra wired to Lele to come from Gwalior (where he was staying at the time) to Baroda. Sri Aurobindo's own return after the lapse of a year and a half created a great sensation in Baroda. Although the Principal of the Baroda College had ...
... Then on to Delhi and its sights. TajMahal beckoned; Page 29 in Agra she spent the last day of 1908, and saw the child 1909 enter the arena of the world. After Agra she went to Gwalior, to Kanpur, and on to the sacred city of Benares where Vishwanath, the Lord of the Universe, resides. If you die there you go straight to heaven! whatever sins you may have committed. She spent one ...
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