Ajaigar 1
Ajaigar is a small town in northern Panna District. It draws only a few visitors, almost solely to the ruins of its hilltop fortress.
The road north from Panna to Ajaigarh drops off the northern lip of the Rewa Plateau, forming here the Panna Range.
The topography may not look very rugged, but the road has a half-dozen hairpin curves.
Down below, the earth fattens with the approach of the Ganges lowlands.
Fenced sugarcane.
Electric pumps lift groundwater. Ajaigarh stands on a safe and secure butte rising above these plains.
The Ajaigarh bus stop.
Fast food.
Coming right up.
Lunch.
The business district.
Residential neighborhood.
Roof tiles.
The abandoned palace of the local rajah. A newer one, inhabited, is nearby. Above, on the hillcrest, are the ruins of Ajaigarh fort, reached by a rough trail.
Entrance to the raja's abandoned palace.
Front door.
Palace-roof view of Ajaigarh.