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Tomb of Tansen

#6Gwalior में घूमने की 8 जगहों में सेGwalior, Madhya Pradesh

इन्हें भी कहा जाता है Tansen's Tomb · Tansen Samadhi · Miyan Tansen ka Maqbara

संक्षिप्त उत्तर

खुलने का समय: 09:00–17:00. प्रवेश निःशुल्क है। 45 min का समय रखें। सबसे अच्छा समय: 09:00 – 11:00।

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Tansen's tomb Tomb of Tansen, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur from New Delhi, India / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
खुलने का समय
09:00–17:00
प्रवेश शुल्क
निःशुल्क
आवश्यक समय
45 min
दिन का सबसे अच्छा समय
09:00 – 11:00
सबसे अच्छे महीने
Oct – Mar
पता
Tansen Road, Tansen Nagar, Hazira, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 474002

Tomb of Tansen के बारे में

The Tomb of Tansen stands about 1 kilometre from Gwalior Fort in the Hazira quarter, sharing a walled garden with the far larger sandstone mausoleum of the Sufi saint Muhammad Ghaus, whose spiritual guidance Tansen credited for his musicianship. The tomb itself is a modest white marble-faced pavilion, deliberately smaller than Ghaus's tomb out of the deference Tansen is said to have held for his teacher even in death. A tamarind tree grows beside the grave, and a long-standing local belief holds that chewing its leaves grants a fine singing voice — a claim strong enough that pilgrims stripped the original tree of leaves, bark, and eventually roots, so the tree standing today is a later replacement rather than the original.

दिन का सबसे अच्छा समय: 09:00 – 11:00। On an ordinary day; evenings during the November–December Tansen Sangeet Samaroh for live performances.

Tomb of Tansen का समय

Tomb of Tansen 09:00 बजे खुलता है और 17:00 बजे बंद हो जाता है। यही समय शनिवार और रविवार को भी लागू रहता है।

खुलने का समय
09:00–17:00
Mon–Sun09:00–17:00
बंद रहता है
हर दिन खुला

खुलने का समय gwalior.nic.in और सार्वजनिक रिकॉर्ड से तैयार किया गया, आख़िरी बार को अपडेट किया गया. ये बिना सूचना के बदल सकते हैं — यात्रा से पहले पुष्टि करें। हम ये गाइड कैसे लिखते हैं

Tomb of Tansen टिकट मूल्य

Entry fees for Tomb of Tansen
टिकटकीमत
भारतीय आगंतुकनिःशुल्क
विदेशी आगंतुकनिःशुल्क
बच्चेनिःशुल्क
कैमरानिःशुल्क

Entry is free as of 2026 for both Tansen's tomb and the adjoining tomb of Muhammad Ghaus, verify at the gate since the compound has no ticket counter.

कीमतें gwalior.nic.in और सार्वजनिक रिकॉर्ड से तैयार किया गया, आख़िरी बार को अपडेट किया गया. ये बिना सूचना के बदल सकते हैं — यात्रा से पहले पुष्टि करें। हम ये गाइड कैसे लिखते हैं

Tomb of Tansen घूमने का सही समय

  • Quiet
  • Moderate
  • Very busy
  1. 09:00 – 11:00

    Morning QuietBest time to go

    The garden and both tombs are calm, with only a handful of early visitors.

    Quiet
  2. 11:00 – 14:00

    Day-Trip Window

    Visitors arrive after finishing a Gwalior Fort morning; the compound sees its steadiest daytime footfall.

    Moderate
  3. 14:00 – 16:00

    Afternoon Lull

    Heat thins the crowd; the shaded garden benches near Ghaus's tomb are usually free.

    Quiet
  4. Nov–Dec festival evenings

    Tansen Sangeet Samaroh

    The annual music festival fills the compound with audiences for evening classical performances staged near the tombs.

    Very busy

Tomb of Tansen का इतिहास

Tansen, born Ramtanu Pandey in Gwalior, trained in the Gwalior school of dhrupad singing before Mughal Emperor Akbar recruited him to the imperial court, where he became one of the Navaratnas, the nine jewels of Akbar's durbar. Court legend credits him with vocal feats bordering on the supernatural — that his rendering of Raga Deepak could light unlit lamps and his Raga Megh Malhar could summon rain — claims that belong to oral tradition rather than to any contemporary chronicle and should be read as legend rather than history. Tansen died in 1589 and, by his own request, was buried near the tomb of his spiritual teacher Muhammad Ghaus, a Sufi saint whose own mausoleum — a sandstone structure with hexagonal corner towers and pierced stone jali screens cut fine enough to resemble lace — had been completed a few years earlier in the Mughal architectural idiom. Tansen's association with Gwalior gave the city's classical music lineage its name, the Gwalior gharana, which traces its performance style back to the dhrupad tradition he trained in before leaving for Akbar's court.

Tomb of Tansen के नियम व शिष्टाचार

The Tomb of Tansen and the mausoleum of Muhammad Ghaus sit inside a single walled compound with free entry, so no ticket counter separates the two structures. Footwear is customarily removed before stepping onto the marble platform immediately around Tansen's grave, following the same etiquette expected at the adjoining tomb of Muhammad Ghaus, even though neither structure enforces a formal dress code. The tamarind tree beside the tomb is fenced, and plucking leaves is discouraged on site and, given the tree's history of being stripped bare by earlier visitors, unlikely to leave much for anyone else. Photography is generally unrestricted in the garden and around both tombs, though flash photography inside the darker interior chambers of Ghaus's mausoleum can be difficult given the fine stone latticework filtering the light.

Tomb of Tansen जाने के लिए टिप्स

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    The Tomb of Tansen is easiest to combine with a Gwalior Fort morning, since the Hazira quarter sits roughly a kilometre from the fort's base and is a short auto-rickshaw ride rather than a separate outing. The annual Tansen Sangeet Samaroh, a national-level classical music festival, is staged at the tomb complex every November or December and draws performers from across India's dhrupad and khyal traditions — a far better way to experience the site's significance than a daytime walk-through alone. Visiting outside festival season, plan for roughly 45 minutes: the pierced stone screens on Muhammad Ghaus's tomb reward slow viewing from several angles as the light through the lattice shifts across the interior floor. Rickshaw drivers around Hazira sometimes bundle a stop here with Jai Vilas Palace; agreeing a flat fare for the loop is more reliable than paying per stop.

Tomb of Tansen कैसे पहुंचें

हमने अभी तक Tomb of Tansen की सटीक स्थिति मानचित्र पर नहीं जोड़ी है; मानचित्र में हमारी Gwalior गाइड की अन्य जगहें दिख रही हैं। नीचे दिया पता या दिशा-निर्देश लिंक इस्तेमाल करें।

Tansen Road, Tansen Nagar, Hazira, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 474002Google Maps में दिशा-निर्देश

  • Gwalior Junction Railway Station से

    ₹70–₹100

    3 km · 10 min

    Auto, negotiated

  • Gwalior Fort से

    ₹40–₹60

    1 km · 5–10 min

    Auto, negotiated); walkable

नज़दीकी हवाई अड्डा

Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Airport (GWL), Maharajpura से

approximately 13 km, 25–30 minutes by road.

नज़दीकी रेलवे स्टेशन

Gwalior Junction (GWL) से

approximately 3 km, 10 minutes by road.

Tomb of Tansen — अक्सर पूछे जाने वाले सवाल

Is there an entry fee for Tansen's Tomb?

No. Entry is free for both Tansen's tomb and the adjoining Muhammad Ghaus mausoleum.

Did Tansen's ragas really light lamps and bring rain?

No verified contemporary record supports this. These are traditional legends recorded in oral history, and historians treat them as folklore rather than documented fact.

How far is the tomb from Gwalior Fort?

About 1 kilometre, a short walk or brief auto-rickshaw ride from the fort's Hathi Pol gate.

When is the Tansen Music Festival held?

Every November or December, hosted at the tomb complex and featuring classical Hindustani musicians from across India.

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