The early morning of 10th January, 2015 was quite foggy till we reached Gwalior with the train moving quite slowly. Even as the fog disappeared after Gwalior station, due to some unknown reasons, the train still got further delayed between Gwalior to Jhansi, halting for a long time near Datia, where the Datia fort could be seen located majestically on a hill top and thus though scheduled to reach Lalitpur at 1120 hrs, we could finally make it only at about 1520 hrs.

Disembarking at Lalitpur, as we checked into the Circuit House for a brief halt to freshen up after the long train journey with energetic kids who had been fighting with each other and screaming throughout, I was not sure if we could make it to the Deogarh Temple in the remaining moments of afternoon sunlight, which were to soon fade and make way for the cold night. However, fortunately enough, on that particular day Lalitpur was not as cold as Delhi, and there was no fog obstructing the horizon. The Sun was very pleasant as we left the circuit house and kept coming down as we moved to Deogarh from Lalitpur. After a drive of around 30-35 minutes, the forest approach road to the Deogarh Temple became visible.

To be continued....