Lalitpur

Lalitpur lies in the rocky, wooded country of Bundelkhand, between the Betwa and the hills of central India. Tradition credits Raja Sumer Singh with founding the town and naming it for his wife Lalita. To the west, the fortified hill of Deogarh overlooks the Betwa and preserves ancient Hindu and Jain temples. The surrounding territory later formed part of the Bundela state of Chanderi and came under Maratha influence in the eighteenth century.